The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee on Sunday ‘in principle’ approved an offer of the Malaysian government to construct 8,400 residential flats for Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), the capital development authority.
The committee at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair approved the proposal with some recommendations. This was stated by
Cabinet Division's joint secretary Mustafizur Rahman while briefing newsmen about the proceedings of the meeting, reports UNB.
He, however, did not give any details of the recomm...
Shortly after chairman of BASIC Bank Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu resigned from his post following allegations of financial irregularities involving Tk 4,500 crore in the state-owned bank, the finance minister today said he would face action if found guilty.
Talking to reporters at his Secretariat office this morning, Minister AMA Muhith disclosed that Bacchu went to his residence and tendered his resignation letter to him yesterday.
However, the ground Bacchu cited for his resignation could not be known immediately.
Bangladesh Bank investigations have detected massive financial irregularities involving around Tk 4,500 crore in its three branches 2009 and 2013.
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Last week, at the invitation of my friend Muhammad Yunus, I traveled to Bangladesh, a truly humbling and inspiring experience. I met so many incredible people struggling to improve their country and their lives. I wrote a letter to my daughters about my travels, which follows:
Dear Cara, Mariah and Michaela,
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Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center (third from right), with Grameen Bank members.[/caption]
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Only 5 million of Bangladesh’s 152 million citizens have regular Internet access. Three-quarters live in rural villages. The Infoladies, a group of about 50 women in their early 20s, travel through the countryside equipped with a laptop computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a digital camera, and a glucometer ministering to the technologically impoverished.
Mahfuza Akhter, 24, an Infolady, sets up a Skype session so Abdul Kashem can show off a newborn calf to his son in Saudi Arabia. The most requested activity is setting up Skype calls to male relatives, many of whom have left to take jobs in the Middle East. Mahfuza weighs a pregnant 18-year-old. As they bike from village to village, they help villagers with a range of digital tasks, such as taking blood-sugar readings and looking up in...
Adilur Rahman Khan, a leading human rights lawyer from Bangladesh, has been selected as the honoree for the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, now in its 31st year. The award recognizes his courageous work uncovering the most serious human rights violations in Bangladesh and initiates a partnership to support his efforts to promote and safeguard human rights.
“From exposing the government’s role in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings to successfully campaigning for Bangladesh’s first law against torture, Adil has courageously fought to protect human rights, even in the face of grave personal danger,” said Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. “We are inspired and humbled by his work protecting peace an...
The remittance inflow into the country has registered a negative growth in the just concluded 2013-14 fiscal after 13 years of its positive trend, according to data released by the central bank on Thursday.
Bangladesh received nearly $14.23 billion in remittance in 2013-14, down slightly by 1.61 percent compared to over $14.46 billion a year ago, according to provisional data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Last time, inward remittances declined in 2000-01.Remittances from millions of citizens abroad are critical for the South ...
Cabinet Division's joint secretary Mustafizur Rahman while briefing newsmen about the proceedings of the meeting, reports UNB.
He, however, did not give any details of the recomm...
