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300 Bangladeshi stranded on Saipan

Around 300 Bangladeshis, lured with overseas jobs, are now suffering as they have run out of cash and lack earning opportunities in Saipan in the Pacific, reports The Guam Daily Post. Saipan is the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth territory of the United States. Three such Bangladeshis came out in public to express their disgust with a broker of a passport22222construction company who brought them to Saipan promising jobs, the newspaper wrote on Thursday. It said Anisur Rahman, Muhamm...

Yunus, 22 global leaders write to end Rohingya crisis

Fifteen Nobel laureates including Muhammad Yunus and eight other global leaders on Thursday wrote an open letter to the United Nations Security Council to immediately intervene to stop “persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar”. They noted that a human tragedy “amounting to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity ROHINGYAis unfolding in Myanmar”, according to a press release of Yunus Centre. The global leaders insisted that it is time for the international community as a whole to speak out much more strongly. They were...

Govt, ADB ink $ 167m loan deal for gas sector

The government today signed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a $167 million loan agreement for financing a project to improve infrastructure and operational efficiency of the country’s gas sector. The Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) is expected to co-finance the project with an additional $60 million. The total cost of the project is $453 million, of which the government will finance $226 million from its own source, reports BSS. Last month, the ADB approved the loan amount to help promote sustainable economic growth adb1

ICT State Minister takes live class on Robi-10min school

ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak has recently taken a live class on the country’s largest online school Robi-10 Minute School. The class was broadcast using the live feature of Facebook from the 10 Minute School office located at Janata Tower Software Technology Park in Dhaka. A total of 92,768 students from across the 64 districts attended the Live Class. The class was pr-pictureviewed 129,118 times and shared 1,847 times on the world’s largest social media platform Facebook. In the 40 minutes class, Mr. Palak...

SJIBL 102nd Branch at Chalakchar Bazar, Narsingdi

Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) inaugurated its’ 102nd Branch at Chalakchar Bazar in Narsingdi on 28th December 2016. The Director of the Bank Mr. Khandoker Sakib Ahmed formally inaugurated the Branch as Chief Guest. [caption id="attachment_25513" align="alignleft" width="540"]chalakchar-jpeg The Director of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) Mr. Khandoker Sakib Ahmed formally inaugurated its’ Chalakchar Branch on 28th December 2016 as Chief Guest. Among others the Managing Director of th...

Robi Circle Club facilitates digital socialization

Robi has introduced new features to its SMS based social media platform Robi Circle. Robi subscribers of similar interest can now form clubs within the Robi circle where people of similar interest can engage with each other on topics that interests them most. The Robi Circle has separate clubs for Cricket, Entertainment, Foodies, Gaming, Readers, picture-robi-circle-club-1Travel and Women. Each Circle Club is dedicated to conversations on that particular topic. Each of the Chat Club will...
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