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Chevron launches $ 10m social programme

U.S. oil firm Chevron has launched an 18-month enterprise development programme in Bangladesh worth $10 million, the company said on Thursday. The initiative, to be implemented by BRAC, a leading non-governmental organisation (NGO), is aimed at the communities of the Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar gas field locations where Chevron operates. chevron-logo-promoThe programme will support about 20,000 people, and up to 1,500 enterprises will be created during the time frame. “We believe that our success is tied to society’s...

Japanese citizen shot dead in Rangpur

Police have detained four people in connection with the shooting death on Saturday of a Japanese citizen, the second foreign national killed in the South Asian nation within a week. Kunio Hoshi, 65, a Japanese citizen but born in Bangladesh, was attacked by unidentified assailants in Kownia in Rangpur district, 335 km (210 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, and died on the way to hospital, police said. The killing bore some similarities to the shooting death of an Italian working in Bangladesh, rangpurCesare Tavella. Islamic State claimed responsibi...

Sanitation success declines open defecation into 1pc

Speakers at an international sanitation conference in the capital on Saturday commended Bangladesh on its remarkable success in reducing open defecation and improving access to sanitation, while emphasising on the need to prepare for future challenges. The inaugural session of the conference, entitled Journey To Zero, took place today (03 Oct 2015) at Hotel Lakeshore in Gulshan, and was attended by representative of the Government of Bangladesh, civil society and academia. Mr. Abdul Malek, Secretary, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, spoke of rates of open defecation falling from 34% in 1990 to

Orientation of newly recruited IBBL officers held

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) organized orientation for newly recruited officers at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower on Thursday (October 1, 2015) . [caption id="attachment_20049" align="alignright" width="533"]Orientation for newly recruited officers at IBBL Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director and other top executives of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd are seen along with the newly recruited officers.[/caption] Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of th...

Arab, Muslim states not agree with Western alert

Dhaka-based diplomats of Arab and Muslim states do not agree with the travel alert that the western countries issued for their nationals visiting or staying in Bangladesh, following the killing of an Italian citizen. According to them, the security situation in Bangladesh has not dipped so low for such travel alerts nor is cause for foreigners to leave the country or not travel to Bangladesh. They are, however, anxious over the murder of Italian citizen in the diplomatic zone in the capital. [caption id="attachment_20006" align="alignright" width="540"]Cesare Tavella, the Italian national... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

RU online registration begins Thursday

The online registration process for first year honours courses under 2015-2016 academic session at Rajshahi University has begun on Thursday morning, said a university press release. central Labrary of RUThis online registration process will be continued on October 18 by 12:00am while the admission test will be held on November 09 to November 12. Admission seeke...
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