BATB gets quality excellence award
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) received first prize in ‘National Productivity & Quality Excellence Award- 2013’ for improving product quality and their outstanding contribution on national economic development in Large Industry in A Category.
Industry Minister Mr. Amir Hossain Amu hand over the trophy and certificate to Mr. Golam Mainuddin, Chairman, BATB on 9 August, Sunday, 2015 at Hotel Purbani.
National Productivity Organization- NPO under Ministry of Industries gave away the award to BATB for developing appropriate strategies and p...
Industry Minister Mr. Amir Hossain Amu hand over the trophy and certificate to Mr. Golam Mainuddin, Chairman, BATB on 9 August, Sunday, 2015 at Hotel Purbani.
National Productivity Organization- NPO under Ministry of Industries gave away the award to BATB for developing appropriate strategies and p...
RFK Human Rights Center condemns police statements
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemns the recent statements by the Bangladeshi police against human rights organizations Odhikar and the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BAMAK) for their denunciation of abuses committed by the police, says a press release of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
In a published press statement this week, the Bangladeshi police characterized statements the two organizations made on extrajudicial executions committed by the police force as “subversive campaigns.” Further, the police accused Odhikar and BAMAK of “challenging the rule of law and the judicial system” and committing defamation and other criminal acts for characterizing the police actions as extrajudicial killings, says the release.
Workshop on A2i at JU
As the part of the Prime Minister Office’s programme, a workshop on the ‘Access to Information’ (A2i) was held at Senate hall on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus here on Monday.
Presided over by the JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam, Assistant Professor of JU Institute of Information and Technology (IIT) Department Shamim Al Mamun delivered welcome speech.
Farhad Zahid and Khandaker Shahnur Rahman addressed the function as the A2i specialists.
The speakers urged the university teache...
Presided over by the JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam, Assistant Professor of JU Institute of Information and Technology (IIT) Department Shamim Al Mamun delivered welcome speech.
Farhad Zahid and Khandaker Shahnur Rahman addressed the function as the A2i specialists.
The speakers urged the university teache...
Mega livestock project to change rural lifestyle
The government is going to undertake a project to rear some 5 lakh cows and buffaloes by rural people on cooperatives basis in seven divisions, aiming to meet the country’s growing demand for milk and meat.
“A project is being prepared in this regard where the beneficiaries will be provided with cows and buffaloes after training on improved animal husbandry,” said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told UNB.
The Planning Minister said the country’s hilly, river-erosion-prone and char areas will be given preference for implementing this big project by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

Politics keeps parliamentary bodies ineffective: TIB
Parliamentary standing committees are unable to work effectively as watchdogs due to political influence and conflict of interest among committee members, a new study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed.
The study says that the members of parliamentary committees have business interests in their respective parliamentary bodies and often they use the committees as tool to gain their own interest, UNB news agency reported.
The study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...
The study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...


















