BRAC mourns death of staffer killed by Afghan militants
By: K R Chowdhury Although a second Bangladeshi staffer at BRAC was killed in Afghanistan recently, the aid organisation has pledged to continue development work in the war-torn country Parvin Akhter recalls the last conversation she had with her husband, an area manager at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). He said he feared for [...]
BNP central leader Khairul Kabir Khokon was arrested and former Rajshahi city corporation mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu sustained minor injuries as stray clashes marked the opposition-enforced hartal on Thursday. Khokon, Narsingdi district president of the main opposition party, was sent to jail in a case filed for cocktail blasts near the BNP’s central office during [...]
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By: V. Jayanth The consortium of banks has done its bit to rescue Air India. The government of India, led by the Civil Aviation Ministry, has sewn together a Rs.30,000-crore bailout plan for the airline. But this alone is insufficient to revive the ailing Air India, once known as the “Maharajah.” Whether the airline can [...]
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By: Chayan Khairul Habib Britanny, May 11 (bdnews24.com)—Fahim Mohammed Alam, the Bangladeshi chess prodigy, has finally been given temporary documents to stay legally in France, ending uncertainty about his future for being the son of an illegal immigrant. The French Under-12 chess champion’s legal status means the planned deportation from France of his illegal immigrant [...]
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A 5.3-magnitue earthquake jolted the capital and other parts of the country on Friday evening. There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage from the earthquake that took place at 6:42pm. The epicentre of the quake was 210kms north-east of Dhaka, Prof Humayun, director of the Earthquake Observatory Centre of Dhaka University, told The [...]
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The government’s plan to reduce electricity consumption by forcing building owners to install rooftop solar panels might not yield desired results as the initiative involves a number of flaws, an analyst warned yesterday. M Rezwan Khan, vice chancellor of United International University, said recent rules make it mandatory for owners of new buildings to set [...]
Continue reading …In a show of gross misreporting and anti-Pakistan propaganda the Indian media issued a news report claiming that five Pakistani nationals associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) entered Mumbai in disguise and planned to carry out an attack similar to 2008 Mumbai attack, DawnNews reported. The media channels broadcasted the pictures of three Pakistanis whom they [...]
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Following the footsteps of the ministries of Education and Health, the Ministry of Labor intends to employ women in key positions, sources at the ministry were quoted by Al-Watan newspaper recently. The sources added that the ministry had concluded its planned restructuring to accommodate women in key positions at its 33 labor offices distributed in [...]
Continue reading …Responsibility expands: Feels Latifur Rahman on receiving prestigious Business for Peace Award
May 8, 2012 No Comment
By: The Daily Star Staff Correspondent Bangladesh’s businesses must maintain globally-accepted standards and ethics no matter whether they operate in the USA or Norway, said country’s top entrepreneur Latifur Rahman. “Our businesses and the way we are connected with the world, our standard has to be the same no matter where they operate,” said Rahman, [...]
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By: K R Chowdhury Squadron Leader Sadrul Ahmed Khan is ‘proud’ to serve as a UN peacekeeper in war-torn Ivory Coast, where common people call the Bangladeshi peacekeepers munami, meaning “my friend. Like his fellow Bangladeshi armed forces members stationed as peacekeepers, Khan said, he has tried his best to serve the people suffering in [...]
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the NATO commander and the US ambassador on Monday to warn that civilian casualties in military operations threatened a strategic pact he has signed with the US. Tens of civilians — including women and children — had been killed in NATO bombardments in four provinces since Saturday, a statement from [...]
Continue reading …US sides with Grameen Bank: Hillary speaks against any govt action that may hurt microcredit feats;
May 7, 2012 No Comment
By: The Daily Star Staff Correspondent US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the USA does not endorse any action of the Bangladesh government to undermine the achievements of Grameen Bank. Before wrapping up her 20-hour Dhaka tour yesterday, Hillary said she had followed the problems stemming from a change in the management in [...]
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