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গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক আইন ২০১৩ পাস এর প্রতিবাদে কালো ব্যাজ ধারন, সাংবাদিক সম্মেলন

গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক আইন ২০১৩ এর পাস এর প্রতিবাদে গ্রামীণ ব্যাংকের সকল কর্মকর্তা কর্মচারী নভেম্বর ০৭, ২০১৩ তারিখে কালো ব্যাজ ধারন করবেন। এরই অংশ হিসেবে গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক প্রধান কার্যালয় মিরপুর-২, ঢাকায় কর্মরত সকল কর্মকর্তা কর্মচারী কালো ব্যাজ পরিহিত অবস্থায় বেলা ১২:৩০ থেকে গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক, প্রধান কার্যালয়ে অবস্থান করবেন। Source: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক কর্মচারী সমিতি Press Release

Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin says Bangladesh war crime trial was ‘corrupt’

A UK based Bangladeshi Muslim community leader, convicted of war crimes in Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, has described his trial as “corrupt”. Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin was tried in absentia by a special tribunal and sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes related to the abduction and killing of independence supporters. Mr Mueen-Uddin told […]

Earth Telecom Deploys Juniper Networks to Deliver High-Speed Internet

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (Earth Telecom Press Release)– Earth Telecommunication Limited one of Bangladesh’s leading International Internet Gateway (IIG) service providers, w ill deploy Juniper Networks the industry leader in network innovation, including routing, switching and security elements. The Juniper Networks solution enables Earth Telecom to scale its service on a pay-as-you-go basis, providing affordable quality […]

Move on to form Bangladesh poll-time cabinet

Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) Despite the main opposition alliance’s threat to boycott elections, the Bangladesh ruling coalition has initiated moves to form an all-party poll-time interim cabinet in line with PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal. “We’ll submit our resignation letters to the prime minister in a week,” Xinhua quoted Communications Minister Obaidul Quader, one of the influential members of the […]

Bangladesh concludes mutiny trial, hundreds sentenced to death, life in prison

By Sharmin Akter DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of paramilitary soldiers have been sentenced to death and life in prison for a two-day horrendous mutiny which left 74 people dead including 57 officers deputed from the Army. The Dhaka court awarded death to 152 personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles […]

Climate Action Brings Big Benefits to Human Health

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (World Bank Press Release) — Fast action to cut common pollutants like soot – also known as black carbon – and methane will not only slow global warming, but save millions of lives. Reductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in the Arctic and in mountain regions with […]

Gov’t board recommends 77 pct wage hike for Bangladesh garment workers

DHAKA, Nov. 4 (nsnewswire) — The government board has recommended 5,300 taka as the minimum monthly wage for the country’s around 4 million garment workers. The government in May this year, formed the wage board, headed by a Judge AK Roy, to set a fresh minimum wage structure for the garment sector. […]

Bangladeshi opposition’s hartal sparks violence

DHAKA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — A protester was shot dead and a dozen others including cops injured in stray incidents of violence in the early hours of Bangladesh’s opposition enforced countrywide 60- hour non-stop hartal which begins on Monday morning. Nasir Uddin, 24, a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of ex-Prime Minister […]

Bangladesh plays key role in China’s rebalancing in Southeast Asia

By Dan Steinbock Recently, Bangladesh’s foreign minister Dipu Moni met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing to push forward the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor. The initiative follows China’s intensified co-operation with Pakistan in South Asia and recent Asian summits in which both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have been promoting a new […]