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Sir Frank Peters When you play with fire, there’s every chance you’ll get burned. No doubt, getting burned was never the intent, but Murphy’s Law can kick-in unexpectedly and unannounced to most given situations. Murphy’s law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” Take […]
Read MoreThe Government of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) today jointly reviewed the implementation progress of ADB-assisted projects to further improve development results. Farida Nasreen, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Manmohan Parkash, Country Director, ADB, co-chaired the Tripartite Portfolio Review Meeting (TPRM) at BICC, Dhaka. The TPRM themed ‘Improving Project Performance for Better […]
Read MoreContinued rally of fabricated information, misrepresentation of facts, unsubstantiated claims, and unwarranted accusations to unjustifiably shift the onus of the Rohingya crisis on Bangladesh testifies the campaign of the Government of Myanmar to avoid its obligations to create an environment in Rakhine conducive for the sustained repatriation and reintegration of the forcibly displaced Rohingya in […]
Read MoreThe critical condition for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is that their economies undergo structural transformation, an expert said here Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Towfiqul Islam Khan, senior research fellow of leading Bangladeshi think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said the challenge for developing countries is to finance […]
Read MoreNineteen million Bangladesh households need to gain access to safely managed sanitation to help the country achieve universal access to sanitation by 2030, the UN children’s agency said Tuesday, reports Xinhua. In a statement marking the World Toilet Day which falls on Nov. 19, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it is about inspiring […]
Read MoreThe Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen M.P. inaugurated the Smart NID Card and voter enrolment services at Bangladesh Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 18 November, 2019. The Consul General of Bangladesh in Dubai conducted the inaugural programme. Officials concerned of Election Commission were also present during the inauguration. They also made a […]
Read MoreThe First Ever Bangladeshi Food Festival in Singapore- A Savory Treat for the food-lovers. Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore in partnership with Hotel Mandarin Orchard organized the first ever Bangladesh Food Festival in Singapore as part of Mission’s efforts to promote Bangladesh abroad through projection of its art, culture and culinary habits. The weeklong festival […]
Read MoreThe following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Indian High Commission in Dhaka issued Wednesday: “It has come to the notice of the High Commission that a letter said to have been written by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi to Hon’ble Chief Justice of India is being circulated […]
Read MoreSIR FRANK PETERS The recent announcement of a proposed new television channel dedicated exclusively to education is no doubt awe-inspiring The forward thinking of Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni (may Allah always love her and give her the inner strength and wisdom to do what is best for Bangladesh) to some degree deserves the nation’s […]
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