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Major changes on cards

Major changes on cards
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is going to change its present recruitment and promotion procedures which would enable a sepoy of the paramilitary force to become additional director, equivalent to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. “According to the draft ‘Recruitment Rules for the Rank of Junior Officer and Sepoy of BGB’, if a sepoy have graduation he would have the opportunity to be promoted to the post of additional director after gradually qualifying through the ranks of deputy director (DD), assistant director (AD), Subedar Major, Habildar and Lance Nayik”, said BGB director general Maj. Gen. Aziz Ahmed. Talking to The Independent he also mentioned that the entire training method of the force would be modernised…

Experts urge govt to raise climate change impact at WHS summit

Experts urge govt to raise climate change impact at WHS summit

Around 20 million people will become refugees by 2050 in Bangladesh as a result of climate change. Local experts have urged the government to place the issue before the UN World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in right earnest. As Bangladesh would be one of the countries that will be hit the worst due to…
WB provides additional $100m 
to improve vocational skills

WB provides additional $100m to improve vocational skills

The government of Bangladesh launched today implementation of $100 million additional financing provided by the World Bank (WB) to strengthen technical and vocational education in the country.  The WB’s additional financing will provide 420,000 poor students with the skills to find better…
Union Parishad elections 
again marred by violence

Union Parishad elections again marred by violence

It’s the recurrence of the same old seemingly unstoppable horrid occurrences which continue to tarnish these years’ Union Parishad elections. With dozens killed, countless injured amid a spree of irregularities and violence in the four phases of Union Parishad elections held recently, it…
Urban health and pollution issues

Urban health and pollution issues

Air pollution, improper management of waste, industrial effluence, discharge of sewage, hydrophobia and impure water are responsible for affecting health of about 55 million urban people of Bangladesh. Mayors’ versatility was fostered trustworthy to bring about improvement in these areas of concern.…
Full-fledged thalassemia centre opens at BSMMU

Full-fledged thalassemia centre opens at BSMMU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)has launched a full-fledged Thalassemia centre at the outdoor of the university with a coordinated treatment facilities for the thalassemia patients of the country, said a university release yesterday, reports BSS. To mark the World Thalassemia Day,…
$220m deal likely to be signed 
with IDB for power project

$220m deal likely to be signed with IDB for power project

The government is looking forward to sign a $ 220 million credit assistance agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) by June for 400 MW Ashuganj (East) power plant efficiency improvement project in Bangladesh, reports UNB. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to sign the credit agreement for…
Canada wildfire ‘out of control,’ doubles in size

Canada wildfire ‘out of control,’ doubles in size

AFP, FORT MCMURRAY: A ferocious wildfire wreaking havoc in Canada doubled in size Saturday and officials warned that the situation in the parched Alberta oil sands region was “unpredictable and dangerous.” “This remains a big, out of control, dangerous fire,” Public Safety Minister…
Chhayanaut celebrates 155th birth anniv of Rabindranath

Chhayanaut celebrates 155th birth anniv of Rabindranath

To celebrate the 155th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore on May 5 (25 Baishakh), Chhayanaut, one of the most prominent cultural organisations in the country, organised a two-day festival titled ‘Rabindra Utsab 1423’ on Saturday and Sunday at its Dhanmondi premises…
BCB emphasizes building 
strong spin-department

BCB emphasizes building strong spin-department

With Bangladesh pace bowling resources looking seemingly rich by the arrival of some quality fast bowlers, the BCB has lately focused on to enrich the spin department. The spin bowling was the Bangladesh’s strong point before the revolution of fast bowling, which became more potent weapon with…
Three killed in storm

Three killed in storm

Three people, including two siblings, were killed and 30 others injured as nor’wester swept through the district on Saturday night. Sources said Alfaz, 6 and Piari Khanam, a class VIII student-- daughter and son of Nabi Uddin of Bagdanga village under Bhadrabila union in Sadar upazila were killed…
IMED finds irregularities

IMED finds irregularities

Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), the government watchdog for public fund utilisation, found irregularities in implementation of the “Expansion and Modernisation of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH)” project. The IMED said there was a clear lack of transparency…
Surviving cancer without the positive thinking

Surviving cancer without the positive thinking

Mary Elizabeth Williams was just 44, a staff writer at Salon and a mother of two who was freshly reunited with her husband (from whom she had separated two years earlier), when she noticed a bump about the size of a pencil eraser on her scalp. It didn’t hurt. It didn’t itch. “I’m…
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