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Plan to fill up vacant posts from merit list

Plan to fill up vacant 
posts from merit list
The government is likely to take a decision to fill up the vacant posts in the cadre service from the merit lists if there is no candidate from among freedom fighters, their children and grandchildren, women and ethnic minorities in the merit list of the job quota, disclosed sources in the public administration ministry. There are not enough candidates to fill up the 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters, their children and grandchildren, women and ethnic minorities in the cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).   Since the quota is not getting filled up, the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has not appointed anyone against the freedom fighters’ quota category. This has, however, resulted in a number of positions…

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Hundreds of Rohingyas ‘return home’
Hundreds of Rohingyas
‘return home’
Hundreds of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar have returned home, community…

Verdict on Wed

Verdict on Wed

The verdict in the case filed in respect of the tragic road accident that killed five persons, including renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer Mishuk Munier, will be delivered this Wednesday. The court of the additional district and sessions judge of Manikganj, Al Mahmud Foyzul Kabir,…
Survivors’ fight to end human trafficking

Survivors’ fight to end human trafficking

Trafficking-in-persons is the fastest growing criminal activity worldwide, including Bangladesh, and it takes in several forms. But it remains underreported that trafficking survivors in Bangladesh are working to stop this criminal activity through awareness campaign, reports UNB. A group of trafficking…
Out-of-control road accidents

Out-of-control road accidents

Claiming at least 12,000 lives on average while injuring some 35,000 annually, road accidents in Bangladesh has always been out of control. Ranging from poor condition of roads, pitiable state of trafficking, reckless driving to deliberately breaking traffic laws – all have increased at an alarming…
What’s love got to do with Valentine’s Day?

What’s love got to do with Valentine’s Day?

This year too the Valentine’s Day was celebrated in quite a big way. From the morning till night on February 14 you could see them in droves in the streets. In the evening the merrymakers filled the restaurants of Dhaka. Hand in hand, they took their seats, gazing at each other with a simulated…
Fate of FF improving: Minister

Fate of FF improving: Minister

Pabna: Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday said the fate of the freedom fighters is improving because of various initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. “Freedom fighters are the symbol of hopes and aspirations of the Bangalee nation,” he said presiding…
Dhaka Apparel Summit to showcase safety standards

Dhaka Apparel Summit to showcase safety standards

The Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has demanded quality power supply and improvements in the existing transmission system to ensure high productivity. “Power generation has been upgraded in Bangladesh, compared to what there was earlier. But the transmission…
Iraq launches assault on IS-held west Mosul

Iraq launches assault on IS-held west Mosul

AFP, OREIJ, Iraq: Iraqi forces launched an offensive Sunday on jihadists defending Mosul’s west bank, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four-month-old operation on the country’s second city. They swiftly retook five villages and set their sights on Mosul airport, which lies…
Shilpakala celebrates 43rd founding anniversary

Shilpakala celebrates 43rd founding anniversary

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), the premier cultural organisation of the country, celebrated its 43rd founding anniversary through an elaborated programme on its premises in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area. The programme began with raising the national flag and BSA flag. Then, an exhibition…
Nepalese Marsyangdi win opener

Nepalese Marsyangdi win opener

Mohammedan Sporting Club suffered big blow in their opening match in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup football tournament when they went down to Manag Marsyangdi Club of Nepal by 2-0 yesterday. Held at the MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Afeez Oladipo and Bishal Rai scored one goal each in the second…
‘Rural people to get better civic amenities’

‘Rural people to get better civic amenities’

KURIGRAM: LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the government is implementing various programmes to ensure better civic amenities for improving living standard of rural people, reports BSS. “We are developing infrastructural facilities alongside providing…
Teesta deal: An endless hope

Teesta deal: An endless hope

Had the interim agreement between Bangladesh and India on Tessta water sharing signed in September, 2011 for 15 years, as it was supposed to be, one third of the period would have already passed. But, let alone signing, this important agreement is still bracketed within the ‘the internal consultations’…
The Rohingya crisis and the role of the OIC

The Rohingya crisis and the role of the OIC

The latest United Nations report on the Rohingya minority shocked the world yet again with descriptions of the kind of atrocities that the Myanmar security forces are perpetrating. From children cut to death, to women raped and whole villages burned, these brutal acts have been justifiably characterised…
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