Bangladesh
Why women should use husbands’ permanent addresses: HC
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why women candidates should use their husbands’ permanent addresses as their own as per the condition of a recruitment circular of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Succeeded in curbing militancy, terrorism: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday claimed that the government has successfully curbed forest robbers, militancy, terrorism and drugs from the country.
14 mayoral candidates in DNCC, DSCC polls
Over 1,000 aspirants, including 14 mayoral candidates, have filed nominations to contest elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) slated for January 30 as the deadline for nomination submission expired on Tuesday afternoon.
Nahida Sobhan new Bangladesh ambassador to Jordan
The government has appointed Nahida Sobhan, who is currently serving as the Director General of United Nations Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan.
ICAB celebrates Members’ Night 2019
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) organised a series of programmes on December 19, marking the end of the year of 2019 and heralding the dawn of the new year of 2020.
Two JMB members remanded in Narayanganj
A court here on Tuesday placed two suspected members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day remand.
Bangladesh also hit global headlines with good news in 2019
There is a say in journalism that ‘bad news is good news’. Not always, anyway. Bangladesh hogged headlines for many good reasons in the outgoing year - 2019.
95.5pc pass PEC, 95.96pc Ebtedayee
Over 95 percent students have passed their Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations this year.
Payra–Gopalganj power transmission line goes into operation
Finally, the 400 kV Payra–Gopalganj power transmission line has gone into operation with a hope that it will facilitate the power supply from newly constructed 1st unit of 1200 MW Payra coal-fired Power Plant.
Country saw 388 extrajudicial killings in 2019: ASK
Alongside an increase in incidents of rape, the country saw 388 cases of extrajudicial killings in the year of 2019, said a new report on Tuesday.