New police recruitment policy focuses on merit and physique: IGP
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh police force will hire only qualified people with merit and good physique as constables under a new recruitment policy, the country’s police chief said yesterday.The new policy has been formulated after reviewing the…
Read More »Students to be vaccinated with birth certificate
Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said that she had held a meeting with Vice Chancellors (VCs) of all universities approved by the University Grant Commission (UGC) and others concerned parties. Most the students…
Read More »PM reiterates call to follow health guidelines
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to the countrymen particularly the lawmakers to follow the health guidelines properly as she joined a discussion on an obituary motion at…
Read More »BB wants audit of 9 e-commerce businesses over scams
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has sent a letter to the Ministry of Commerce asking them to appoint auditors to investigate the finances of nine e-commerce platforms that are facing allegations of financial irregularities and cheating customers.“We…
Read More »Bangladesh facing 35pc shortage in meat-egg
Mahfuja Mukul:Bangladesh still has been facing 35 percent shortage in meat, egg and poultry products. The sector has created employment opportunity for 6 million people but still having huge scope to create job opportunity. The poultry…
Read More »City returns to old form with traffic congestion
Staff Correspondent: All schools and colleges in the country were reopened, as a result, long tails of traffic appeared in the capital on Sunday. On the second day of opening educational institutions, the intensity of the…
Read More »11 held for theft in Metrorail project
Staff Correspondent: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 11 members in an overnight operation on charges of stealing goods from the Metro Rail project.RAB-4 arrested the thieves from Shahali area of Mirpur at 10 am…
Read More »Kamal for finding way to recover trade
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday called for finding out a strong path for recovery in both trade and investment among the Commonwealth countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Finance Minister made the call while…
Read More »Draft policy formulated for OTT platforms: Hasan
Staff Correspondent: The Information Ministry has prepared a draft policy for Bangladeshi over-the-top (OTT) media services, said Information Minister, Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday.The minister came up with the remarks while talking to the journalists at the…
Read More »No public exam before 10 grade
No group in 9th-10th class: Dipu Staff Correspondent: Education activities will be introduced in the 9th-10th classes in a cluster-based curriculum without any division (science, arts and commerce), said the Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni.The Education…
Read More »Mass transportation startup Jatri raises $1.2 million
Industry Desk: Bangladesh and Singapore-based public transportation platform Jatri has raised $1.2 million in a pre-series A round participated in by Reflect Ventures, BTFV vision fund, SBK tech ventures, and prominent global strategic mobility investors.As well,…
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