John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/Reuters The British prime minister and the leader of Her Majesty’s opposition gave speeches on the same day this week, outlining their vision for their country’s economy – and by implication, its society. They had little in common. It’s hardly…
Desk Report: A 3-day green convention and expo will begin in the city on October 4 to promote green and energy efficient technology and public private partnership for sustainable developments in the country. Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited will organise the Green PPP Convention and Expo in October 4-6 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in…
Banglanews24:A young Bangladeshi researcher Md Mahady Hasan (popularly known as Soroj Mehedi), a Lecturer of Gono University, and also Turkey Scholarship Fellow has attended as a speaker at the “Mahatma Gandhi International Congress on Multidisciplinary Studies” in New Delhi of India. The seminar is ending on 28 Sept after starting on 25 Sept.Under the banner…
BDnews24 Bangladesh has been ranked 161th country in human capital list, improved more than India and Pakistan, a new study published in The Lancet showed. The country has witnessed improvement in the health and learning of its workforce since 1990. This could have long-term beneficial effects on the Bangladesh economy.The study is the first of…
Desk Report Joint venture Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt) Limited is likely to begin power generation at its coal-fired power plant at Payra in Patuakhali in 2019. The Payra power plant would the first echo-friendly coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh, Chinese partner of the joint venture China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation vice-president Kang Hubiao…
Desk Report The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Thursday asked the US-Bangla Airlines to submit a report after checking all of their planes. The ministry’s Secretary M Mohibul Haque told UNB that they wrote to the airlines authorities asking them to submit the report as soon as possible. The government move came after Wednesday’s…
Desk Report Bangladesh ace all-rounder’s injury to his left little finger, which rendered him unable to even grip a bat and forced him to leave the Asia Cup tournament and return to Dhaka, needed immediate surgery and the cricketer was forced to go under the doctors knife at Apollo hospital yesterday. “The injured hand got…
Desk Report Rail links to Mymensingh and Bhairab snapped off on Friday after a freight train derailed at Baghmara crossing. Four carriages of the Mymensingh-bound freight train from Chattogram skidded off the tracks at the rail crossing around 10am, said Zahirul Islam, railway station superintendent in Mymensingh. The train communications remained suspended between Mymensingh and…
Desk Report It is a twist of fate that two different Asia Cups have been witness to two stages in Bangladesh’s evolution. Along with evolution, of course, comes growth amid turmoil and Bangladesh have had much of both in the 2012 tournament and the ongoing one in the UAE where they will contest for the…
Desk Report The long-awaited tenth convocation of Rajshahi University is set to be held on Saturday as the university authorities have already made all kind of preparations to hold the event in a befitting manner. The president Md Abdul Hamid, also the chancellor of the university, will preside over the convocation with education minister Nurul…