No shame

    Brigette Hyacinth, Bestselling author, and an International Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Management, HR, Social Media Marketing & Influencing, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence/Linked In ” Brigette, I’ve been out of work for 3 mths and just got a JOB OFFER today (the first since I’ve been unemployed). The compensation is fair, but there are a…

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      Time to act for education on the move

      Jo Bourne/UNICEF In the early 1950s, about 50 per cent of primary school age children were out of school. In 1970, that figure stood at 28 per cent. Today, it has come down to 9 per cent. Progress has been slow, and there is still more to be done, but many millions of children have…

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        Female drug dealers now reign supreme

        Desk Report Over 100 listed female drug dealers reign supreme in the illegal business in the capital despite a police crackdown against Yaba and other deadly narcotics. Detective sources said female drug peddlers are controlling the major part of the drug underworld in Dhaka, reports Daily Sun. The number of female drug traders is increasing…

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          No AL programme to counter BNP rally: Quader

          Desk Report Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said his party will not announce any programme to counter BNP’s rally in the city, reports the daily star. “We will not announce any counter programme against any party. But if BNP wants to create anarchy and sabotage in the…

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            Test run of MNP service from Oct 1

            NTV Online: The test run of much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service will be launched on October 1, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar said. The MNP service allows a subscriber to change telecom carrier keeping the same phone number. The minister said the service will be launched officially later following feedback from…

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              BD Autocars recommends 15pc dividend

              Desk Report: The board of directors of Bangladesh Autocars Limited has recommended 3.0 per cent cash and 12 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, reports Financial Express. The board has also decided to implement installation of LPG facilities in the existing premises or any other suitable location from company’s…

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                Where is Labour in all this Brexit mess?

                James Brownsell/Aljazeera As the Conservative Party is spectacularly failing in Brexit, Labour has no clear alternative plan to offer. Britain, it would appear, is falling apart at the seams. The Conservative government teeters on the brink of collapse, riven with divisions, rife with Islamophobia, propped up by an abjectly illiberal formerly paramilitary-supporting party from Northern…

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                  DU ‘Ka’ unit admission test today

                  BSS The first-year honours admission test for 2018-19 academic sessions of the science disciplines under “Ka-Unit” of Dhaka University (DU) will be held inside and outside of the DU campus today. A total of 81,096 students applied against 1,750 seats of Ka unit, said a DU press release. No electronic devices, including calculator, mobile phone,…

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