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…
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…
Michael Hambrick, Founder, The Ate Truths/Thrive Global, California In the blink of an eye… For the second time in three weeks, we’re dealing with a loss in the family. Hopefully this is the last time I have to write about death for a while, but it is, after all, one of the only two things…
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…
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…
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…
Morocco is finalizing Noor Ouarzazate solar complex, the world’s largest solar plant, said the engineering and technology group SENER. SENER said it is about to start the final tests at Noor Ouarzazate III, after completing the first synchronization of the 150 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant to the Moroccan grid. The plant represents a…
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…
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…
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,…