UNB Nigeria’s Finance Ministry says it is cutting 24,000 ghost workers from the national payroll, saving $11.5 million a month. A statement received Monday says a new bank verification system helped uncover frauds with federal government salaries being paid to people who do not exist and some civil servants receiving salaries from multiple agencies. The…
Desk Report: Indigenous people have been enduring forced displacement from their ancestral land across the country, and in Chittagong Hill Tracts the situation is particularly worrisome with little progress in implementing the CHT Peace Accord, signed 20 years ago, Bangladesh Adivasi Forum said. “We call on indigenous people to continue resisting forced migration,” said the…
Tech Explorist: Students who experience violence at a high school are more likely to report psycho-social and academic impairment later. The study conducted by the Université de Montréal with colleagues in Belgium and France suggests that being a bystander of high-school violence can be as damaging to mental health.Michel Janosz of UdeM’s School of Psycho-Education…
Abrar Hussain: Increasing fines and penalties, the Cabinet has given final approval to draft of ‘Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Act, 2018’ The approval came from a regular meeting held yesterday, while Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in the chair in her office, reports Banglanews24. After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told reporters, “An…
Forhad Hossain Bandai Namco Games has announced the starting of the Tales of Zestiria the Xanime on their official website. The premiere will be held on July 3 in Tokyo MX, with airings on July 5 on Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, and BS11. The story goes like: Sorey grew up among some spiritual…
Abrar Hussain: After a New York Times report on Friday claimed that Alibaba co-founder and Chairman Jack Ma will retire today, the South China Morning Post published a report yesterday denying that claim, and argued that he will unveil a succession plan instead. The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said China’s most famous tech…
Samiul Bashar Samin Every Bangladeshi child is taught about our struggle in 1971 that lasted 9 months before we drove out the Pakistani occupation forces and sent them home to their moms crying. However, one does wonder at times about what our beloved country would look like if we were still under the tyrannical rule…
Reuters: A Malaysian court on Monday acquitted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng of corruption charges brought against him two years ago, state news agency Bernama reported. Lim was charged in 2016 with abusing his position as chief minister of the state of Penang by securing a two-storey bungalow below market price. Lim was a senior…
BSS Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged drug trader with 10 kg of hemp from Polladanga area under Chapainawabganj Municipality on Saturday night. The arrested was Md. Rubel Islam alias Nasir, 32, son of Abdul Latif of Modhya Ajaipur under Chapainawabganj municipality. RAB source said, acting on secret information, an operation team…