KL yet to inform Dhaka about recruitment halt: Secretary

    UNB, Dhaka Acting secretary at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Begum Shamsun Nahar on Sunday said the Malaysian government has not yet officially informed the Bangladeshi government about its suspension order on recruiting foreign workers, including Bangladesh. While speaking to reporters at the ministry, Shamsun Nahar also said Malaysia even did not…

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      The first-ever photo of a black hole is almost ready

      Science Alert: The year 2019 is here. With it, we’ve been promised a splendid moment in astronomy. For years, the Event Horizon Telescope has been working to bring us the first ever telescopic photograph of the event horizon of a black hole. Indeed, for all their popularity in public imagination, we have never actually seen…

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        President, PM for modernizing meteorological services

        BSS, Dhaka The World Meteorological Day 2016 will be observed in the country today. The theme of the day this year is ‘Hotter, Drier, Wetter: Face The Future’. President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave separate messages on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day 2016 and wished the observance of…

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          JS budget session to begin June 5

          Raj Abrar: The Jatiya Sangsad budget session for 2018-19 Fiscal Year will commence on June 5, the last budget of the incumbent Awami League government. The parliament will go into session at 11:00 am on that day with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in chair. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is exprected place the budget proposal…

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            One in every two Rohingya children orphaned by brutal violence: Save the Children

            BDnews24: At present more than 6,000 unaccompanied and separated Rohingya children are living in Cox’s Bazar, where they confront adversities, such as food shortages and increased risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children said in a statement on Saturday. The international organisation that promotes children’s rights conducted a study marking the first anniversary of…

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              Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

              By Sheersho Zaman Last week the world was once again faced with demons that it would much rather forget. The Brussels bombings showed people once again the dark side of humanity. It reminded the world once more just how evil man kind can be to serve their own agenda. Not only Brussels, but areas of…

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                NEC likely to approve Tk 1,80,870cr ADP for FY19

                Raj Abrar: The National Economic Council (NEC) is expected to approve an overall Taka 1,80,869.17 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) today for the next fiscal year, reports BSS.According to a Planning Commission official, the next ADP, anticipated to be the highest development budget in the history of the country, will emphasize on speeding up the…

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                  4 Types of Difficult People

                  Not all the people we meet are easy to deal with. So to detect the difficult people in your life, you have to keep in mind these four specific types. You have to identify which type they fall into. But we also have to keep in mind that we all might fall into one of…

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                    C’wealth Secy Gen praises Hasina’s dev innovation

                    Hossen Sohel of DOT Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s development innovation- ‘the SDG-Tracker’ and championing women empowerment, reports UNB. “The Commonwealth under its Innovation Hub has placed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s social innovation initiative of designing and creating ‘the SDG-Tracker’ for as a best practice for realising Agenda 2030,”Patricia said….

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