Author: Nusrat Fateme
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Coronavirus: Declaration of the risky area all over Bangladesh
The Health Department of the government has issued a notification declaring entire Bangladesh as a risk. On Thursday (April 16th, 2020) a notification containing such announcement was issued by the Director-General of the Department of Health Dr. Abul Kalam Azad. In addition to the declaration of risk, three orders were issued for the people… 1.…
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New scheme of Tk 5,927crore to cut micro-credit habit
The government is going to start a project of Tk 5,927 crore to develop a small saving scheme for 51 lakh rural poor families. The government will form village organizations in 85,000 villages mainly to rescue marginal populace from micro-credit net. The project is going to be done under the ‘One House, One Farm’ project…
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Thunder bolts kill 7 in four districts.
The incidents of thunder bolts took place in Netrakona, Kurigram Lalmonirhat and Sherpur yesterday and the day before Two people died at chitulia and Chowkidhara-Nawapara under Kendua upazila of Netrakona district yesterday Another 3 died in Lalmonirhat A worker was killed by thunder bolts while working in the field in Nageswari upazila in Gaibandha Monday…
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11 private universities to be set up
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved 11 new universities to be set up soon. Out of 45 applications UGC approved 11applications after scrutiny. This is based on national education policy2010. Out going UGC Chairman Prof. Nazrul Islam met President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban yesterday. There he discussed about UGC recommendations. UGC recommends formation of…
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New SEC member appointed
The government has appointed Prof Helaluddin Nizami as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for three years . he is of accounting and information system department at Chittagong University During his tenure in the SEC he will not be able to hold any other post, as according to an order of the…
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Government is going to rearrange SEC
The government is going to rearrange the core team of the Securities and Exchange Commission. There will be new appointment of a chairman. This is to be done in order to regain the trust of general investors on regulators. According to the probe report, the Anti-Corruption Commission may investigate the allegation of market manipulations. Earlier…
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Osama Bin Laden died.
Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces on early Monday in a hideout in Pakistan. President Barack Obama said in a speech at the white house, “Justice has been done” He confirmed his death. Crowd gathered outside the white house shouting USA.USA and waving US flag. It was a psychological triumph after a decade.…
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Prime Minister inaugurated Dhaka expressway work
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of Dhaka Elevated Expressway today (Saturday morning) The inaugural ceremony was held at Army Stadium in Banani. Italian-Thailand Development Public Company Ltd (Ital-Thai Company) got the contract to build the expressway. The estimated cost is Tk 8,703 crore. According to the contract, Ital-Thai Company will build the…
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Farmers upset as hybrid seeds produce little yield
Hybrid paddy sold in the name Jhalak and Hira yielded sterile plants, this situation infuriates the farmers or respective paddy cultivators. They set fire to those sterile paddy plants in front of Noakhali deputy commissioner’s office on Sunday. The farmers demanded compensation for losses and punishment to the companies that instigated them to buy low…
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Physical, psychological abuses banned in educational institutions
Yesterday educational ministry announced a policy on banning corporal punishments to students at educational institutions. Both private and public institutions will fall under this category of educational institutions. The policy described about physical and mental punishments in detail. According to the policy if anyone is found guilty in meting out corporal punishment, the action will…
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Stamp sales portraying William and Kate increased
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement portraits are given in a new set of stamps released by the UK Royal mail service. The sensational wedding of the century is ahead. On such auspicious moment the sales of postage stamps has increased dramatically. Long queue of people were seen in central London’s post office to…
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Prime Minister inaugurated e-Books
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated e-books of 106 textbooks at her office. These books are available online. The e-books are online version of textbooks of the primary and secondary levels. Access to Information (A2I) Project of the PM’s Office and the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) jointly transformed 33 primary level and 73 secondary…