Business Report : Bangladesh Bank has mandated that directors of all banks must now attend board meetings in person, officially ending the “hybrid” meeting model that allowed virtual participation during the pandemic. The central bank issued this directive through its Banking Regulations and Policy Department on Wednesday, instructing the top executives of all banks to implement the changes immediately. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a hybrid model had been introduced to facilitate remote participation in board and subsidiary committee meetings. However,...
Day: September 20, 2024
City Desk : No new permit for brick kilns will be issued to reduce air pollution, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources said on Thursday. Besides, the operation of 3,491 brick kilns operating without environmental clearance to be shut down and all brick kilns built illegally in hilly areas will be relocated, she said, reports UNB. The adviser said these in a view exchange meeting with the...
City Desk : Islami Andolan Nayebe Ameer and Charmonai Pir Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim today demanded proper evaluation of Qawmi Madrasa certificates so that students of the madrasa could get jobs in public and private sectors. “Steps have to be taken to ensure job opportunities for the students passed from the country’s Qawmi Madrasa… they should be provided with jobs especially in the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh, Model Mosques, Army, RAB, Police and others public institutions,” he said. Speaking at...
City Desk : Journalist leaders on Thursday demanded scrapping all black laws including the Cyber Security Act (CSA) to ensure press freedom. They also demanded trial of the killing of 65 journalists during the regime of Awami League along with the murder of journalist-couple Sagar-Runi. The journalist leaders made this demand at a rally on the Jatiya Press Club premises organized by Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ). The meeting was organized to press...
City Desk : Australian Acting High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson on Thursday reiterated that her country will continue to...
Staff Reporter : Journalist and author Faruk Wasif has been reappointed as the Director General of the Press Institute of...
City Desk : Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday launched a weeklong special anti-mosquito drive in all wards of...