City Desk : Bangladesh Police is working to turn it into a smart police force by making itself suitable for Smart Bangladesh, said Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Tuesday. “Bangladesh Police is upholding the law and order situation in the country by performing their duties with professionalism and dedication and the Prime Minister is working to build Bangladesh as a developed, prosperous, smart Bangladesh by 2041. So Bangladesh Police will be turned into a smart...
City Desk : A total of 154 primary schools across the country are ready for upgrading the primary level up to class VIII and 1000 more schools will be added in the next three years, said Primary and Mass Education Secretary Farid Ahmed on Tuesday. “According to the education policy of 2010, primary education will be upgraded to the eighth grade. It will be implemented in phases. It is a matter of coordination with the Department of Secondary and Higher...
City Desk : Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam, has called for united resistance against land grabbers. He said this during the platinum jubilee celebration of the Bangladesh Awami League at the Hatirjheel Amphitheatre in the capital, on Monday, reports UNB. “Those who do not love the city, those who do not love its people, they encroach upon canals, they encroach upon grounds. Today, it is time for us to build strong resistance against all these encroachers,”...
City Desk : Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Liu Jianchao on Tuesday said that China is willing to continue all possible co-operation for the development of Bangladesh. The visiting Chinese minister said this in a meeting with President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban. Welcoming the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Jianchao at Bangabhaban, President Shahabuddin said that China is one of the most important development...
City Desk : Aiming to enhance benefits for investors, Green Delta Dragon Asset Management Company Limited (GDDA) and ShareTrip are going to offer 1% extra discount on top of all existing discounts on flight tickets. In a momentous collaboration GDDA and ShareTrip convened on June 6th, 2024, for an exclusive partnership signing ceremony, said a press release issued on Tuesday, reports UNB. The partnership announcement brings forth an additional 1% discount exclusively for GDDA investors on ShareTrip’s both International and...
City Desk : Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Tuesday said the work of creating a shared health record for the purpose of creating a health profile to provide a unique health ID to every citizen is underway. “The work of providing Unique Health ID has started in certain hospitals on an experimental basis. The project will be expanded soon based on the results of the pilot program. Some 14,03,889 IDs have been issued so far under the pilot...
City Desk : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the incumbent government has taken various initiatives to fulfill Bangladesh’s commitment to protecting the world’s environment by disseminating Bangladeshi eco-friendly and biodegradable jute products all over the world, including Bhutan. He made the remarks while speaking at the inaugural session of the Bangladesh Jute Products Exhibition Centre in Thimpu, Bhutan, on Monday, reports BSS. Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho...
City Desk : Kaus Mia, the tycoon and owner of Hakimpuri Jorda (processed tobacco leaves), who has been Bangladesh’s top taxpayer for 15 consecutive years, has passed away at the age of 94. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Asgar Ali Hospital in the capital on early Tuesday. Kaus Mia’s son Jahangir Mia confirmed the matter. “My father fell ill due to old age complications. Recently, after treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, he was brought...
City Desk : A delegation of Sandhani, the pioneer of voluntary blood donation and post-mortem eye donation movement in Bangladesh, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban here this afternoon. Social Welfare Minister Dr Dipu Moni led the delegation, reports BSS. During the meeting, the President was apprised of overall activities of Sandhani by the delegation. Later, President’s Press Secretary Md. Joynal Abedin told BSS about the outcome of the meeting. They (the delegation) presented...