BB relaxes banks’ capital market investment rules
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday relaxed the provision for scheduled banks’ investment in the capital market by excluding their equity investment in subsidiary companies in calculating the banks’ capital market exposure.
Alumni assoc of BSMMU’s endocrinology dept formed
Former students of endocrinology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University formed an alumni association with Dr AKM Aminul Islam as its president and Dr Sharmin Jahan as general secretary.
Skills training for ethnic minorities for employment stressed
Rights activists on Sunday said that members of national minority communities, the female members of the communities in particular, living in the hills and the plains needed occupational skills training for employment.
Nasim thanks Khaleda for taking part in municipal polls
Health and family welfare minister Mohammed Nasim on Friday thanked Begum Khaleda Zia for taking part in the municipal elections 2015 and said next parliamentary elections will be held in 2019 where the people will decide who would go to power.
Dry fish treated with poisonous pesticide
Hazardous pesticides are in rampant use in preserving sea fish in dried form, especially in the country’s main hub in Cox’s Bazar, posing serious health risks to dry-fish lovers.
Cold pinches people
Temperature is likely to fall further today, with people already experiencing the pinch of bitter cold, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
MUNICIPAL POLLS : Most AL, BNP candidates have criminal records
Most of the mayoral candidates nominated by ruling Awmai League and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the elections to 234 municipal councils scheduled for December 30 are facing or have faced criminal cases.
Many injured in twin blasts in navy mosques
Several bombs exploded in two mosques in Chittagong naval base during Juma prayers on Friday, leaving more than a dozen people injured.
GAZETTE NOTIFICATION OF NEW PAY SCALE : Protesting employees miffed at being ‘ignored’
Low ranking government employees on Thursday protested at the new pay structure for ‘ignoring’ their demands for reinstating timescale and selection grade and for reducing the total number of grades to 16 from 20.
MUNICIPAL POLLS CODE VIOLATION : Complaints go mostly unheeded
Most of the complaints raised by the candidates about violation of electoral code of conduct and other offences in electioneering for the December 30 municipal polls go unheeded with the Election Commission taking no effective measures to curb such violations.
