President of Catalonia, Spain receives Professor Yunus. The President of Catalonia, Spain Carles Puigdemont received Professor Yunus at his palace in Barcelona on Tuesday January 26. The President who just assumed office two weeks back wanted to meet Prof Yunus to discuss economic programs for Catalonia. Professor Yunus who was in Barcelona on the occasion of   Read More…»

By Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura & Golam Rasul ::  To strengthen the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) engagement in Bangladesh, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MOCHTA) and ICIMOD are jointly organising the Bangladesh-ICIMOD Partnership Day in Dhaka on 24 January. The event will be attended by ICIMOD’s key partners and stakeholders in   Read More…»

Second Cup Coffee is now at Dhaka. Grand Opening of Second Cup Coffee. The largest and most famous coffee brand in Canada “Second Cup Coffee Company” is now in Bangladesh. They already soft launched their first outlet at the ground floor of “Ahmed Tower”, 28-30, Kemal Atatürk Avenue, Banani in the capital city of Dhaka. The Honorable   Read More…»

Dr Yunus made Member of SDG Advocacy Group by Ban Ki Moon. The UN Secretary General made nobel laureate Professor Yunus as a member of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG ) Advocacy Group for the promotion and implementation of the Sustainabile Development Goals. These goals were adopted last September during the UN General Assembly. Secretary General   Read More…»

PM of Tunisia discusses social business with Professor Yunus at Davos. H.E. Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia invited Professor Yunus for a bilateral meeting to discuss ways to tackle youth unemployment in his country, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mr Habib Essid is the first democratically elected prime minister as   Read More…»

Meetings on Sub-Regional Cooperation between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN). The third meetings of the JWGs on Sub-Regional Cooperation between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) on Water Resources Management and Power/Hydropower and on Connectivity and Transit were held in Dhaka on 19-20 January 2016. The Bangladesh delegation was led by Mr. Tareq Md. Ariful   Read More…»

Several newspapers have reported that while addressing a programme at Shilpakala Academy held on January 16, honorable prime minister Shaikh Hasina had said, implying Professor Muhammad Yunus, that a former MD of a bank provoked high officials of the US government to threat the Bangladeshi PM to stop financing of Padma Bridge over his removal   Read More…»

Once, Bangladesh was a rural country. Now, Bangladesh is a rural-urban country; both are not same, challenges and problems are not same, developmental plans and goals are not same, and their administrative structures and functions should not be the same. It should be understood by the people of Bangladesh, and it should be soon understood   Read More…»

Call to close all schools and madrasas for a day. Anti-corporal punishment crusader Sir Frank Peters has written to Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid asking him to close all schools and madrasas for a day. He’s requesting this to mark the fifth anniversary of the Bangladesh High Court ruling of January 13, 2011 that bans corporal punishment   Read More…»

Patricia Sarmiento :: I’m going to show you 4 Benefits of Exercise for Cancer Patients. It’s hard to imagine anyone tougher than someone who is fighting cancer. Not only are they enduring a very physically difficult battle, but the illness can take an emotional toll as well. One of the things many doctors recommend is   Read More…»

Grameenphone Smartphone and Tab Expo kicks off Thursday. To give the users first-hand experience of smart phone and tablet computer, country’s largest showcasing event Grameenphone Smartphone and Tab Expo2016will kick off on Thursday. Three day event will end in Saturday 9 January at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). This is the 5th event of its kind   Read More…»

BRAC mourns the sad demise of Dr Mahabub Hossain. BRAC deeply mourns at the sad demise of Dr Mahabub Hossain, advisor of the executive director, BRAC and Distinguished Professor and Chairperson, Economics and Social Science department of BRAC University. He passed away onJanuary 4, 2016, at 2.45 am (Bangladesh time) inCleveland Hospital, USA at the age   Read More…»

Indian Visa Application Centre at Uttara. State Bank of India (SBI), the authorized agent of the High Commission of India, Dhaka for accepting Indian visa applications through Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs), launched a new IVAC at Uttara on 29 December, 2015. The new IVAC was inaugurated by Acting High Commissioner Dr. Adarsh Swaika in the   Read More…»

Creative IT Joins Bangladesh Bank Training Program. Creative IT Limited is getting involved in Bangladesh Bank’s ‘Skills for Employment Investment Program’ (SEIP) as IT organization. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman has handed over the respective approval letter to Creative IT’s Chairman Md. Monir Hossain in a ceremony last Sunday. Present at the ceremony at the   Read More…»