UNICEF, EU launch toolkit for child rights integration in dev cooperation
As part of their collaboration, UNICEF and the European Union on Tuesday launched ‘Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating child rights in development cooperation’ providing practical guidance to all donors and social actors concerned.
Bangladesh, India launch survey in enclaves over nationality
Bangladesh and India on Monday launched a joint survey to record the ‘choice of nationality’ of 51,584 people in 162 enclaves in each other’s territories ahead of the July 31 integration of the land with the respective mainland under the historic Land Boundary Agreement. Officials said, 50 teams began the survey in 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh while 25 teams went inside India to carry out the identical task in 51 enclaves in India, Times of India reports.
Khaleda for unity of ‘nationalist’ forces
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday said people were now looking to the ‘nationalist forces’ to rid them of the current situation.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON PAHELA BAISHAKH: Minister claims arrest, police deny.
The state minister for home, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Monday told parliament that few suspects in the sexual harassments during Bangla New Year celebrations at Dhaka University, while the law enforcement agencies denied any such arrest.
NBR bars licence for foreign freight forwarders
The National Board of Revenue has put a bar on providing freight forwarding licence to fully foreign-owned companies to operate in the country.
Govt failing to help flood victims: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that the government was not providing relief support to flood victims and instead were busy with corruption. ‘The flood victims are passing their days in misery and the government is not providing them with relief’, Khaleda said at an iftar party.
Jt operation begins near Myanmar border Campaign aims to flush out extremists, drug and human traffickers
Border Guard Bangladesh backed by the army has begun a ‘search and destroy’ operation in Thanchi of Bandarban bordering Myanmar to demolish the possible hideouts of militant and organised crime groups in the remote hilly areas, the officials said.
PM distributes WC money
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over the cheques to the national cricket team players, coaches and other officials for the outstanding successes in the World Cup and home series against Pakistan.
ICX cos’ dues to BTRC swell to Tk 638cr
The outstanding dues of the country’s 25 interconnection exchange operators have increased by more than Tk 600 crore in last three years as the politically-licensed ICX operators, who received licenses in 2012, are reluctant to pay the revenue share.
MP resists storing Brazilian wheat in Kushtia
Fourteen truckloads of ‘substandard’ wheat imported from Brazil could not be stored at Kumarkhali warehouse on Saturday due to obstruction by a local MP.
