Technical education compulsory by 2021

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni Monday said technical education will be made compulsory for the students at schools and madrasas by 2021 aiming to build skilled manpower.“Technical education is going to be introduced in 640 schools next year. Technical education will be made compulsory for the students at schools and madrasas by 2021,” she said while addressing a discussion in Dhaka.The National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) under the Prime Minister’s Office arranged the discussion, marking the World Youth Skills Day-2019.Expatriates’ Welfare and Oversees Employment Minister Imran Ahmed spoke at the programme as special guest.Sajjad Hassan, Secretary of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), presided over the discussion while Faruque Hossain, NSDA Executive Chairman, delivered welcome address.Speaking as the chief guest, Dipu Moni said preliminary idea about technical education will be disseminated among the students of class six to eight and a subject on te...

China’s central bank continues to inject liquidity into market

China’s central bank on Monday continued to pump cash into the financial system through open market operations to maintain liquidity in the market.The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) renewed 188.5 billion yuan (about 27.4 billion U.S. dollars) of medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans which were due on Monday and injected another 11.5 billion yuan via MLF to small and medium-sized banks, said the bank in a statement on its website, agency report.The MLF operations totaled 200 billion...

Technical education compulsory by 2021

Staff CorrespondentEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni Monday said technical education will be made compulsory for the students at schools and madrasas by 2021 aiming to build skilled manpower.“Technical education is g...

PM seeks Seoul’s support to resolve Rohingya crisis

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged South Korea to engage with Myanmar for an early peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis that has posed risks to regional peace and stability, reports BSS.“The displacement of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh has posed risks to peace and stability of our region. We hope Korea will engage with Myanmar for an early peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis,” she said.In reply, the South Korean premier said, “Anything we can do we’ll do.”During the official talks between Bangladesh and South Korea at the Prime Minister’s Office here this afternoon, Sheikh Hasina also called upon Seoul to consider allowing duty free market access for all Bangladesh exports without any exception.After the talks, PM’s Press...

PM receives treatment at NIOH

England’s historic win!

BP SpecialIn the history of ICC World Cup Cricket of the last 44 years, no final was so eventful, so exciting and so unpredictable till the ICC decision came over. And the cricketing world witnessed the nail-biting finale between England and New Zealand on Sunday that was their money’s worth. The historic win by England, overcoming numerous obstacles, has created history itself in the exciting battle for the Cup. It needs to be said that Australia and India came close to taking the ICC World Cup home. And at one stage, on Sunday, New Zealand thought they had got their hands on it. But no one had any idea that this time the coveted Cup was destined to go to England’s camp no matter what odds may happen in the field.As the Sunday match progressed, amidst a display of brilliant bowling and batting on both sides, it ended with tie with both sides scoring 241 runs. It then went on to tie-breaker called Super Over but that again ended with both teams scoring 15 runs. It so happened that on the final ball of the super over, New Zealand's Martin Guptill ran to score a winning final run but he was stumped by the English wicketkeeper. Thus ended the Super Over with another tie. Finally it was decided by the ICC that England gets the cup for scoring more four runs in the match.Interestingly, it was for the first time in the 44 years history of World cup final that the winner had to be decided by a super over and subsequently by a boundary count. The rule is not liked by many fans across the world. Some think wickets in hand should have been the deciding factor and not ...

Marine life in danger

Fishing in coastal areas is prime source of income and food for Bangladesh and many other countries around the world. To know more about the fish population in the sea area in the Bay of Bengal, Bangl...

Poverty reduction trend impressive

Bangladesh has made significant progress towards reducing all forms of poverty in the country, according to a new UN report. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday published the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) -- a tool to m...

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