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July 2023

Do not teach violence to children

'While we can never eradicate violence in society totally, we can erase

corporal punishment. It doesn’t help to have the fundamentals of violence

taught in our schools to impressionable minds by ‘teachers’

paid from the nation’s coffers'

'If there were a Corporal Punishment Victims Club, there would be no shortage of members, including those mentally or physically damaged for life'

By Sir Frank Peters It’s amazing how un-hinged society can become if you don’t pay attention to the smaller details and address them appropriately. Take for example violence in society. The majo...

Foundation training for PBL officers

A training course on ‘Foundation Training for Senior Officers & Officers’ was held recently under the auspices of Pubali Bank Training Institute. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. graced the occasion as Chief Guest in the inaugural ceremony. Niranjan Chandra Gope, Principal of Pubali Bank Training Institute, presided over the function. In his speech Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury made a clarion call on all participants to foster new PBTI Septspirit and enthusiasm for achieving our Bank’s Vis...

Stopping corruption possible by using ICT: Palak

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said stopping corruption is possible by ensuring desired utilization of information and communication technology (ICT). “We need to stop corruption to further expedite the development in the country. Using of ICT can become handy in this regard. We have managed to stop corruption in land sector by using ICT,” he said, reports BSS. plkPalak said these while addressing a views exchange meeting with local representatives, government officials and newsmen at Natore Circuit Hous...

Premier Bank Annual Business Conference-2019 held

Annual Business Conference-2019 of The Premier Bank Limited with the theme “Together Towards Tomorrow” was held today at Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka. Freedom Fighter Dr. H.B.M. Iqbal, Honorable Chairman, Board of Directors of The Premier Bank Limited graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Mr. B. H. Haroon, MP, Director; Mr. Abdus Salam Murshedy, MP, Director; Mr. Mohammad Imran Iqbal, Director & Chairman-Risk Management Committee; Mr. Shah Md. Nahyan Haroon, were present as the special guest. Premier BankAd...

Top 10 TREC of CSE

Top ten TREC Holder of Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited for the year of 2018 (January 18 to December 18) based on their trading turnover are as follows:
  1. Lanka Bangla Securities Limited
  2. Multi Securities Limited
  3. cseIDLC Securities Limited
  4. BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited
  5. EBL Securities Limited
  6. Be Rich Limited
  7. Kabir Securities Limited
  8. ICB Securities Trading Company Limited
  9. Meenhar Securities Limited
  10. Island Securities Limited

Japanese Professor meets DU VC

Professor Dr Yasushi Makihara of Osaka University, Japan called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman today at his residential office of the university. Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of DU Dr Md Atiqur DU-hallRahman Ahad was present on the occasion, reports BSS. During the meeting, they discussed various issues including the possibilities of undertaking joint collaborative academic and research programmes between the University of Dhaka and the Osaka Un...