New BGB DG joins office

Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui who has been appointed as the new director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) joined office on Monday. He took the charge from the outgoing DG Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan in the afternoon. Before taking charge as the DG of BGB, Ashrafuzzaman served as the director

Saima Wazed to assume office of WHO Regional Director today

AP,NEW DELHI The newly elected Regional Director for South-East Asia of World Health Organization (WHO) Saima Wazed, a global mental health expert, will take office for the next five years today. The member states voted to nominate Wazed to the post during a meeting at the 76th session of the WHO Regional

BIDA signs deal with DBCCI

Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DBCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) under Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday at BIDA conference centre, a press release. Executive chairman of BIDA, Lokman Hossain Miah, senior secretary was present at the signing ceremony as a chief

In Dhaka, govt employees join duty at 8am

Employees of all government and autonomous offices in the capital reported for duty at 8am Wednesday as per the new timings. The government has changed the timings of all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices -- from 9am-5pm to 8am-3pm daily -- to ration electricity in view of the energy crisis