Maintain transparency in public procurement to boost growth

Planning minister M A Mannanon Wednesday urged all government officials, especially those engaged in public procurement, for discharging their role sincerely by maintaining transparency and accountability. Public procurement means spending money collected from public and for this all concerned should be sincere to ensure better use of people’s money from their patriotic feelings in order to boost economic growth, he mentioned.The minister was speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on “How Senior Government Officials Can Support Achieving Value for Money Outcomes in Procurement” at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden. Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah, ndc, Secretary, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) and Ms. Mercy MiyangTembon, Country Director for Bangladesh & Bhutan, World Bank spoke at the workshop as special guests.Richard Olowo, Lead Procurement Specialist, World Bank and Sunil K. Bhattacharya, Consultant, World Bank, also spoke on the occa...

Padma Bank opens account in just one minute

Padma Bank Limited has launched ‘Padma Click’ mobile phone App for its customers in an effort to open a bank account in just one minute. The hassle-free mobile application has made immediate impact among the customers, creating buzz in Bangladesh’s banking sector.The bank has launched its ‘One Minute Account’ at the Gulshan DNCC Market in Dhaka and within just two days about 200 people have opened accounts by availing the service. Customers praised the Padma Click a...

IBBL holds agent banking conference at Rajshahi

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Rajshahi Zone organized Business Development Conference of Agent Banking and workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism on 19 February 2020, Wednesday a...

‘Moner Jotno is a complete book on mental health’

Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni hailed a Dhaka University teacher for her first book on self care and mental health, and said the book contains ‘everything that needs to be done to maintain mental health’.“I think everyone needs to read this book,” she said while unveiling the book ‘Moner Jotno’ at Bangla Academy on Wednesday. Roufun Naher, lecturer of the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Dhaka University, wrote the book. Anindya Prokash published the book.Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Prof Mohit Kamal, psychologist Prof Mehtab Khanam, General Secretary of National Press Club Farida Yeasmin, Member Secretary of Samprity Bangladesh Prof Dr Mamun Al Mahtab S...

PM receives treatment at NIOH

Liverpool seek home comforts after Atletico wake-up call

Liverpool's return to the scene of their Champions League triumph last season was not a happy one.A 1-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday leaves the European champions relying on another Anfield comeback to progress, reports AFps.Jurgen Klopp's men famously thrashed Barcelona 4-0 in their last knockout tie at home to overturn a 3-0 deficit in last season's semi-finals.There is no need for such a dramatic turnaround when Atletico visit on March 11. But after being frustrated by how an intense atmosphere at the Wanda Metropolitano affected the performance of Polish referee Szymon Marciniak, Klopp is keen to harness the power of Anfield."We speak from time to time (about) the power of Anfield and the power of a stadium and what a stadium can have, tonight we saw it," said Klopp."The whole stadium only wanted a result, the stadium was not here for seeing sensational football. They wanted a result and they got the result, so they are now happy in this moment and we are not."Liverpool were unhappy at the award of a throw-in which led to Saul Niguez's fourth-minute opener, while Klopp replaced Sadio Mane at half-time for fear Atletico's play-acting would earn the Senegalese star a second yellow card.Defeat was just the Reds' second all season with a senior team. A near flawless Premier League campaign has them 25 points clear at the top of the table and romping towards a first league title in 30 years.The Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup have also been won along the way, but there is a pattern in...

Head teacher crisis far-reaching

There is nothing more important than basic education to build a better nation and improve human resources. This is because primary education plays an important role in the development of intelligence ...

Keep unfit vehicles off roads

It is discouraging to note that hitherto more than 4.58 lakh unfit vehicles ply the roads across the country and 1.68 lakh of them operate in the capital alone. Against this backdrop the High Court on Sunday directed the government to form separate t...

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