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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed Lucky Irabor, an army major-general, as the new Chief of Defence Staff, following the resignation of the former service chiefs.
The position of Defence Chief is usually occupied by a four-star general.
President Buhari made the surprise announcement after years of defending his refusal to change the service chiefs he appointed in 2015 and who had long passed the public service retirement age.
Nigerians had blamed the reverses suffered by the security forces in the war against the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east on Mr Buhari’s refusal to rejig the military command and bring in new hands.
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President for focusing on research with general education The New Nation
BSS, Dhaka :
President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday asked the authority concerned of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) to focus on research activities simultaneously the general education. Focus on research activities simultaneously the general education at the university so that the students can cope with the world competition, the President said as BUP Vice-Chancellor (VC) Major General Md Moshfequr Rahman paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban here on Sunday evening.
President s Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told BSS after the meeting.
Expressing satisfaction over the overall activities of BUP, the President said the BUP has already earned a reputation for its different activities, including educational and maintaining conducive environment to learning.
WhatsApp is being criticised globally for its security issues and forced to delay the enforcement of its newest privacy policy. This resulted in a rise of non-mainstream apps like Signal, Telegram and Line to rise up. Among these, BiP seems to have caught on with Bangladeshi netizens.
Launced in 2013, BiP is an instant messaging platform developed by Turkey s largest telecom operator Turkcell. The majority of shares are owned by the Turkish government through a sovereign wealth fund. Right when WhatsApp dropped the news of their new privacy policies, like many governments, Turkey shared their discontent openly. On January 10, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan s media office announced that it will switch to local app BiP to brief journalists from now on tipping the scale in favour of BiP s market share.
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When the world as we know it came to a standstill, there came drastic changes in lives, and people were left with no choice but to adapt to the new normal. Campuses were closed physically and schools and universities worldwide shifted to a virtual modality. British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BAT Bangladesh) tackled the challenges head on and began to reimagine tomorrow, re-calibrating to the new normal.
Saad Jashim, Head of HR, BAT Bangladesh said, Battle of Minds has stood the test of time as the most coveted talent competition in Bangladesh. For over 17 years, the platform has been constantly evolving to make the participant experience contemporary and unique. 2020 was an exceptional year where we had to evolve by a quantum leap in terms of the competition by making it completely virtual while enhancing the participant experience. My congratulations to all the participants and finalists in forging through these unprece
bKash tops students’ list as ‘employer of choice’
Nielsen conducted the survey in 16 universities
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The country s largest mobile financial service provider bKash has emerged as the number one Employer of Choice among 53 multinational and local companies across all sectors for the first time in the 2020 Campus Track Survey.
bKash has also been chosen as the Dream Employer for the second year in a row with significant margin in both categories, the company said in a statement yesterday.
Final year BBA and MBA students of 2020 from selected top 16 universities in Bangladesh, including IBA of Dhaka University, IBA of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Rajshahi University, Khulna University, Chittagong University, North South University and Brac University, took part in the survey.