China is keen to advance bilateral relations by further expanding economic and trade cooperation with Bangladesh. Bangladesh, for its part, has expressed the hope of taking the existing friendly relations to a new height by increasing practical cooperation with China.
A 10-day holiday is beginning at educational institutions on the occasion of Sharadiya Durga Puja, Bijoya Dashami, Probarana Purnima and Lakshmi Puja. Today, Thursday (October 15), is the last working day before the holiday.
The recruitment process for the 45th BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service), which ran for nearly four years, has finally come to an end. The Ministry of Public Administration has published the final gazette appointing 1,702 candidates to various cadres.
Dr Nurunnahar Chowdhury, member (secretary) of the Planning Commission, has been appointed as the new secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 759 people in special and regular operations in the capital over the past 24 hours. During this period, 42 cases were filed for various offences. Police recovered firearms, ammunition, a large quantity of drugs and other items in the operations.
Mirza Abbas, a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, political adviser to the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Dhaka-8, has returned home after receiving treatment in Malaysia.