The main headline of the time about the quota reform movement, ‘ All day long blockade is coming all over the country ‘.
According to the report, the students have been holding a blockade program for half an hour in various parts of the country, including Dhaka, for a one-point demand in the quota reform movement in government jobs, but the students have warned to hold a full-time blockade program across the country from Wednesday.
As a part of this, the students said to do mass communication online and offline on Tuesday. Besides, the student strike class boycott program will continue.
The government hopes that the students’ agitation and problems caused by quota reform in government jobs will be resolved quickly.
A solution is expected to come in the next 24 to 48 hours. Questioning the support of BNP in this movement, it has been decided to deal with them politically.
At the same time, the government has decided some strategies to deal with the quota reform movement.
The government ministers and state ministers sat in the midst of the students’ quota reform movement and university teachers’ movement to cancel the universal pension program ‘Prayatya’.
Ministerial leaders have shown a positive attitude towards keeping the quota system in government jobs at a reasonable level.
After the meeting, they did not speak to the media workers, but it is known from multiple sources that the meeting discussed various aspects and actions of quota reform and teachers’ movemen
On the same issue, the main headline of the country’s transformation, ‘
According to the report, the government is thinking of going through the legal route to stop the anti-quota student movement.
Law Minister Anisul Haque has been advised by the ruling party to find a way to find a legal loophole to suspend the High Court’s judgment declaring the decision to cancel the Freedom Fighter Quota system illegal.
It has been asked to look into whether there is an opportunity to consult with the Chief Justice or not.
At the same time, Education Minister Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel and State Minister Shamsun Nahar Champa have been advised to find a logical solution after listening to the public university teachers who are agitating about the pension scheme.
On Monday, the leaders held a closed-door meeting on two issues at Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi. General Secretary of the party and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader gave these suggestions.
The main topics discussed in the meeting were the anti-quota student movement and the determination of the action plan to deal with the university teachers’ movement over the new pension scheme.
Prothom Alo’s main headline on the Prime Minister’s visit to China,
According to the report, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to sit in a separate discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang on Wednesday.
A bilateral meeting will be held with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday morning. In the afternoon, there will be talks with President Xi Jinping at the same place.
In the last decade, there has been a qualitative change in the relations between the two countries. China has included Bangladesh in its Belt and Road initiative. Big projects like Padma Rail Bridge and Bangabandhu Tunnel have also been funded by China.
However, this time in the meeting of the top leaders of the two countries in Beijing, besides the bilateral relations, the changing contemporary geopolitics and geoeconomy will be important.
According to diplomatic sources, economic cooperation will prevail in the talks between the Prime Ministers of the two countries. As well as a qualitative change in the relationship as a whole may come the announcement of a transition to an ‘intense strategic partnership’.
China’s involvement in the integrated development initiative of the southern region of Bangladesh is to be discussed.
New Horizon’s front page news on trade, business and investment summit in China,
According to the report, even though Bangladesh gets trade benefits, the trade deficit with China is still very high.
China recently imported more than 17.82 billion dollars of various products, but exported less than one billion dollars.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now visiting China to reduce this huge trade deficit, increase China’s investment in various sectors including infrastructure in Bangladesh, establish industries, provide seven billion dollars in loan assistance and develop bilateral strategic relations.
Bangladesh Business, Trade and Investment Summit is being held in China on Monday. Tomorrow, bilateral economic and trade meetings will be held between the two countries and as many as 20 MoUs will be signed.
In this regard, economists said, if the expected (seven billion dollars) loan assistance is received through bilateral discussions during this visit, it will play a positive role in increasing our foreign exchange reserves.
They also said that China’s loan will play a supporting role in the implementation of the project in Bangladesh. It is estimated that Bangladesh has the possibility of getting a loan of five billion dollars.
Bangladesh is looking for loans or development partners to implement development projects. China is lending to various countries. Because they have enough surplus money.
Regionally, Bangladesh is a major export source for China.
Kal Kantha’s main headline on recruitment exam question leak, ’17 arrested including PSC officials ‘
According to the report, the CID has arrested 17 people, including the former driver of the PSC chairman, on the charges of leaking the question papers of the PSC exam including the BCS exam. Among them are senior officers of PSC.
Criminal Investigation Department-CID has arrested 17 people in connection with the leak of Public Works Commission-PSC question papers.
They were arrested for their alleged involvement in the leak of 30 recruitment exam questions including the BCS exam of the Bangladesh Civil Service.
According to CID information, the question-leaking cycle selected the Railway Sub-Assistant Engineer recruitment exam held on July 5 last.
A copy of the questions on which the exam is conducted is sent to the candidates on WhatsApp at least one hour before the exam.
And the contracted students were taught the previous night at an undisclosed location. Besides, the question paper of 45th BCS preliminary exam was also leaked.
On Sunday night, raids were conducted in various places including Dhaka and they were arrested. CID said that the operation is still going on.
The CID launched a raid on Sunday night after the publication of an investigative report on a private television channel in Bangladesh.
New Age’s headline on the new pension scheme, ‘ plans late feasibility study’.
According to the report, the government is going to borrow two and a half million dollars from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project to increase the capacity of the National Pension Authority amid protests by university teachers over the new pension scheme.
According to the finance ministry, the proposed three-and-a-half-year scheme, along with a feasibility study, is expected to give the pension authority the required strength.
Pension authorities are moving from the current non-contributory to contributory pension system to reduce the growing burden of pension allocation on the national budget.
In just 11 years, the allocation for pension and gratuity benefits in the national budget has more than tripled to Rs 40,000 crore, putting pressure on financial management.
Economists have blamed the government’s lack of preparedness and the absence of a feasibility study for the uncertainty surrounding the implementation of the new pension scheme.
Bangladesh daily front page news about railway accident, ‘
According to the report, six people died after being hit by a train separately in Raipura of Narsingdi.
All the dead were men. Their age will be between 15 and 25, said the railway authorities.
As all the bodies are close together, the cause of death has become a mystery in the public mind.
On getting the information, senior officers of Railway Police, PBI Police, CID Police, Raipura and District Police reached the spot and started work to investigate the cause of death.
Meanwhile, the identity of one of the deceased was found, but the identity of the rest was not found. The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) collected the fingerprints of the body to identify the body.
CCTV footage from the last station was reviewed. It can be seen there, there were some passengers on the roof of a train. Railway authorities could not confirm whether those passengers died or not.
Raipura in Narsingdi is a war-prone area. Based on these incidents, the police is also looking into whether any party threw the bodies on the railway line after killing the victims.
In relation to sending manpower to Europe, Manavzamin’s front page news, ‘
According to the report, Dhaka has signed an agreement with the European Union called ‘Talent Partnership with Bangladesh’.
European Union Ambassador to Dhaka Charles Whiteley commented that the agreement will benefit migrants and their families economically.
Acting Foreign Secretary at the agreement signing ceremony in Dhaka on Monday. European diplomats including Mohammad Nazrul Islam spoke.
Foreign Secretary (Acting) Dr. In his speech, Islam said, “We see a huge potential for supply of skilled manpower in EU member countries in the sectors of ICT, nursing and caregiving, hospitality and tourism, construction, transport and logistics, garments and textiles, agriculture and agro-processing, shipbuilding, etc.
Europe has a shortage of skilled manpower. We want to fulfill it.
He felt that the Talent Partnership project would make a significant contribution to the upgradation of technical and vocational training in Bangladesh.
In this, the alliance of 27 countries will open the doors of employment opportunities for Bangladeshi youth not only in the EU, but also in the whole of Europe and the world market.
The main headline of Banik Barta on export mismatch is, ‘
According to the report, a total of 36 thousand 511 crore cash incentives have been given against exports in the last five financial years.
In the last five fiscal years, the difference in export earnings figures has been seen to be widening.
Generally, for export incentives, an application must be made to the concerned bank with necessary proofs within 180 days of repatriation of the export value.
In this case, after receiving the application, the bank initiates an audit through a chartered accountant firm.
Based on the certificate given at the end of this audit, the concerned bank distributes the cash assistance to the exporter.
Several high-profile loan scams in the country’s financial sector have also seen irregularities in export earnings incentives.
In this case, there is also a precedent of embezzlement of incentive money through fake auditor’s certificate.
Due to the decrease in the real income due to the revision of the export income account, the stakeholders suggested to review the issue of cash incentives in this sector.