A total of 15 female fighters have joined the
Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) for the first time in the history of
fire service in the country.
As per the appointment letters, the female firefighters officially joined the
force on Saturday at FSCD Multipurpose Training Complex in Purbachal of
Narayanganj, Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters Media Cell official
Shahjahan Sikder told BSS today.
The Election Commission (EC) has informed the visiting Commonwealth pre-election assessment mission of the polls preparation as the 12th parliamentary election will be held on January 7.
A four-member delegation of the pre-election assessment team of the Commonwealth was informed about the 12th parliamentary polls as it held a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and other election commissioners at the Nirbachan Bhaban here today.
Following the meeting, Linford Andrews, adviser and head of the Electoral Support of Governance and Peace Directorate of the Commonwealth (staff team leader), said they will make recommendations regarding Bangladesh polls to the Commonwealth secretary general to decide next steps.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh is committed and has been ensuring security of all foreign diplomats stationed here as per Vienna Convention.
“We are committed, we guarantee the safety and security of all the diplomats (stationed here) ... we follow the Vienna Convention word by word,” he told the reporters at his foreign ministry office here.
The foreign minister made the remarks while replying to a query on the US embassy concern over the security of its employees in Bangladesh.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is expecting to carry its passengers to Canadian west coastal major city Vancouver and the US city of Los Angeles collaborating with Air Canada through code sharing via Narita of Japan by January next.
"We have already received positive reply from Air Canada regarding code sharing agreement ... and we are expecting to make it effective by third week of January," Biman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shafiul Azim told BSS today.
Code sharing is a marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline, and sells tickets for that flight.