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Threat of cutting down GSP illogical, unjust: Muhith

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:39:35 +0000

Threat of cutting down GSP illogical, unjust: Muhith Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the talks of cutting down GSP facility and other facilities is 'utterly illogical, unjust and unfair' and the private sector should also tell the same to the US authorities and businesses, reports UNB. “It's … Full News here – Read [...]

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Bangladesh factory collapse blamed on swampy ground and heavy machinery

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:54:55 +0000

Investigation into 24 April disaster at Rana Plaza garment factory recommends life prison sentences for building’s owners The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident include the swampy ground the Rana Plaza was built on, the “extremely poor quality” construction materials and the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building [...]

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Muhammad Yunus: ‘Business is a beautiful mechanism to solve problems’ | Liz Ford

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:56:33 +0000

Grameen Bank founder is a microfinance pioneer, but are his plans for alleviating poverty a little too good to be true? At first, it is difficult to know what to make of Muhammad Yunus. In London this week to promote his work building social businesses, the Nobel prizewinner and founder of Grameen bank is compelling [...]

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Sweating Bangladesh Surveyor Races to Avoid Next Tragedy

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:54:06 +0000

DHAKA: Amid an international outcry and promises by retailers to improve worker safety, Bangladesh is struggling to conduct even a crude assessment of the country’s garment factories, according to Bloomberg online report published on May 24. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:54:40 +0000

LONDON: British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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Cleaning up of Buriganga proves futile

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:57:59 +0000

DHAKA, MAY 24: All steps to revive the Buriganga river from persistent pollution have turned into a fiasco, as dumping of garbage and untreated industrial effluents into the river is going on unhindered. People living on the banks of the river continue to dump garbage into the Buriganga, even though the government has already spent [...]

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Crude bombs explode in New Market area in capital, no casualties

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:44:26 +0000

Crude bombs explode in New Market area in capital, no casualties … in North Bay · Moulvibazar tea labourers on strike over 20-point demands · Parliamentary committee for faster internet bandwidth · Bangladeshi climber Mohammed Khaled Hossain dies on Mt Everest · Home > Bangladesh > Bombs explode in Dhaka … Full News here – [...]

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Honda motorcycle assembling begins in Sept: officials

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:58:44 +0000

Motorcycle assembling in Bangladesh by a joint initiative of Honda Motor Company and the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation is going to begin in September aiming to tap a good share of the market in the country, officials concerned said. Motorcycles assembled by the joint venture will hit the market very soon just after the [...]

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Biman aircraft’s wing catches fire during takeoff

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:44 +0000

DHAKA: A wing of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft caught fire during its takeoff from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday afternoon. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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Japan wants to recruit caregivers from Bangladesh

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:58 +0000

Japan wants to recruit caregivers from Bangladesh Japan wants to recruit caregivers and nurses from Bangladesh, said an official of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET). Bangladesh embassy in Japan sent letters to the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry and BMET … Full News here – Read more on DhakaTribune

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Ministers decry AI’s report

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:58 +0000

Three ministers on Thursday turned down the assessment of the Amnesty International on Bangladesh’s human rights situation in its annual report, terming it error-ridden and lopsided one. Home minister MK Alamgir said, the figure given by the Amnesty International on the number of the incidents of extra-judicial killings, disappearances and killing was not correct. “Even [...]

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30 extrajudicial killings, 10 enforced disappearances in 2012, says AI

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:17 +0000

Some 30 alleged extrajudicial killings took place in Bangladesh in 2012 alongside at least 10 enforced disappearances, said the Amnesty International in its report on the state of human rights across the world. State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment and the government failed to protect ‘indigenous communities from attack by Bengali [...]

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Barisal passengers accuse Bay Cruiser staff of harassment

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:40:07 +0000

Barisal passengers accuse Bay Cruiser staff of harassment Passengers accused private liner Bay Cruise International Limited of harassment, as the company cancelled its day-time express passenger service on Dhaka – Barisal route without notice for the fifth time yesterday within three weeks of introducing the … Full News here – Read more on DhakaTribune

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EU urged to act to prevent factory accidents

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:55:40 +0000

DHAKA, MAY 23: Following the recent fires and building collapse at factories in Bangladesh, Members of European Parliament on Thursday called for justice for victims and EU action to prevent similar events in future. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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30 extrajudicial killings, 10 enforced disappearances in 2012, says AI

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:57:40 +0000

DHAKA, MAY 23: Some 30 alleged extrajudicial killings took place in Bangladesh in 2012 alongside at least 10 enforced disappearances, said the Amnesty International in its report on the state of human rights across the world. State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment and the government failed to protect ‘indigenous communities from [...]

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Bangla talk Show_Rtv Goll Table 26 april 2013 _about Dhaka Bulding collapse – Dhaka Video

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:46:33 +0000

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Docomo cuts massive stake in Robi

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:04 +0000

Japanese mobile giant NTT Docomo is going to reduce its holding of Robi Axiata to 8 per cent as it decided not to invest further due to unpredictable regulatory environment in the telecom industry of Bangladesh, said Robi officials on Wednesday. ‘The Docomo already signed an agreement with Axiata to reduce its stake to 8 [...]

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BNP pushes for talk on polls-time govt

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:54:31 +0000

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the government to arrange a dialogue with opposition for reaching a consensus to form a non-party and neutral poll-time government. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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Bangladesh’s garment industry still offers women best work opportunity | Syed Zain Al-Mahmood

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:55:45 +0000

A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted production The bulldozers have moved on and the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, in which more than 1,120 workers died when it collapsed on 24 April, [...]

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Dhaka tragedy should act as a wake-up call

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:17 +0000

Dhaka tragedy should act as a wake-up call Thousands of mourners recently gathered at the remains of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died when it collapsed on April 24. The poignant remembrance of the victims of this dreadful tragedy came amid a … Full News here [...]

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BNP may call hartal soon

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:54:48 +0000

A meeting of the national standing committee of main opposition BNP was held on Wednesday night to discuss latest political situation of the country and to chalk out the next programmes of the party. The meeting of the party’s highest policy-making body began around 8.30 pm at the party chiefs Gulshan office with BNP Chairperson [...]

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Bangladesh faces crisis of reputation: Canadian envoy

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:54:04 +0000

Canadian high commissioner in Bangladesh Heather Cruden on Sunday said Bangladesh was now facing a crisis of reputation due to political violence and lack of workplace safety in the industrial sector. She made the comment at the launching ceremony of NCC Bank’s mobile financial service at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital. Cruden said [...]

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Owners to blame for Rana Plaza killings

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:47 +0000

Dhaka, May 22: The inquiry committee formed by the home ministry has termed the collapse of the nine-storied Rana Plaza, in Savar, “a killing caused by sheer negligence”, and recommended trial under Section 304 which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and section 34 of the penal code, for those responsible for the tragedy [...]

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Latif's letter 'violation of diplomatic norm'

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:12 +0000

Latif's letter 'violation of diplomatic norm' Former Bangladeshi ambassador to the US, Humayun Kabir, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday: “It is clearly written in the rules of business what ministry will do what, and it is the responsibility of the foreign ministry to communicate with the foreign … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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5 trouble-hit Ashulia garment factories closed indefinitely

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:12 +0000

DHAKA: Five troubled garment factories in Ashulia industrial belt were closed down indefinitely on Wednesday following workers unrest for last few days. Full News here – The Independent :: Online Edition

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