NEW YORK – The recent Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people highlights the serious risks that labor conditions can pose not only to workers, but also to organizations’ reputations, supply chains, and bottom lines.
Burma has approved, in principle, to restart a long-delayed voluntary repatriation program for Rohingya Muslim refugees living in the country, Bangladesh`s foreign Secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque said.
NEW DELHI – Bangladesh Supreme Court’s senior-most and lone Hindu judge, Surendra Kumar Sinha, on Monday sought assistance of India’s Supreme Court in training their quota-riddled judiciary to infuse judicial discipline in them.
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Dhaka – BNP chairperson’s adviser Osman Farruk on Sunday criticised Finance Minister AMA Muhith for contradicting Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) over the agricultural growth in the current fiscal.
The United Kingdom will impose a £3,000 deposit for visa-seekers from Bangladesh and six other Asian and African countries. “Sunday Times” says that under the pilot scheme, visa-seekers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya will have…
On Jun 9, BNP lawmaker Rahana Akter Ranu had warned the government using her local language that “there was no scope for chudurbudur” – dillydally – with opposition’s caretaker demand.
Two, including an 8-year old, were killed in an armed clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League and Juba League over a railway tender bid in Chittagong City on Monday.
Dhaka – Developing economies remain the drivers of international trade growth despite the ever-rising level of regulation in the wake of the financial crisis and a clear trade finance gap for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the southern hemisphere,…
Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Monday alleged that the Prime Minister has violated the election code of conduct by forcing Awami League rebel candidate Jahangir Alam to stay off the race in the election to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) slated…
Dhaka – Defending himself the war crimes charges brought against him, BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Monday said the prosecution did not accuse him of being a psychopathic killer.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Monday night, after her weeklong tour of Singapore for medical treatment. Khaleda, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:40pm in a flight…
Dhaka – The holy Shab-e-Barat, believed to be the night of fortune, was observed across the country with due religious fervour. The Muslim devotees passed the night offering special prayers, reciting from the Holy Quran, holding milad mahfil, zikr, and…
Dhaka – The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘National Agriculture Policy 2013’ with the focus on agriculture production, alleviating poverty through generating jobs and highlighting food security.
Dhaka – Nine women borrower directors of Grameen Bank on Monday sharply reacted to the recommendations of Grameen Bank Inquiry Commission to change its structure, and vowed to resist any move to grab the globally acclaimed microcredit organisation.
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Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman participated in a Banking and Monetary Policy related Governors’ panel discussion this morning (23 June, 2013) on the occasion of Annual General Meeting of Bank of International Settlements (BIS) at Basel.
Trees cut down to block roads during strikes is usual in Bangladesh which is why receent political agitations has led the nation to pay a price in green, the Environment Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud has claimed.
Bangladeshi expatriates raised a furore outside the Bangladesh consulate premises in Jeddah on Sunday due to frustration over their inability to get fingerprinted and obtain exit visas from Saudi Arabia.
The World T20 tournament could be moved from Bangladesh due to concerns at the country’s lack of adequate facilities. ESPNcricinfo understands that Sri Lanka and South Africa are potential alternative venues although discussions have yet to reach the official stage.
A fire broke out at North South University in the city’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Sunday night.
A two-member BNP delegation on Sunday handed over a congratulatory letter of its chairperson Khaleda Zia to Dr Muhammad Yunus for receiving the US Congressional Gold Medal and said the party will remain beside the country’s lone Nobel laureate and…
Awami League rebel candidate Jahangir Alam on Sunday announced in public that he would stay off the race in election to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) slated for July 6.
Awami joint secretary general Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday said his party will not give the opposition any fresh proposal for dialogue on polls-time administration.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said in Parliament that signing of the proposed bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (Ticfa) with the USA will neither hamper the country’s national security nor there is any possibility for the…
Bangladesh earned Tk 5085.42 crore as of June 2013 since January 2011 from the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni told Parliament on Sunday.
Outgoing chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission Ghulam Rahman on Sunday said he could not be successful in his task due to the delay in legal process.
Dhaka faced a severe gas crunch for ten hours on Sunday after a midnight pipeline leak disrupted supply from Bibiyana gas-field.
Five policemen were injured as criminals hurled bombs at them at Mondalgati village in Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon.