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UAE to recruit BD doctors, engineers soon: Minister

Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon recruit some professional and skilled workers, especially doctors and engineers, from Bangladesh. UAEbdflagWe’re discussing and working over sending professional and skilled manpower to the UAE,” he told reporters after a meeting with UAE Ambassador in Dhaka Saeed Bin Hajar Al Shahi at the ministry, reports UNB. The minister said, “The UAE is our old market but some competitors, particularly neighbo...

All NRBs to get MRPs by Mar 2015

All Bangladesh citizens working abroad would hopefully get machine readable passports (MRPs) by March 2015, jssession State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan told Parliament on Wednesday. “Issuing machine readable passports (MRPs) for Bangladesh citizens abroad has already started…it’s expected that all Bangladesh citizens working abroad will be provided with MRPs by March 2015,” he said, replying to a scripted question of M Rustom Ali Faraji (Pirojpur-3). The State Minister also said that MRPs are already being given to Bangladesh cit...

Hackers steal $.25 million from Sonali Bank

At least a quarter million US dollar has been looted from Sonali Bank by the middle of last year by hacking password, a top government official disclosed today. sonali-bank-300 At least a quarter million US dollar has been looted from Sonali Bank by the middle of last year by hacking password, a top government official disclosed today.
The revelation came at the annual conference of the bank this morning at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital. Hackers allegedly broke into the bank's server and transacted $2.50 lakh to their...

DC-10 returning to Dhaka

The last passenger DC-10 aircraft will return to Dhaka instead of flying into Boeing museum just yet.
The 30-year old aircraft, part of the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airline, was to find its final resting place at the museum of Boeing in Seattle, US. biman-300 But Khan Mosharraf Hossain, director of public relations, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told bdnews24.com the decision on the aircraft's future had not been taken yet. But it would not be taken to the Museum of Flights for now, he said. The official, however, hinted the airc...

Mozena slams defiant garment owners

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena yesterday lashed out at the garment owners who are “unwilling to meet international safety and labour rights standards”. mojina-dw “Those owners ... should close and leave the sector. I think they have no right to make their profits by exploiting their workers, thus putting the entire sector at risk as inevitable future Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza disasters destroy the Bangladesh Brand,” Mozena said at the closing session of a two-day training programme on the labour law. Mozena said the ow...

US Congress to pass Mother Language bill

A resolution has been introduced in the US Congress to promote International Mother Language Day in the country. GraceMeng-300_0
US Representative Grace Meng of New York's 6th Congressional district made the move on Saturday to encourage the House of Representatives to support the goals and ideals of the day with appropriate ceremonies, programmes and activities. International Mother Language Day is observed on February 21 in recognition of the sacrifice made by Bengalis who had died for the cause of their mother language...
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