Bangladesh: Capitalist haven
Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released the second of two major reports detailing findings from a global public opinion survey on economic issues conducted last spring in 44 countries. Read together, the two reports reveal something you might not have guessed: Bangladesh is among the countries most supportive of the free market, and certainly the most free-market, trade-oriented country surveyed in South Asia. At least as far as public opinion is concerned, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a capitalist haven.
Alternative income opportunities for Rana Plaza survivors
Marium Begum counts herself “very lucky” to be alive, thanks to the firefighters who pulled her from the debris 24 hours after the Rana Plaza building complex collapsed in April 2013.
A month after recovering fully from her injuries, Begum had to take a job at a garment factory in Savar in order to feed her children. But the memory of the worst garment factory disaster in history, in which over 1,130 people died, still haunts her. Most of the victims were women, and four of her co-workers who died were a metre away from her when the building collapsed.
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Malaysian premier lauds vision of ‘Capital of Islamic Economy’
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday, received Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib and discussed with him a variety of topics concerning regional and international peace and stability and ways to achieve sustainable development in the Islamic World.
Sheikh Mohammed and Najib discussed the significance of the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), which will convene in Dubai from October 28-30, 2014.
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Bangladeshi looking for new foster family in Dubai
Milon Hossain has moved countries and families in the last four years in the hope of building a new life.
At 16, he’s seen a lot more of life than most his age, and displays remarkable maturity and composure.
“I just want to carry on studying,” he confesses.
Today, with his Australian foster family set to return to their home country early next year, he’s hoping his student life in Dubai will not be cut short.
The Dubai-based charity Maria Cristina Foundation (MCF), which brought Milon from Bangladesh to Dubai, so he could have a ...
Today, with his Australian foster family set to return to their home country early next year, he’s hoping his student life in Dubai will not be cut short.
The Dubai-based charity Maria Cristina Foundation (MCF), which brought Milon from Bangladesh to Dubai, so he could have a ...
Shrimp export growth slowing on weak demand
Shrimp exports are facing a slowdown in the wake of reduced demand for locally-grown black tiger shrimps in major markets.
An increased supply of vannamei or white shrimps from other exporting countries and their reduced prices account for the slowdown.
Buyers are more interested in low-priced vannamei than in expensive black tiger shrimps, said Khan Habibur Rahman, deputy managing director of Lockpur Group, a leading seafood exporter, reports TheDailyStar.
Shrimp exports rose 3.59 per cent year-on-year ...
Buyers are more interested in low-priced vannamei than in expensive black tiger shrimps, said Khan Habibur Rahman, deputy managing director of Lockpur Group, a leading seafood exporter, reports TheDailyStar.
Shrimp exports rose 3.59 per cent year-on-year ...
How bombs supplied from India to Bangladesh
As the investigating agencies continue their questioning of several suspects in the Burdhwan blast including Shaikh Yusuf, it has found that in the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) had moved four consignments of bombs to Bangladesh in the years 2013 and 2014.
Officers privy to the investigation informed that the bombs prepared in West Bengal in the past two years had moved in five separate consignments across the border and have reached Bangladesh. Terrorists suspected to have bribed guards at India-Bangladesh bord...
Officers privy to the investigation informed that the bombs prepared in West Bengal in the past two years had moved in five separate consignments across the border and have reached Bangladesh. Terrorists suspected to have bribed guards at India-Bangladesh bord...
