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Cabinet approves MoU with India to rescue trafficking victims

The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to sign a memorandum of understanding with India for the rescue, repatriation and rehabilitation of human trafficking victims. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo. bd-indiaAccording to a report prepared by the United Nations Organisation on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) this year, in Bangladesh, the number of reported incidents of human trafficking is on the rise. Bangladesh is seen primarily as a source and transit country for human traffi...

How do you safely break up an ‘old lady’?

What’s the best way to dispose of an “old lady”? Should she be dumped on a beach and broken up by rough hands in terrible conditions or should she be taken in a more sedate fashion to a reputable place to be dismantled in an orderly fashion? The question is being debated in the shipping industry where an “old lady” is the usual term for a vessel which has come to the end of its days. ship breakingOne of the world’s biggest cargo companies has just decided to stop sending its ships to be broken up on Bangladesh’s beaches where ultr...

Bangladesh seeks to supply rice to northeast India : Tripura minister

In one more sign of warming cross-border ties, Bangladesh says it is keen to supply rice to food-deficient northeastern states and can allow all its ports, in “mutual interest”, to ferry goods bound for the region, a Tripura minister has said, quoting the Bangladeshi prime minister. “Madam Hasina has proposed to supply rice to Tripura and other northeastern states if required,” Tripura Industries and Commerce minister Tapan Chakraborty told IANS, referring to the assurance of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. bd-indiaThe minister was a member o...

LNG terminal project still stuck ‘in red tape’

State-owned Petrobangla is yet to receive clearance from ministries concerned to sign its final deal with a Singapore-based US company to build a floating LNG terminal in Cox’s Bazar, although over two months have elapsed after it initialed a draft agreement. Industry insiders apprehend that it may delay the implementation process of the important energy infrastructure even though the government attaches top priority to it. LNGOfficials said the draft deal was inked between Petrobangla and the US firm—Astra Oil & Excelerate Energy Consortium—on J...

Myanmar to start repatriation process in 2 months

Myanmar on Sunday agreed to start the process for the repatriation of its ‘documented’ nationals from Bangladesh within the next two months, which Bangladesh considers a ‘breakthrough’ as the process remained halted since 2005. “They’ve agreed to start works towards the repatriation of verified Myanmar nationals within two months,” Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters at a press conference after the eight round of Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between the two neighbours. RohigyanThe Myanmar’s feedback came when the Banglade...

IBBL Board meeting held

A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held on Sunday ( August 31, 2014) at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. BOARD METTING--31-08-14---OKThe meeting was presided over by Prof. Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman of the Bank. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Vice Chairman, Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee, Professor Dr. NRM Borhan Uddin, Chairman, Audit Committee, Mohammad Abdullah AlJalahma, Repr. of Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation, Salahuddin Ah...
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