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Bangladesh first Asian affiliate of Bitcoin Foundation

As emerging markets move towards digital currency ecosystems, Bangladesh has emerged as the first adapter of these changes by becoming the first affiliate from Asia for Bitcoin Foundation. The Bitcoin Foundation has been interacting with economies worldwide, urging users to tread the digital currency route. In just under eight months, the Foundation has worked incessantly, bringing international users to the cryptocurrency space. BitcoinAt last count, the countries on its affiliate list included Mexico, Denmark, Canada, Netherlands as well ...

South Asian countries are still defining their identities

Tom Hussain

 August 14 and 15 are dates unique in modern history in that they represent the 67th anniversary of independence from colonial rule of three of the world’s most populous nations: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the latter initially being part of Pakistan until it split away in 1971. Between them, they account for roughly 20 per cent of humanity.Because of that, and their participation in Asia’s increasingly competitive strategic environment, they will invariably have a great bearing on world affairs as the 21st century progresses. The nature of that impact, however, remains unclear, because all three countries continue to struggle to define their respective national identities and, therefore, cannot state with any certainty what they ...

Human trafficking in and from Bangladesh

Jenny Gustafsson

 “I used to be happy before. Now, I cry a lot in the evenings. I cry because of my fate which brought me here.” The words belong to Halima, a teenager with a sincere, childlike smile. She stands in a doorway in central Jessore, the last town in Bangladesh before the Indian border. The streets outside are busy, lined with vendors and shops. Everything is for sale here: bananas, rice, hardware, textiles. And women. The doorway leads in to one of Jessore’s biggest brothels. “I was brought here a few years ago, I lived in the streets at that time. A man took me to Daulatdia, the biggest brothel in Bangladesh. He sold me to the owners, who kept me in a room and gave me drugs. Then, a man suddenly came in and started taking off my clot...

Shrimp exports to US plummet

Shrimp export to the United States has almost halved over the past several years although Bangladesh’s overall exports marked all-time high last year mainly for steady flow to the European market, the industry sources said. MDG : Bangladesh Shrimp industryExport Promotion Bureau (EPB) officials confirmed the state of external trade to the FE Tuesday. They listed several factors that contributed to the fall of trade on the U.S. market and the rise on the EU market that propped up the country’s shrimp export. Shrimp exports fetched USD 638 ...

National Mourning Day being observed  

The National Mourning Day is being observed today marking the 39th anniversary of the death of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Mujib was assassinated along with all but two of his family on August 15, 1975 at his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka by a group of army personnel. His daughters – Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, and Sheikh Rehana – survived the massacre as they were abroad at that time. The government, political parties, and different cultural and social organisations are already holding month-long programmes to pay homage to Sheikh Mujib and the members of his family who were killed.

Land crisis irritates cross border trades in Sonamasjid  

Crisis in export through an Indo-Bangladesh cross-border trade gate has reached an unprecedented height to prompt the traders to knock the door of top officials at diplomatic level. It is Mahadipur Land Customs Station in West Bengal that has Sonamasjid Land Port of Bangladesh in the other side of border, that has become a concern for the Indian cross border traders. “Lack of infrastructure in Bangladesh side of the port has become a nightmare,” said Mr. Ujjal Saha, Secretary, West Bengal Exporters Coordination Committee, a body affiliated to Federation of Indian Export Organization.
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