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Plane ‘crashes near Iranian airport’

More than 40 people were killed when a small passengers plane crashed near an airport in the Iranian capital Tehran, Iranian state media report.

planeThe aircraft went down at Mehrabad airport, in the west of the city, on Sunday morning, state media said. The plane was reportedly heading to the eastern city of Tabas when it crashed at 04:48 GMT. Iran has suffered a series of plane crashes, blamed on its ageing aircraft and poor maintenance record. There have been more than 200 accidents involving Iranian planes in the past 25 years, leadin...

Helper shortage in Hong Kong as Bangladesh workers quit

Maids from Bangladesh and Myanmar – brought to the Hong Kong city to bolster a shrinking workforce – are returning home just months after arriving, aggravating a shortage of domestic helpers. In addition, agencies supplying maids report that it is becoming increasingly difficult to hire Filipino helpers, as they are choosing factory jobs in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, where they are paid more than the HK$4,010 a month they get in Hong Kong. myanmese_maid_nora_tam-450x300There are about 320,000 ...

Yunus invited to launch social business in Italy

Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, right, discusses social business with Senator Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo, at the latter's office in Sicily's capital on Thursday. Photo: Yunus Centre The mayor of Palermo, an Italian city, has shown keen interest to set up a social business to address the problem of youth unemployment. The willingness of Senator Leoluca Orlando on launching the business in line with the new business concept pioneered by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus was disclosed during a meeting with the Bangladeshi economist in Sicily's capital on Thursday.

  90th birth anniversary of SM Sultan today

Today is the 90th birth anniversary of world-renowned artist SM Sultan. On this day (10 August) in 1923, Sultan was born at Masimdia village of Narail. Sultan Foundation and district administration will chalk out daylong programmes to mark the occasion today. The celebrations include placing of wreaths at the artist's mausoleum, prayers and art competition at Shishu Swarga. Due to unavoidable circumstances, District Administration and Sultan Foundation have postponed the boat race in River Chitra and cultural functions, for next week. sultan...

USDA lowers rice production forecast for Bangladesh    

US Department of Agriculture has slightly lowered its rice production forecast for Bangladesh to 3.46 crore tonnes for 2014-15 from earlier estimate of 3.48 crore tonnes due to decline in boro rice production. pariza rice panicleThe USDA said the production would decline in the boro areas as farmers had been shifting to other crops due to higher production cost of rice. ‘For marketing year 2014-15 (May to April), Post’s estimate for total rice area and production is revised down to 11.8 million hectares and 34.6 million...

Govt, Trust Bank to provide laptops for IT freelancers  

The government and Trust Bank have agreed in principle to provide laptop purchase loans to the freelancers who are being developed under the Learning and Earning Programme of the ICT Division. trust-bank-limitedThe decision was taken at a meeting between ICT Secretary Md Nazrul Islam Khan and Trust Bank CEO Istiaque Ahmed Chowdhury at the ICT Division yesterday. The ICT Division and Trust Bank will sit again within a week to sign a deal in this regard, officials said. The ICT Division has agreed to become a guarantor for t...
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