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Biman sitting idle with large planes  

All six Boeing 777s of Biman remain underutilised for lack of long-haul flights and pilots, causing the national carrier to lose crores of taka every year. “More than 20 percent of the operational capacity of the planes remain unutilised, as we could not open routes in line with their capacity,” an official at Biman’s operations department told The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, reports the Daily Star. The calculation was made given that each of the six aircraft flies 12 hours a day, the official said. biman-300Sometimes, a shortage of pi...

Ashok Leyland sees good business in Bangladesh

Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland is pinning hopes on exports and non-truck segment to sustain business as it struggles to overcome slump in the commercial vehicles category. “Outside India we are growing very well. Exports to the Middle East and Bangladesh continue to perform very well. Sri Lanka in the first quarter... You saw last year it did very badly but now you can see there are very large orders from the Sri Lankan government”, Ashok Leyland Managing Director Vinod K Dasari told reporters after the company’s 65th AGM here. BRTC

India tops in South Asia’s human trafficking: UN official

India has emerged as the top destination for human trafficking in South Asia, a top UN official has said. South Asia representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Cristina Albertine, said that a majority of the victims are from Bangladesh and Nepal. “India is a top destination for human trafficking in South Asia. People are trafficked from Nepal, the Gulf, Bangladesh and so on.” Albertine told IANS in an interview at the UNODC office. stop_women_abuseAlbertine said that there is no exact figure o...

Ramadan provides big boon for retailers worldwide

Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, is a boon for retailers in the Middle East, South Asia and beyond. And while some Muslims welcome it as a positive sign, others see it as commercialization of a sacred time of year. ramadanIntended to be a monthlong spiritual cleansing, Ramadan — which ends this weekend — is an exercise in self-restraint that commands Muslims to abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset. But for businesses, from California to Cairo, Dubai to Dhaka, Ramadan is also a time to sell. U.S. fashion house DKNY launched a R...

No Eid for Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

As Eid-al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, nears, just around the corner, it does not affect Seno Ara in any way. She is busy with her paddle sewing machine, fashioning clothes for the other Rohingya women - refugees, like her and many others, in the camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. People collect water at a refugee camp for Muslims displaced by violence earlier this year outside SittweSeno Ara, 27, lives in a tiny shack made of bamboo sticks and poly sheets, with a five-feet-h...

Gaza: The role of Bangladesh as UNPO leader

Breaking all international laws, Israel continues to carry out its genocide against the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza. As the world watches with shock and horror, the United Nations has merely condemned the Israeli assault and questioned the disproportionate use of lethal weaponry on an unarmed population which cannot leave Gaza as it is sealed off from the rest of the world and, according to BBC, “there is no safe place in Gaza.” The international community seems to be powerless to stop this Israeli massacre. gazaSadly enough, the world community exp...
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