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Mamata helping fundamentalists in Bangladesh: Biman Bose

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of helping fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh, the Left Front Sunday said its stand has resulted in fanatics belonging to both the majority and minority communities becoming more active in West Bengal. Calling it a conspiracy, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said some people have also been forced to cross over to West Bengal from the neighbouring country as the Teesta river water sharing and enclave exchange issues still remained unresolved. Mamata“The Trinamool...

ILO welcomes upgradation of Bangladesh labour inspectorate

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) welcomes the decision of the Government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Chief Inspector of Factories and Establishments office to a 'Directorate' as an important step in the implementation of one of the commitments agreed by the Government in the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety and Structural Integrity and the EU Sustainability Compact issued on 8 July 2013. The Government issued orders on 15 January 2014 sanctioning 679 new staff positions in the Directorate including 392 new inspector positions. With this upgrade, the number of labour and factory inspectors will increase to a total of 575 from the current 183 positions.

KSA, Bangladesh to broaden ties

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Bangladesh are set to hold bilateral talks on broadening their cooperation in the health sector in Riyadh on Sunday. Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mohammed Nasim and Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah are scheduled to meet at the MOH headquarters in Riyadh today. bd-ksaNasim arrived in Jeddah on Friday and performed Umrah with his accompanying team. On arrival in Riyadh on Saturday, the visiting minister was received by Dr. Taha Malibary, adviser to ...

Khulna now under Airtel 3G network

Airtel Bangladesh Ltd, one of the fastest growing mobile service providers of the country, has announced its commercial 3G service launch in Khulna. After Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna is the fourth division to have come under 3G coverage blanket of Airtel. Airtel is set to introduce 3G services commercially in all divisional headquarters of the country by mid 2014. Areas which have been introduced under the 3G network in Khulna are Naval Staff Quarters, Boikali Bus Stop, Mujgunni Residential Area, Denarabad, Arambagh, Tootpara, Munshipara, Police Line, Kotwali and Rupsha Ghat. Airtel’s Valued Customers can check the list of 3G available areas by dialing *121*7*4#, dialing 1212 or visiting

Trade deficit drops to $1.53b in H1

The country’s trade deficit decreased by 58.28 per cent in the first half of the current financial year compared with that of 34.13 per cent fall in the same period of the FY13 due to a rise in exports against negative growth in imports. According to the latest BB data, the deficit narrowed to $1.53 billion in July-December of the FY14 from $3.67 billion in the corresponding period of the FY13, reports the New Age. A BB official told New Age on Thursday that the trade deficit had declined significantly in the first half of the FY14 due to the political unrest over the general elections. bb

Microcredit regulator seeks DFID support for one more year

The microcredit regulator has sought one-year extension of the British Department for International Development (DFID)-funded project 'Promoting Financial Services through Poverty Reduction' (PROSPER). Under this programme, the DFID provided Tk 370 million to support the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) in 2007. The project is going to end June this year, reports The Financial Express. DFIDThe DFID support was instrumental in providing the MRA with core operational funding in its early years before government re...
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