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PBL workshop on web based application

A workshop on “Web based Application Program” for the CLS Agents organized by Pubali Bank Limited Consumers Credit Division was held recently at bank’s head office auditorium CLS WorkshopMd. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. was present at the workshop as Chief Guest. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Managing Director & Chief Technical Officer of the Bank and General Manager of Head Office Dewan Ruhul Ahsan were present as Special Guests. M. Shahnawaz Chowdhury, General Manager of Consumers Cr...

RMG exporters fear UK’s ban on air cargo

Apparel exporters are concerned over the United Kingdom’s ban on cargo flights from Dhaka and said it might have adverse effect on the country’s export. Siddiqur Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). rmgBangladesh exports apparel worth $3 billion to the UK annually, said Siddiqur Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). “We are worried as we will incur a huge loss due to the ban,” he added. The United Kingdom governm...

Ship-breaking workers need more safety measures

In late November, a 52,000-ton barge eased into this ramshackle port on the Bay of Bengal and came to rest on a wide, muddy beach. After nearly four decades crisscrossing the oceans for an American offshore engineering company, the DB-101 did not come to erect another oil rig or lay miles of undersea pipe. It came here to die. For scores of large commercial vessels that reach the end of their seagoing lives each year, the final port of call is Chittagong in southern Bangladesh, home to the world’s largest — and least regulated — ship-breaking industry.

Chinese hackers accused of stealing $ 100m from BB

The Bangladesh central bank says it is working to recover some $100 million allegedly stolen by Chinese hackers from an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Authorities have given few details about how the money disappeared. But Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith says authorities are considering suing the U.S. bank over the money’s apparent transfer to accounts in the Philippines, reports AP. bbMuhith said the U.S. bank has “no way to avoid their responsibility.” The New York Fed put out a brief statement through its Twi...

Women changing exploitative garment industry

Tuesday marked International Women’s Day, and demonstrations of solidarity or activism were held around the world. In Bangladesh, garment workers demanded equal pay, an end to violence against women, and safe working conditions. Women make up 85% of garment workers in the country, often taking home the pitifully small minimum monthly wage of $68. That is a far cry from the $113 per month that the E.U. states is needed to cover a worker’s basic needs, and well below a real living wage. Exacerbating that dismal state of affairs is the fact that many garment workers put in 60-140 hours of overtime per week, but are often cheated of the overtime pay. Many are denied

RMC awards Cheshire doctor

Dr. Ehsan Hoque, executive director of Distressed Children and Infants International, a child-advocacy organization based in Cheshire, has received the Humanitarian Award by Rajshahi Medical College (RMC). Hoque, a Cheshire resident, founded the nonprofit organization at Yale University in 2003 to reduce poverty, hunger, child labor and preventable blindness. DCII is responsible for more than 33,000 eye screenings, more than 5,000 eye surgeries, and more than 1,000 mothers given pre-natal and post-natal care. “I have led a very fortunate life,” Hoque said in a release. “I have food and water every day,
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