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Robi adopts global principles for disaster response

Robi has become the first mobile operator in the country to adopt global principles for disaster response. Recently, Robi’s parent company, Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) signed up the Humanitarian Connectivity robi-1-300x215Charter (Charter) launched by GSMA- the apex association of Global Mobile phone operators. Through the Charter, mobile operators will commit to a common set of principles and work towards the adoption of initiatives focused on humanitarian connectivity. With Axiata as a founding signatory to the Charter, Robi is now t...

ASEAN diplomats visit Beximco Industrial Park

A delegation of ASEAN diplomats including Norlin Othman, Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo, Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh visited the Photo(1)Beximco Industrial Park recently. They were welcomed by Syed Naved Husain, Beximco Group Director and CEO. They toured all the textile and apparel facilities at the Beximco Industrial Park, including the Design and Product Development Center, and also visited the Shinepukur’s Ceramics and Bone China operations.

212 disappeared between Jan 09 and Aug 15

Between January 2009 and August 2015, human rights groups have documented at least 212 people forcibly disappeared in the country, says a statement of the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC). ALRC said, many witnesses have testified to law enforcement agents’ involvement in these cases, and the pattern of abductions and the profiles of victims suggest that disappearances are used by the government to silence political opponents. Efforts by human-rights-Bangladeshvictims’ families to obtain information or justice have been ign...

UK leads $ 56mln for Daraz serving in Bangladesh

Earlier this month, Rocket Internet announced that it would be stepping up aggressive growth in Asia once more, with one new launch per quarter to expand in emerging markets. Today, the e-commerce giant is following through on that strategy: Daraz — an e-commerce portal modelled on Amazon and serving Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar — is today announcing a $56 million (€50 million) round of financing. This is the first major funding for Daraz, which started in 2012 as a fashion portal before expanding to home and other categories. The funding is also notable because it’s not coming daraz

BD should prioritise Ctg port development

A leading Bangladeshi economist has declared that the country will not be able to emerge as a middle-income country and achieve the $50 billon garment export target without prioritising development of Chittagong, according to media reports in Bangladesh. “We cannot achieve the $50 billon export target without opening and widening a second hub for the sector in Chittagong after its huge growth in Dhaka and its adjoining areas,” said Hossain Zillur Rahman. Rahman made the comments while addressing a roundtable on “realising $50 billion target for Ctg port

Tea workers fret over development plan

The government plan to acquire hundreds of hectares of agricultural land from a tea estate for a special economic zone has triggered strong opposition from activists, including church leaders. Officials in northeastern Sylhet’s Habiganj district are in the final phase of acquiring 511 hectares of land at the Chandpore Tea Estate. Authorities plan to develop the land into an economic zone. [caption id="attachment_19935" align="alignright" width="540"]Bangladeshi tea workers are mostly indigenous people from India who migrated during British rule. They are among the most deprived and margi... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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