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Govt plans census for undocumented Rohingya

Bangladesh is to hold a census of hundreds of thousands of undocumented Rohingya who have crossed into the country seeking refuge from persecution in neighbouring Myanmar. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said the government had earmarked $2.7 million for the census to be carried out in Bangladesh’s southeast, near the border with Myanmar’s Rakhine state, reports AFP. rohingya-childrenOfficial estimates have put the number of undocumented Rohingya in Bangladesh at between 200,000 and 500,000, in addition to around 32,000 registere...

Bangladesh team visits KILA

The team of high-level officials from Bangladesh at a training programme at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, near Thrissur , on Monday. The team of high-level officials from Bangladesh at a training programme at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, near Thrissur, on Monday. [caption id="attachment_18843" align="alignright" width="576"]BD Team The team of high-level officials from Bangladesh at a training programme at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, near Thrissur , on Monday.[/caption] A team of high-level officials from Bangladesh has arrived at the Kerala Institute of Local Administr...

Govt, exporters must prepare for GSP plus

The Bangladesh government and the readymade garment exporters need to start necessary groundwork for availing the GSP plus benefit in the EU market as the country would lose generalised system of preferences in the market once it achieves middle-income country status. This was the message from member of the European Parliament Sajjad Karim. GSP Plus‘Bangladesh garment industry needs a move from GSP to GSP plus and it is essential that we start the groundwork now,’ the visiting European Parliament member told mediapersons after a meeting with the Ba...

Jashim re-elected BPGMEA President

Mr. Md. Jashim Uddin has been re-elected as the President of Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BPGMEA) for the session 2015-2016. Mr. Giasuddin Ahmed & Mr. Md. Golam Kibria had also been re-elected as senior Vice President & Vice President respectively. Mr. Quazi Anwarul Haque had been elected as new Vice President. They were declared elected unopposed because they were the lone candidates for the above mentioned posts. [caption id="attachment_18836" align="alignright" width="432"]image002 Md. Jashim ...

Huawei offers gifts, discounts at Tab Expo

Huawei has announced exciting offers for the upcoming Smartphone and Tab Expo 2015 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka. ‘The Smartphone and Tab Expo’ is going to be held from 13-15 August. The Smartphone and Tab Expo is the biggest of its kind and it is attended by a huge number of visitors. To celebrate the occasion, Huawei has brought Exciting Gifts and Discounts for visitors of the Expo. huawei-logo is offering up to 9% discount on all their handsets and tabs for the expo. Free Bluetooth speaker will be given upo...

Police, not ACC, to handle private fraud cases

Private fraud and forgery cases will be excluded from the sections of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act. From now on, police will handle the fraud cases. acc-logo_3However, ACC will handle the cases involving government property and the fraud charges against government officials and bank officials. The draft of ACC (Amendment) Act-2015 has been approved on principle at the cabinet meeting on Monday. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said it is troublesome for ACC to resolve thousands of...
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