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Rohingya huddled in Bangladesh camps fear plan to move them on

More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again. The refugees worry the Bangladesh government wants them out of sight, perhaps to one of its islands in the Bay of Bengal, as the two countries row over what to do with a stateless minority whose rohingasearch for security is driving a regional migrant crisis. “This is home for us now, it is peaceful here.” said Nur Alam, w...

DEW completes keel-laying for Navy high-speed patrol boats

Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) Narayanganj, the Bangladesh Navy (BN)-owned shipyard, announced recently that it held a keel-laying ceremony for eight high-speed patrol boats for the BN. The boats are being built to the X12 design under a technology transfer arrangement with Indonesia’s PT Lundin (North Sea Navy patrol boatsBoats), which secured a contract to supply 18 boats to the BN and the Bangladesh Coast Guard in 2014. The contract is valued at IDR75 billion (USD6 million), according to Indonesian media reports. IH...

Lopez’s concert calls for minister’s resignation

A concert by the pop star Jennifer Lopez in Morocco has led to calls for the country’s communication minister to resign, according to local media. Prominent members of the ruling Justice and Development Party said the singer’s performance at the Mawazine Festival in Rabat was “a breach of public decency”. [caption id="attachment_16554" align="alignright" width="640"]lopez_new J-Lo performed on stage in front of 160,000 fans in Rabat. Photo : AP[/caption] The Minister of Communication Mustapha Khalfi was criticised for allowing the gig to air on...

NGOs underscore budget for the extreme poor

Non-profit research and advocacy organization Unnayan Shamannay organized a pre-budget seminar titled “Eradicating Extreme Poverty by 2021: The Budget We Really Want” at the Sagar-Runi Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka in Bangladesh. Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak, MP was present at the event as the Chief Guest, while Begum Akhter Jahan, MP, honorable member of the same Parliamentary Standing budget-for-the-extreme-poorCommitte...

India may outmanoeuvre China in Bangladesh power project

State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) has been allowed to bid for a contract to set up a $1.68 billion power project in Bangladesh, enabling India to muscle in on a potential Chinese move on the deal. This comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to the eastern neighbour. [caption id="attachment_16548" align="alignleft" width="300"]modi-kSY--621x414@LiveMint The development comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit. Photo: Reuters[/caption] As ...

May remittances up 8.5pc year-on-year

Money sent home by Bangladeshis working overseas in May rose 8.5 percent from a year earlier to nearly $1.32 billion, the central bank said on Tuesday. In July-May, the first 11 months of the 2014-15 financial year, Bangladesh received about $13.87 billion in remittances, up 7.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. BD-workforce in KSARemittances from its millions of citizens abroad are critical for the South Asian nation of 160 million people. The inflows are a key source of foreign exchange, alongside...
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