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Trial run of Agartala-Kolkata bus via Bangladesh June 1-3

The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said here on Friday. “As a part of the trial run, a bus carrying West Bengal government officials would start from Kolkata on June 1. It will reach Agartala via Bangladesh on June 2 and would return the next day,” Transport Minister Manik Dey told reporters. bd-indiaHe said West Bengal government’s Principal Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, who will lead the officials during the trial run, informed Tripura’s Transport Secretary Sama...

Boat migrants doomed from the start

Over the last couple of weeks, the world has woken up to the horrific trade in human beings being conducted in the seas of South East Asia. We’ve learned a lot about the end of the journey, the slave camps and mass graves in the jungles of Thailand and Malaysia. What we haven’t heard so much about is how these journeys begin. We travelled to southern Bangladesh, where many of the migrants set off on their perilous voyages. rohingyaWhat we have discovered brings a shocking new dimension to this story that speaks of the terrible desp...

First garment factories declared safe

Two garment factories in Bangladesh on Thursday became the first to be declared safe under a scheme set up to prevent a repeat of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. The owners of the plants on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka have implemented all the measures needed to make them safe for rmg222workers, according to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. The Accord is a grouping of around 200 European retailers including H&M, Primark and Tesco that got together to try to improve safety after the collapse of the ...

India to set up IT hub in Bangladesh for intelligence gathering

The signing of a memorandum of understanding for the setting up of Information Technology centres in Bangladesh is expected to be announced during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning June 6. Apart from imparting training to the Bangladesh police forces in the use of modern technologies, it is bd-indialearnt that the centres would operate as a hub for intelligence gathering and detecting cyber-based offences, including terror activities and intrusions. The plan for establishing the IT centres took shape during the visit of an India...

Climate change a major threat to Bangladesh: Amitav Ghosh

A large part of Bangladesh is likely to disappear due to the impact of climate change, according to noted writer Amitav Ghosh, who wants the international community to put together a plan for the future of the vulnerable country. [caption id="attachment_16413" align="alignleft" width="300"]Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival in London on Wednesday. (HT Photo)[/caption] Identifying climate change and its impact as one of the key drivers of large scale migration in various parts of the world, Ghosh,...

The ‘fallen stars’ of Bangladesh

Like many little girls, Popy likes stuffed animals. The 8-year-old carries her teddy bear everywhere—even to work, where she sorts garbage at a dumping ground in Chittagong, Bangladesh. “This photo hurts me and inspires me,” says photographer Md Shahnewaz Khan, referring to the first image above that shows Popy clutching her bear close to her heart. 150512173931-11-cnnphotos-fallen-stars-child-labor-restricted-super-169...
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