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Indian agents in city to discuss regional terrorism

A team of agents from the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has landed in Dhaka on Monday. NIA agents previously visited Dhaka after the bomb explosion in Bardhaman of India. This time a high-level three member team of national-investigating-agencyNIA led by its Inspector General Sanjib Kumar Singh came over to Dhaka on Monday just two days after the South Asian Al-Qaeda acknowledged its responsibility over the Avijit Roy murder. Joint Commissioner of Bangladesh Police Detective Branch, Mo...

Lured by jobs, Bangladeshis end up slaves in Thai jungles

Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi nationals in pursuit of jobs in Malaysia are believed to have fallen victim to the modern-day slave trade, amid claims of rampant human trafficking activities over the porous Malaysia-Thailand border, according to The Daily Star today. The Bangladesh-based English newspaper claimed that at least 250,000 Bangladeshis have been held in the jungles of Thailand for ransom over the past eight years, squeezing their families of anything between TK200,000 (RM9,200) to TK350,000 Bangladeshi Taka for each captive. [caption id="attachment_15634" align="alignleft" width="300"]

Bangladesh beside Nepal survivors

In response to the request for assistance by the Government of Nepal, the Government of Bangladesh has dispatched relief materials. tremor in NepalThey comprise 761 tents, 700 tins of biscuits, 3,500 litres of bottled drinking water, 6,700 kg medicine, 90 kg cotton, 45 kg of bandage, 22 cartons of ready-made garments and 1,300 blankets. The relief materials were brought to Kathmandu by a special Bangladesh Air Force Flight last week. A 30-member medical team of Bangladesh Army also arrived on April 26 and has been working in ...

Apparel exporters go green to receive more orders

Bangladesh’s apparel exporters are turning to green building initiatives aiming to get more work orders by impressing the eco-friendly retailers across the globe. rmg222As part of the move, 14 garment factories from Bangladesh have already received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) after confirming their practice of good compliance and environmentally safe procedures. The LEED certification is a rating system that reviews a factory’s green initiatives such a...

April foreign reserve hits all-time high

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of more than 24 billion U.S. dollars at the end of April, said a central bank official on Monday. [caption id="attachment_4203" align="alignleft" width="300"]The reserves now stand at $19.04bn, enough to pay off six months’ imports and second highest among SAARC countries The reserves now stand at $19.04bn, enough to pay off six months’ imports and second highest among SAARC countries[/caption] The Bangladesh Bank official who preferred to be unnamed said that foreign curr...

Pubali Bank signs deal with Grameenphone

Pubali Bank Limited signed Business Solutions agreement with Grameenphone Ltd at Pubali Bank Head Office recently. Sk.Golam Mohammad, General Manager of Establishment Division of Pubali Bank Ltd. and Sazzad Alam, Deputy Director, Direct Sales, Commercial of Grameenphone Ltd. signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations. Agreement with GPManaging Director of Pubali Bank Limited Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury was present as Chief Guest at the agreement signing ceremony. Md. Sayeed Sikder, Company Secretary &...
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