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Southeast Asian Leaders Urged to Act on Rohingya Crisis

Southeast Asian lawmakers on Wednesday urged their leaders to discuss Burma’s Rohingya Muslim crisis at their summit in Malaysia this weekend, saying it has led to the highest outflow of asylum seekers by sea in the region since the Vietnam War. rohinga womanBurma, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 50 million, is home to an estimated 1.3 million Rohingya, and most are considered stateless. Though many of their families arrived from Bangladesh generations ago, almost all are denied citizenship by Burma as well as Bangladesh. The ...

Aid for bank robbery victims

Bangladesh Bank will give Tk 1 lakh to each family of those killed in a daring heist at a bank branch in the garment manufacturing hub of Ashulia on Tuesday, Governor Atiur Rahman said. bbEight persons, including the branch manager, were killed in the incident that took place in broad daylight, reports the Daily Star. The central bank governor, in a condolence letter to Bangladesh Commerce Bank, expressed sympathy for all those killed, especially the manager, Waliullah Subin, who sacrificed his life to protect the keys to the bank’s vault. Ordinary people had a...

BD women ‘shy away’ to work in Saudi Arabia

Despite much enthusiasm, Bangladesh is unable to send female workers as per the demand of Saudi government for various reasons, including conservative attitude of women. Since the reopening of the labour market in Saudi Arabia in February this year, only Bangladesi muslim women3,000 women have registered with the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) for jobs in Saudi Arabia against the demand for 40,000 workers, reports UNB. But there is rush of male jobseekers till now, as over 21 lakh male work...

Probashi Kallayan Bank off-track?

In deviation from its core spirit, the Probashi Kallayan Bank (PKB) is mostly concentrating on migration loan rather than on its focus on employment generation among oversees returnees, the bank’s own data showed. The PKB from its inception in 2011 till date has disbursed only Tk 21 million among 135 returnee workers under its rehabilitation loan programme. probashi BankOn the other hand, the bank has provided Tk 641 million as loan to 8,413 outbound workers under migration loan, reports the Financial Bank (FE). High officials...

Massive drop in number of unbanked, says new report

From 2011 and 2014, 700 million people became account holders at banks, other financial institutions, or mobile money service providers, and the number of “unbanked” individuals dropped 20 percent to 2 billion adults, says a new report released today. “Access to financial services can serve as a bridge out of poverty. We have set a hugely ambitious goal – universal financial access by 2020 – and now we have evidence that we’re making major progress,” said World Bank Group President Jim wbYong Kim. “This effort will require many partners – credit card compa...

RU accords reception to freshers

Rajshahi University (RU) authorities yesterday accorded warm reception to the freshers under the academic session 2014-15 at Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium on the campus. ruRU students' adviser Prof Sadiqul Arefin Matin delivered welcome speech at the start of the reception programme. Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin, Vice- Chancellor (VC) of the university presided over the reception programme while Pro-VC Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan was present as special guest. Prof Mizanuddin in his speech welcomed the students and inspired them to take pleasure in the stud...
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