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Residents bemoan Bahrain Bangladeshi embassy crowds

Bahrain citizens have complained about hundreds of people that visit the Bangladesh Embassy in Ghufool every day, it has been reported. The Gulf Daily News said as many as 200 people visit the embassy – which is located in a residential area – on a daily basis, and that neighbours are complaining it disrupts their lives. Bangladeshi workersThey claim the neighbourhood has become overrun by illegal taxi drivers and trucks dropping people off and picking them up, the newspaper reported. One Bahraini resident is quote...

Think-tank demands urgent action in Dhaka

A leading think-tank in Bangladesh has called for environmental issues in the country’s textile industry to be addressed as a matter of urgency as declining water levels, continued toxic discharges from dyeing and finishing factories, and a major lack of effluent treatment plants (ETPs) continue to raise serious question marks about the Labour_Industrylong-term sustainability of the industry . The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) was talking at a seminar on environmental sustainability in the Bangladesh textile sector o...

Trade associations call for Bangladesh donation

Ahead of the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse next month, the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and Social Accountability International (SAI) have called on Bangladeshi public and private partners to contribute to the Rana Plaza Arrangement, aiming to fill the existing funding gap. RMG Rana Plaza“We commend those companies sourcing from Rana Plaza that have already contributed to the Trust Fund. However, we urgently call on those brands and retailers sourcing fr...

Spain thanks BD for support in UN Security Council

Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez Rubio on Sunday thanked Bangladesh government for its support for being elected member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2015-2016 term. “I wanted to come here to express my gratitude for the support that we’ve got on this operation. We’re ready to cooperate with Bangladesh in the two years,” he told reporters at the Foreign spainMinistry after a meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and State Minister M Shahriar Alam. Rubio said Bangladesh is a member of the UN Hu...

Ganges Barrage Project to be a blessing for BD: Experts

The proposed Ganges Barrage Project will be a blessing for Bangladesh since it is a low riparian area now faces water-related problems for long, according to experts. Noted water expert Prof Ainun Nishat said the Ganges Barrage Project should be implemented as soon as possible to protect the country's southwestern region, including the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans from salinity intrusion. gangaHe suggested applying innovative method in implementing the proposed Ganges Barrage Project unlike the one being followed in the Teesta Barr...

edotco inks deal with Qubee

Country’s first infrastructure service company edotco Bangladesh Ltd. has signed an addendum of existing tripartite agreement with Qubee, one of the country’s leading Wireless Broadband service providers using WIMAX technology and telecom operator company Robi Axiata Ltd. at its corporate office today (Wednesday, March 29). PhotoThe agreement will help Qubee to share additional passive infrastructure with edotco for their upcoming network roll-out. Darryll Sinnappa, Managing Director of edotco Bangladesh Ltd. and D.S. Faisal Hyder, Qubee’s Chi...
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