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Mamata proposes joint business TV channel

Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday proposed opening a joint business television channel to promote trade and business between Bangladesh and India. “You can open a business channel jointly. We’ll welcome it,” she told a special business session at Sonargaon Hotel in the city. MamataShe also claimed that there is no commercial barrier to operation of Bangladeshi TV channels in India. Mamata said ATN Bangla and Boishakhi TV channels are seen in India. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pan...

No influx of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia

There will not be an influx of Bangladeshi workers to the state due to the stringent requirement to bring them in, said Malaysia's Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot. passport BdThe Serian MP mentioned that plantation owners were not quite in favour of hiring Bangladeshi workers due to the strict guideline imposed under the Government to Government (G2G) mechanism and standard operating procedure drafted for their recruitment in the state, despite it facing acute shortage of workers especially fresh fruit bunch harvesters. ...

Campaign for UN, EU to hold fresh election in BD

The Bangladesh Democracy Forum (BDF), supporters of a United Nations regulated election in Bangladesh, have launched a petition urging supporters to demand the United Nations and European Union intervene and oversee new political elections in the country. violance against womenThe BDF, comprised of democracy loving people of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi expatriates, non-resident Bangladeshis and other interested stakeholders are urging involvement as the country is in the midst of political unrest since 5th January, 2014's unilate...

Hookahs becoming antiques in Bangladesh

Once widely used throughout Bangladesh as a cheaper—and perhaps healthier—smoking alternative, the good old hookah is now turning into an antique piece owing to changing lifestyles and social mores. hookahHowever, it does not mean that hookah users have given up smoking. Arup Ratan, a campaigner against smoking, said smokers have shifted to other modes. Smokers now prefer cigarettes or bidis as a result of their changing lifestyles and greater financial abilities, and indeed, to make smoking hassle-free. Smoking a hookah is a bit cumbersome th...

Barings Sees Opportunities in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nigeria

Global events have had an unusually powerful effect on frontier markets recently, says Michael Levy, manager of Barings’ $50 million frontier markets fund. Frontier economies are commonly considered to be less affected by global developments than emerging markets but as oil prices slumped over the past eight months the frontier markets as an asset class suffered a similarly steep decline. BN-HA750_bangph_G_20150219164428Levy, though, believes the effect will be temporary. “Certainly, there have ...

Bangladeshis killed in Abu Dhabi fire

Ten people, including Bangladeshi expatriates, were killed in a fire incident in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates on early Friday. The Bangladesh embassador in Abu Dhabi Mohammad Imran fire1confirmed the accident. However, he could not initially provide details of how many Bangladeshi died in the incident. The fire broke out in a tyre manufacturing factory near Mussafah area in the capital Abu Dhabi at 3:00am Friday. Witnesses said some Bangladeshi expatriates of Chittagong region had been living there. The Bangladesh embassy officials have visi...
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