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‘German clothing brands should increase transparency’

Human Rights Watch has asked German clothing brands to promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing the factories producing their products. ranaplazaThe New York-based HRW, in a report, said the lack of transparency was evident following the collapse on April 24, 2013, of the Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed a number of garment factories, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring thousands more. The rights group mentioned that supply chain transparency through public disclosure would de...

UC Berkeley to house center for Bangladesh studies

Improving garment-industry safety, designing apps to solve social problems and gathering data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on fruits and vegetables: These are among the innovative research projects made possible by UC Berkeley’s new Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies. bd cultureMonday, March 30, marks the official opening of the center, with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks presiding over an invitation-only ribbon-cutting at the campus’s Institute for South Asia Studies. The ceremony will be followed by a talk on Bangladesh...

Beijing prefers PMO oversight for Chinese projects

The government has responded positively after China suggested Bangladesh set up a special high-level committee under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for better coordination and facilitation of the various Chinese-proposed projects in the country aimed at its development needs, reports UNB. Following the Chinese embassy letter sent to PMO in this regard on January 25, this BD_CHINAyear, the first inception meeting was held at the PMO on February 19. The PM’s Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad was in the chair to review the progress of th...

Political impasse impeding Bangladesh economic progress: US

The United States has said the violent political impasse in Bangladesh unfortunately is impeding the economic progress that will be needed to lift more than 60 million people out of extreme poverty. nisha biswalUS Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Deshai Biswal said this while making her statement on the US Rebalance in South Asia: Foreign Aid and Development Priorities before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Asia and the Pacific in Washington DC on March 24. She said just last week the IMF ...

Remittance mostly used in consumption: ILO

Use of remittance in Bangladesh is still more in consumption than investment even after receiving billions of dollars from migrant workers for over three decades, according to a latest finding. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its study found out the causes of such unproductive state of the foreign exchanges the country’s overseas workers send home, thr Financial Express reports. ILOIt points out lack of policy and programmes, including absence of awareness-building campaigns and training for migrating workers and families dependent on ...

Switzerland, Luxembourg plan to join AIIB

Switzerland and Luxembourg are planning to join the Beijing-backed development bank AIIB, China’s finance ministry said, the latest European nations to sign up to the multilateral lender which has drawn scepticism from the United States. AIIBBritain, France, Germany and Italy have already announced their intentions to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank—which is viewed by some as a competitor to the World Bank and the Manila-based Asian Development Bank. Switzerland will formally become a founding member of the bank later this month if a...
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