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Bangladeshi physicist leads discovery of massless particle

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University led an international team to the discovery of an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal, quoting a new research a report was published on the university website. [caption id="attachment_18307" align="alignright" width="720"]weyl-fermions-pu3-hasan-wb M Zahid Hasan (pictured) and his research group researched and sim...

No ban on Bangladeshi workers, says Saudi minister

The Ministry of Labor has not imposed any ban on recruitment of Bangladeshi workers according to Taiseer Al-Mufarraj spokesman of the ministry. He told an online newspaper that Bangladesh has expressed its readiness to send housemaids to BD-workforce in KSAthe Kingdom. ‘The work to bring workers is continuing and many Bangladeshi women workers reached the Kingdom during Ramadan through various manpower agencies.’ It is expected that the number of Bangladeshi laborers coming to the Kingdom will increase as many manpower agencies...

Country powers ahead on off-grid solar

More than the technology it is the advocacy that allowed the Bright Green Energy Foundation (BGEF) to install more than 145,000 solar home systems (SHS) that benefit eight million rural people in Bangladesh. SHS units including solar panels, battery and regulator are not displayed in showrooms. Instead BGEF has been directly promoting the benefits of its environment-friendly technology in the field since 2010, when it was registered. solar BanglaDipal Chandra Barua, the founder of BGEF, puts his faith in rural-based Green Technology Centres...

RMG export growth to new markets declines

According to sources, the FE says, Bangladeshi apparel is losing out in emerging markets to competitors like Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Pakistan, as many buyers cut back orders due to political unrest, safety and other compliance issues in the country.According to a report in Bangladesh’s Financial Express (FE) this morning, the country’s ready-made garments (RMG) exports to non-traditional markets have recorded just marginal growth in the fiscal year just ended (2014-15). Insiders are said to consider this alarming news for the country’s apparel sector. rmg

Malaysia mulling sourcing maids from Bangladesh

There appears to be no end to the problems surrounding the shortage of foreign maids in Malaysia. Currently, there are some 150,000 foreign domestic helpers working legally in this country, most of them Indonesians and Filipinas. With the two source nations – Indonesia and the Philippines – having declared their intentions to cease supplying maids to Malaysia, it is high time the government weaned itself off its dependence on those two countries. maids from BDWith Malaysians generally shunning employment in the domestic help sector, the g...

Bangladesh hopes green means go

Like Thailand, Bangladesh is suffering from prolonged political unrest and subdued economic activity. For a time earlier this year it seemed Moody’s Investor Service might downgrade the country’s credit rating due to the ongoing tensions on the ground, although in the end it held off from doing so. green goOpposition party-led strikes have weighed on the economy, prompting the International Monetary Fund in March to clip its growth forecast for the fiscal year to June-end to 6% from 6.4%. The Bangladeshi government had been targeting a 7.3% growth ...
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