Canada supports ILO initiative in Bangladesh
Canada has announced its support to a joint initiative with the International Labour Organization (ILO) entitled “Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector” in Bangladesh, according to a press release from the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.
“Stimulating sustainable economic growth is critical to breaking the cycle of poverty, increasing security and encouraging equality. Canada’s support for this initiative is helping to ensure that Bangladesh is better equipped to provide safe and healthy employment for its people,” said Canada’s Minister of International Development, Christian Paradis.
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India says Mollah’s execution internal judicial outcome
Abdul Qauder Mollah's execution is an outcome of the internal judicial processes and laws of Bangladesh, said India reiterating its previous stance on Bangladesh’s internal matters.
Official spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, India Syed Akbaruddin on Friday came up with the remark in response to questions on Bangladesh, including the statement of opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, according to a media release issued by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
“We’re confident that as a democracy the people of Bangladesh will resolve their differences through dialogue and peaceful means, in an atmosphere free of violence,” Akbaruddin said.
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Four Bangladeshi workers held by UK Immigration
The UK Immigration officers arrested four Bangladeshi illegal workers in Uttlesford following a raid in Thaxted.
On Friday evening (December 6) by Home Office immigration enforcement officers swooped on the India Villa in Watling Street.
They were acting on intelligence. Checks revealed that four members of staff were breaking UK immigration rules.
All four were Bangladeshi men. Three, aged 36, 25 and 24, had overstayed their visas. The fourth, aged 26, was working in breach of his visa conditions.
The men ha...
The men ha...
Foreign investment proposals almost halved due to blockade
Looming uncertainty in the political arena and its ultimate consequences through continuous violence on the streets for the last couple of months have restrained foreign entrepreneurs from making fresh investments in Bangladesh.
The number of proposals for fresh investments by foreign entrepreneurs has halved within a month, according to sources, reports the Independent.
The Board of Investment (BoI) received only seven proposals in October against 15 in September this year. The amount of proposed investment against those projects also declined drastically. The foreign companies proposed to invest only $20 million in October against a commitment of $1,915 million in September. The number of local investment proposals also de...
Bangladeshi worker involved in Singapore riot baseless
The Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore has refuted the news reports appeared on a section of media and news involving a Bangladeshi worker in a bus accident in Singapore commenting ‘is not based on facts’.
In a statement on Monday morning, The Bangladesh High Commissioner Mahbubuz Zaman also rejected reports that the incident was fuelled by a bus accident involving a Bangladeshi worker.
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Officers from the C...
Officers from the C...
India gives Bangladesh only $ 115.3m of promised LoC
India has given only $ 115.31 million to Bangladesh from its promised $ 800 million line of credit (LoC) till November three years after the loan commitment, officials said Saturday.
Dhaka signed a $1.0 billion credit deal with New Delhi in August 2010 for utilising the money to upgrade the country’s infrastructure especially to facilitate cross-border transport movement between the two countries, reports the Financial Express (FE).
“The project implementation delay due to hard terms imposed by the Indian government has affected fund disbursement,” said a senior Ministry of Finance (MoF) official.
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