Tanners boom despite toxic costs
Standing knee deep in toxic chemicals, Mokter Hossain loads animal hides into huge drums filled with still more dangerous liquids at a tannery in the Bangladesh capital.
Barefoot and sick with fever, Hossain stops every now and then to cough, a legacy of the job that his doctors warn could one day kill him.
"Some days I am too ill to work," said Hossain, 25, who has spent years inhaling fumes from the hexavalent chromium and other chemicals used to turn the raw hides into soft leather.
"I take medicine to control my skin diseases. If I don't, it gets worse," Hossain adds, gesturing to his arms and legs which are covered in rashes and black spots.
Bangladesh lags in fish exports
Bangladesh is lagging in fish export for lack of effective policies although fish production has significantly increased in a decade with the adoption of improved fish farming technology, fisheries officials said.
Fisheries officials have observed that coordination between different ministries concerned should be strengthen to help increase the export of fish and fish products.
Measures should be taken to develop fish processing industries equipped with modern technologies...
Measures should be taken to develop fish processing industries equipped with modern technologies...
WB to support Bangladesh secondary education
The government signed a $265 million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project.
The financing will help annually 4.5 million poor rural children in 215 upazilas across the country to continue secondary level education. 
With this additional financing, the project will continue to provide po...
With this additional financing, the project will continue to provide po...
RMG workers see safety weighing on targets
The RMG workers in Bangladesh not only lack basic knowledge on fire and building safety but also feel fire drills and safety training take too much time and increase pressure on them to reach production targets, a survey has found.
The feedback was uncovered during a Baseline Worker Survey by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety as part of ongoing efforts to measure workers’ knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues, and subsequently develop training to meet their needs.
A combination of questions an...
A combination of questions an...
Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated: Modi
The Indian prime ministerial candidate of BJP, Narendra Modi said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away with once his party comes to power.
“As soon as we come to power at the Centre, detention camps housing Hindu migrants from Bangladesh will be done away with,” Mr Modi told a public rally at Ramnagar in Assam on Saturday.
“We have a responsibility toward Hindus who are harassed and suffer in other countries. Where will they go? India is the only place for them. Our government cannot continue to harass them. We will have to accommodate them here,” he said.
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DC-10 returning to Dhaka
The last passenger DC-10 aircraft will return to Dhaka instead of flying into Boeing museum just yet.
The 30-year old aircraft, part of the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airline, was to find its final resting place at the museum of Boeing in Seattle, US.
But Khan Mosharraf Hossain, director of public relations, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told bdnews24.com the decision on the aircraft's future had not been taken yet.
But it would not be taken to the Museum of Flights for now, he said.
The official, however, hinted the airc...
But Khan Mosharraf Hossain, director of public relations, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told bdnews24.com the decision on the aircraft's future had not been taken yet.
But it would not be taken to the Museum of Flights for now, he said.
The official, however, hinted the airc...
