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UK hails Bangladesh to support end sexual violence

The United Kingdom (UK) has welcomed Bangladesh’s endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration this week, launched as part of the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. “I thank and congratulate the foreign ministers and governments of Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan for taking this important and welcome step this week,” said British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday. UK_BDThe Foreign Secretary mentioned that these three...

Abductions on the rise in Bangladesh      

Nearly 4,000 people were abducted across Bangladesh between 2010 and 2013, according to a survey published Wednesday (April 30th) by the Dhaka Tribune. nazruls familyThe figure includes politicians, businessmen and local leaders, Channel24 news reported. "It's truly astonishing that the abduction rate has gone up alarmingly since the creation of RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) in 2002, and in most cases the victims' families say that RAB personnel wearing their trademark black dress picked up their sons or husbands," Bangladesh Nat...

May Day observed with solemnity    

The historic May Day has been observed in the country on Thursday as elsewhere across the world with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. The May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic uprising of working people in Chicago, USA, at the height of a prolonged fight for an eight-hour workday. The day is a public holiday. may_dayOn the occasion, the Labour and Employment Ministry brought out a rally around 7am from Shram Bhaban, which ended in front of the Jatiya Press Club after parading...

Govt losing large amount in taxes as DPI providers not under tax net  

The government is losing large amount of money in taxes as many of the foreign companies are supplying products to Bangladesh directly through their local agents without being registered locally, industry insiders said. The Direct Proforma Invoice (DPI) providers running large-scale business here, but they are not under the existing income tax net. Such discriminatory policy creates uneven competition in the indenting businesses too, sources said. Registered indenters are complying with the existing tax rules and paying, both individual and corporate income tax, while DPI providers are not doing so.

Malaysia to build 22,000 apartments in Bangladesh    

Malaysia will help Bangladesh in construction of 22,000 apartments in capital Dhaka and a flyover connecting Dhaka with Rajuk’s Jhilmil housing project. The Malaysian assistance will come under a Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports UNB. BD-MalUnder the MoU 12,000 apartments will be built at Uttara while 10,000 at Kamrangichar. A 13-kilometer flyover will be built connecting Dhaka’s Shantinagar to Jhilmil housing project in Keraniganj. Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain and Mala...

Why Bangladesh feared Indian invasion after 1975 coup  

B. Z. Khasru

 When Gen. Ziaur Rahman became Bangladesh’s virtual ruler following several bloody military coups in 1975, he told the United States that India intended to invade its small neighbor to install a puppet regime. So intense was Zia’s fear of an Indian invasion that on 7 November 1975 he made a call on the radio for national unity to face the attack. His call triggered more processions in Dhaka, initially sparked by the news of his release from detention by the officers who had mounted a failed coup earlier. The processions were laced with anti-Indian slogans. This public mood in Dhaka reflected a total reversal of the sentiment at the end of the Bangladesh war in 1971 when the sentiment was explicitly anti-Pakistani and...
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