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Bangladesh, recalling fatal fire, hosts safety expo

In the crowded conference center here in Bangladesh’s capital, fire alarms sounded this week – but fortunately there was no fire. Exhibitors at this building and fire safety expo were showing potential customers their wares. At some 90 booths, companies displayed fire alarm systems, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and other equipment. fir expoAbout 10,000 people attended this week’s three-day conference to learn about equipment and practices that will make the country’s garment factories safer. It was only the second expo of its kind in B...

Petty graft eats up 2.2pc of GNI in Bangladesh

Bangladesh loses 2.2 per cent of its gross national income due to petty corruptions at individual level, Transperancy International Bangladesh executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said yesterday. Speaking at a programme arranged by UNDP in Bangladesh, he hoped that the young people will take a stand against these practices. corruptionUNDP organised the event to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day 2014. Around 200 young people participated in the interactive programme held at the Russian Cultural Centre. The slogan for the An...

Kargil and India’s role in creation of Bangladesh

Pakistan's former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he believes in a tit-for-tat policy on all fronts and claimed that Kargil conflict was in response to India's role in the creation of Bangladesh. musharraf1The 71-year-old former president, who masterminded the Kargil conflict in 1999 and ruled over Pakistan for nine years, said that India had played role in creating Bangladesh and trying to seize Siachin. "They also undertook such operations so Kargil also happened," he told Samaa TV channel. "I believed in a tit-for...

Exports to US shrink by 6pc in July-Nov  

Bangladesh-rmg-workerA file photo shows employees are busy in a garment factory in Dhaka. The country’s export earnings from the US market posted negative growth in the first five months of the current financial year 2014-15 while export to China and India registered a modest growth in the period. — New Age photo A file photo shows employees are busy in a garment factory in Dhaka. The country’s export earnings from the US market posted negative growth in the first five months of the current financial year 2014-15 whil...

Germany promotes sustainable textiles in Bangladesh

German parliamentary state secretary to the federal minister for economic cooperation and development, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, promoted ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’ during his three-day visit to Bangladesh this week. ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’, initiated by the German minister for economic cooperation and development Gerd Müller, aims at social, environmental and economic improvements in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. German embassyDuring the visit of Fuchtel, four Bangladeshi RMG companies, namely DBL G...

US envoy seeks support for RMG’s transformation

US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena has called the brands and buyers to keep up their unprecedented commitment of support to transform Bangladesh’s apparel sector. Mozena said, “Over the next three and a half years, you can do much to help Bangladesh set the global standard for the apparel industry,” adding that Bangladesh endeavours to bring the sector to standard for fire safety, factory structural soundness and respect for workers’ rights. The US envoy made the call while addressing a function ‘American Apparel and Footwear Association Summit Training Conference: Product Safety, Worker Safety, and Supply Chain Compliance’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city on Tuesday.
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