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Bangladesh labor leader arrested in USA

Kalpona Akter, one of the best-known labor leaders in Bangladesh, has visited 16 American college campuses over the past three weeks, urging students to press two major retailers – The Children’s Place and Benetton – to contribute millions of dollars to help the families of those who died in the Rana Plaza factory building collapse. [caption id="attachment_13905" align="alignleft" width="300"]Kalpona Akter Kalpona Akter was arrested in New Jersey. Photograph: Guardian[/caption] Akter, joined by Mahinur Begum, an 18-year-old survivo...

DFID Secretary Lowcock in city

The UK permanent secretary for the Department for International Development (DFID), Mark Lowcock, has arrived in Dhaka on Sunday, to check the progress of UK aid’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction in order to help the people of Bangladesh. DFID-Perm-SecThis is Mark Lowcock’s second visit to Bangladesh with the last time being in 2011. During his stay Mark will meet a variety of people which includes senior government officials, partners, beneficiaries, youth leaders and members of the international and business commun...

Govt seeking police ‘black sheep’ on duty when Avijit was killed

A government adviser on Saturday asked the chief of Bangladesh police to identify the officers who failed to act when Avijit Roy, an atheist American blogger, was attacked and killed last month in Dhaka. avijit roy shrine“Identify the black sheep among the force and bring them under law and justice to uphold your image,” said HT Imam, political adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Imam directed the remarks to Shahidul Hoque, the inspector general of Bangladesh police, while addressing a meeting at Dhaka University on ...

UK to join China-backed Asian development bank

Britain said it has sought to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), making it the first Western nation to embrace the China-backed institution, but the United States reacted frostily to the development. [caption id="attachment_13856" align="alignleft" width="300"]AIIB File photo of the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 24, 2014. Photo- Reuters[/caption] The AIIB was launched in Beijing last year to spur investment in Asia in transportation, e...

Indian Jute assoc to file case against Bangladesh

After cheaper jute products from Bangladesh flooding the domestic market, the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) is set to file an anti-dumping case in the first quarter of the 2015-16 against subsidised exports. bd-india“The association has been working on an anti-dumping case which should be filed with the Ministry concerned within the next quarter. A countervailing duty has to be either an anti-subsidy or anti-dumping duty, both will be pursued simultaneously,” said Raghavendra Gupta, Chairman, IJMA. The Bangladesh government offers a 10 per cent...

Factory collapse in Mongla traps many workers; four dead

About 100 workers were feared trapped on Thursday when a cement factory collapsed in Mongla in Bagerhat district, told a police official. mongla222Four people were confirmed dead. Rescuers also pulled about 40 survivors from the debris after the factory, run by a subsidiary of the Bangladesh army, collapsed in the port town of Mongla, 335 km (210 miles) southwest of the capital, Dhaka. "There were about 150 people, including workers, inside the factory building when it collapsed," said Belayet Hossain, the officer in charge of the Mongla...
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