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Human traffickers in Bay of Bengal cast sights on Bangladesh

Abul Hasan, a 30-year-old fisherman, was drinking tea at a restaurant here when he was approached by two men who said they could help him get a good job at a factory in Malaysia. He was told that he could pay for his passage after he started working, he said, so he followed the men to a nearby village to “see some brochures.” traffic in Bay 111The next thing he remembers was waking up, nauseated, alongside more than a dozen other men aboard a fishing boat. Six guards armed with knives stood watch. “I knew I was in troub...

6th ‘Charm of Korea’ begins in city Nov 6  

As a part of the cultural exchange programs between Bangladesh and South Korea, an event titled ‘Charm of Korea V: Korean Folklore Music Group, COREYAH’ will take place in the city on November 6. A musical group comprising six musicians will render a variety of beautiful international songs and Bangla music at 7:00 p.m. at the National Theatre Hall of Shilpakala Academy. This concert is open for all. bd-koreaThis will be the sixth music event since last year to celebrate the long-standing friendship between Korea and Bangladesh. Previous music ev...

3rd Bangladesh-US partnership talks end  

Bangladesh and the United States have recognized the importance of the relationship between the two countries and look forward to further broadening, deepening, and strengthening the Dhaka-Washington partnership, said the joint statement issued upon the completion of the two-day long third Bangladesh-US Partnership dialogue at the state department. Foreign secretary Shahidul Haque led the Bangladesh side to the dialogue while the US side was headed by under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman. The two delegation leaders highlighted the robust and growing bilateral ties between Bangladesh and the United States and affirmed that the relationship is based on shared values and common goals of the two countries and their peoples.

Doing Business Report: BD performs worst in 3 areas influencing FDI  

Bangladesh’s global ranking has slipped in ease of doing business, standing at 173rd position among 189 nations as the country’s performance deteriorated on indicators, including starting business, paying taxes and enforcing contract where it was near the rock bottom. According to the Doing Business Report 2014 – the flagship report of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, out of 10 indicators, Bangladesh slipped on six, remained unchanged in three and one moved up. doing businessAmong the south Asian countries,...

Bangladesh: Capitalist haven

Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released the second of two major reports detailing findings from a global public opinion survey on economic issues conducted last spring in 44 countries. Read together, the two reports reveal something you might not have guessed: Bangladesh is among the countries most supportive of the free market, and certainly the most free-market, trade-oriented country surveyed in South Asia. At least as far as public opinion is concerned, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a capitalist haven. Bangladesh_Garm... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Alternative income opportunities for Rana Plaza survivors

Marium Begum counts herself “very lucky” to be alive, thanks to the firefighters who pulled her from the debris 24 hours after the Rana Plaza building complex collapsed in April 2013. A month after recovering fully from her injuries, Begum had to take a job at a garment factory in Savar in order to feed her children. But the memory of the worst garment factory disaster in history, in which over 1,130 people died, still haunts her. Most of the victims were women, and four of her co-workers who died were a metre away from her when the building collapsed. [caption id="attachment_10161" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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