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Bangladesh company to build textile factory in Ethiopia

BDL Group, a Bangladesh-based company, is going to build a textile and garment factory in Mekele town of Ethiopia with over 765 million Birr. The Group has signed agreement with the town administration and received 68 hectares of land for the construction of the factory. rmgCompany Chairperson, Abdul Wahed, during the occasion said that the Group has decided to invest in Ethiopia because of the business and investment opportunities in the country. According to him, construction of the factory will be launched within two months and production will b...

Ganges coastal zone conference kicks of in city

As the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals heats up with the G20 summit just around the corner, more than 200 researchers, extensionists, development practitioners, and policy makers convene in Dhaka on October 21-23, 2014 to share plans, progress and ideas for increasing resilience and unlocking the potential of the Ganges River basin’s coastal zone. Photo for media_resizedThe objective of “Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practice” conference is to share CPWF research...

Fatal road crash kills 32 in Natore

At least 32 people were killed and over 25 others injured in a fatal road crash at Razzak intersection on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Baraigram upazila on Monday afternoon. The deceased could not yet be identified. However, most of the deceased hailed from Hiduli Sangrampur village in Gurudaspur upazila of the district. natore Bus collisionFuad Rohani, officer-in-charge of Bonpara highway police camp, said the accident took place around 3:30pm when a Rajshahi-bound bus of ‘Keya Paribahan’ from Dhaka collided with a...

Bangladesh performs better than other SAARC countries: Study  

The performance of Bangladesh is better in attaining poverty target compared to other South Asian countries. It has made remarkable progress in areas of primary schooling, gender parity in primary and secondary level education. It was disclosed in ‘SAARC Development Goals: Bangladesh Country Report 2013’ (SDGs). The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission launched the report at the NEC Conference Room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city yesterday. branding-BangladeshPlanning minister AHM Musta...

Cornell cuts apparel ties over Bangladesh accord

  Cornell University severed its relationships with the apparel manufacturer JanSport over worker and factory safety in Bangladesh. Cornell first pressed the issue in May when President David J. Skorton sent a letter to Eric Wiseman, CEO of VF Corporation which owns JanSport, asking the corporation to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh by the end of September. Skorton threatened to terminate JanSport’s license for Cornell goods if the company didn’t sign. RMG Rana PlazaOn Thursday Cornell did just ...

Kalam spurs youths to work hard  

Famed former Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam mesmerised a huge gathering of youths in Dhaka yesterday with his usual inspirational speech, pushing them for dreaming great and defeating failures. “There will always be problems in life. Problems should not become your captain, rather you should become the captain of the problem, defeat the problem and succeed,” said the scientist while addressing over 700 university students at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital. He is now in the capital to attend the 110th founding anniversary of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka. The two-day celebration kicked off with the dialogue with the students, reports the Daily Star.
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