Hasina denies Bangladeshis involved in GE13
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has denied the Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s claim that 40,000 of Bangladeshi people were involved and voted for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in Malaysia’s 13th general election(GE13).
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said during his meeting with Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian leader shook her head in disbelief at the claim.
Najib also said if the claim that his visit to Bangladesh was to meet and thank those people for voting for the BN in the last ge...
Najib also said if the claim that his visit to Bangladesh was to meet and thank those people for voting for the BN in the last ge...
World Toilet Day: American Standard gives toilet systems to Bangladesh
American Standard has donated almost a half million life-improving SaTo sanitary toilet pans throughout Bangladesh. On the 12th annual World Toilet Day — and the first officially recognized by the United Nations — the company celebrates the toilet with a progress report on its Flush For Good campaign.
The donations are expected to improve the lives of 2.5 million residents of Bangladesh during 2013 and 2014. Installations underway will be complete by the end of 2014. American Standard is executing the program with partners BRAC, WaterAid and Save the Children.
Including a new initiative underway for Sub-Saharan Africa, American Standard expects to provide sanitation solutions for a total of 5.5 million people by 2017.
Reality squeezes a new startup
A startup tote-bag maker in Bangladesh is testing the limits of the country’s rough and tumble garment industry.
Kazi Monir Hossain, a volunteer rescue worker at the deadly RanaPlaza garment building collapse in April, wanted to help factory workers get back to work after the disaster. But many swore they would never set foot in a garment factory again. So Hossain used donor money to set up a business making jute and cotton bags.
Four months into the venture, Oporajeo—the Bangla word for “invincible”—employs 21 former RanaPlaza workers. In a small workshop on the same street as their former worksite, the recruits sew coarse and colorful jute into simple tote bags, flower-patched purses and wine carriers.
“Once upon a time jute was very famous in Bangladesh,” says Hossain. “We...
If violence goes on, orders may shift to other destinations
If current spell of violence goes on in RMG sector, orders from international buyers may shift to alternative destinations and thus the country may also lose foreign direct investment (FDI), said Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).
DCCI in a statement on Wednesday said, if this kind of violence is not stopped right now, it will affect the whole industry which will cause a serious damage to the country’s economy.
DCCI expressed its deep concern over the labour unrest and violence in the RMG sector that has been “taking a heavy toll” on the export earning apparel industry.
DCCI said recently the garment...
DCCI said recently the garment...
Tea prices snap 4-weeks of gains on higher supplies
Tea prices in Bangladesh slipped at a weekly auction on Tuesday, snapping a four-week run of gains, as this season’s highest volume on offer offset demand from local buyers for the winter season, brokers said.
The average price of Bangladeshi tea was 206.36 taka ($2.65) per kg against 213.25 taka in the previous auction held on Nov. 13, an official from National Brokers Ltd said.
More than 2.4 million kg of tea was offered at the country’s sole auction centre in Chittagong, with nearly 22 percent remaining unsold, compared with 2.3 million kg offe...
The average price of Bangladeshi tea was 206.36 taka ($2.65) per kg against 213.25 taka in the previous auction held on Nov. 13, an official from National Brokers Ltd said.
More than 2.4 million kg of tea was offered at the country’s sole auction centre in Chittagong, with nearly 22 percent remaining unsold, compared with 2.3 million kg offe...
