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Bangladesh urges UK to allow garment imports

Bangladesh clothing exports to Europe jumped 24 percent in 2015, with the UK being the EU’s second biggest garment export destination for the country after Germany. But the government of the UK has banned imported clothing from Bangladesh due to its concern that there is a lack UK_BDof proper security measures at the Bangladesh Airport in Dhaka. Now the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is calling on its government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the ban on air cargo from Dhaka is lifted, soon. ...

Criminals in BB heist likely studied bank’s inner workings

The perpetrators of a $100 million digital heist at Bangladesh’s central bank had deep knowledge of the institution’s internal workings, likely gained by spying on bank workers, security experts said. Unknown hackers breached Bangladesh Bank in early February, stole credentials for payment transfers and then ordered transfers out of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York account held by Bangladesh Bank (BB), according to Bangladesh Bank officials. Bangladesh government officials blamed the Fed for the attack when they disclosed the loss. The New York Fed responded on Tuesday saying there was no evidence its systems were compromised in the attack, one of the biggest bank thefts in history. The Fed said it followed normal procedures when responding to requests that appeared to be

Enriching education in Bangladesh

About a year ago, seven year-old Afroza Khatun dropped out of school as her mother could not continue supervising her homework. The interruption in her grade II lessons was soon noticed by a teacher of an information education centre known as ENRICH, a state-funded programme which aims at supporting children who drop out to continue their education from the primary level (up to grade II). “I could not accept that Afroza, so brilliant in her lessons, had to drop out of school just because her mother could not help prepare her lessons at home,” Mosammet Shirin Akter, a teacher at ENRICH learning centre, told IPS News. Afroza’s father died when she was still in her mother’s womb. Too poor to support the family, Afroza’s mother, Joshna, had to work as a day labourer. Recently, she ...

Bangladeshi nurse ‘missing’ in New York

A Bangladeshi nurse has been reportedly missing in New York for over three months, a media report said on Thursday. Mahfuza Rahman, 30, was last seen at her workplace, the Bellevue Hospital, on December 8, 2015, bdnews24 reported. The next day her husband Mohammad Chowdhury, 38, informed the hospital authorities, when they called to inquire about her, that she had returned to Bangladesh because a close relative Nursewas injured in an accident. He also said his wife would return to New York by the first week of March 2016. ...

Samsung big win offer!

Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has introduced the Big Win Offer on buying its various smartphones with the new prices. Customers can now have the chance to avail exciting cash discounts, to win LED TVs and at the end of the extended campaign, a sedan car on buying Galaxy Grand prime, Galaxy J1 ACE, Galaxy J2, Galaxy J5 or Galaxy J7 with new announced prices. Customers can now buy the Samsung Galaxy J7 at BDT 19900 (previously priced at BDT Win-a-car-press21,990), Galaxy J5 at BDT 16,900 (previously priced at BDT 1...

DTH ‘Real VU’ set to launch soon

BEXIMCO Communications Limited is about to launch country’s first Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, a method of receiving television signal directly from the satellite, under the brand name ‘RealVU’. The best international practices of TV services and technologies will be implemented in Bangladesh soon. “We are ready to provide DTH services under the RealVU brand name vey soon which will drastically change the viewing experience of the Bangladeshi TV audience,” said Dmitry Lapitskiy, CEO of BEXIMCO Communications, while speaking at the press conference held at a city hotel today, March 10. He added, “The new operator, which will initially launch the DTH broadcasting in the metropolitan areas, will also cover the entire country gradually thanks to ABS satellite beam. The picture quality p...
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