Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Ireland triple
The number of Bangladeshi youth who apply for asylum in Ireland has tripled in a year.The number of Bangladeshi youth who applied for asylum in Ireland has tripled in a year, The Irish Times newspaper reports.
A total of 99 Bangladeshi nationals applied for asylum in the entire year of 2014 but in nine months of 2015, as many as 231 claims were lodged.
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The number of Bangladeshi youth who apply for asylum in Ireland has tripled in a year.[/caption]
The Bangladeshi nationals have lodged the h...
The number of Bangladeshi youth who apply for asylum in Ireland has tripled in a year.[/caption]
The Bangladeshi nationals have lodged the h...
BD economic success story excludes millions masses
Dressed in cheap, worn-out clothes, Farida Begum looks much older than her 30 years.
Her pale face is etched with worry as she sits in her tiny bamboo-fenced shack next to a railway track in Tejgaon slum, in central Dhaka.
The shack has been home for her three-member family for the past four years. It has electricity but no running water, while the local slumlord charges them 1,400 taka (US$18) a month for rent.
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Despite significant socioeconomic progress in the past decades, about ...
Despite significant socioeconomic progress in the past decades, about ...
‘BCL men’ beat up 2 JCD activists at JU
Two activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit were beaten up by Bangladesh Chhatra League men on Tuesday over took part at the protesting procession demanding to cancel the Arrest warrant issuing of BNP’s senior vice president Tarique Zia.
The victim was identified as Rafiqul Islam Pappu and Saddam Hossain of Geological Sciences 
department and also resident student of Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and Shahhed Rafiq Jabbar Hall respectively.
Sources said, around at 7.00 am, some JCD leaders and activists o...
department and also resident student of Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and Shahhed Rafiq Jabbar Hall respectively.
Sources said, around at 7.00 am, some JCD leaders and activists o...
Robi organizes Career Carnival @ KUET
Robi organized a daylong programme named “Robi Career Carnival” at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) today. The programme was organized to make the students of KUET aware of the career opportunities available with the company and the industry at large.
Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir, Vice Chancellor of KUET inaugurated the day-long program. Prof. Dr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Head of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Prof. Dr. Nurunnubi Mollah, Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from KUET were also present on the occasion.
80pc garment factories safe
More than 80 percent of Bangladesh’s garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said on Monday, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident.
Syed Ahmed, the inspector general of factories, said 1,475 garment factories had been assessed as part of a government initiative supported by the International Labour Organization, Canada, the Netherlands and United Kingdom.
Some 81 percent were found to adhere to building codes, as well as fire and electrical safety standards, he said.
Among the other f...
Some 81 percent were found to adhere to building codes, as well as fire and electrical safety standards, he said.
Among the other f...
