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Bangladeshi maids on the run from Saudi

The crowds wait outside the arrivals terminal at Shahjalal International airport as dozens of taxi drivers line the streets looking for business. Armies of beggars plead for attention from passersby, while passengers leave the arrivals hall carrying flat-screen TVs or oversized boxes wrapped in cling-film. A group of women appear amid the constant stream of people. Dressed in an array of colours, they pull their suitcases, looking for their loved ones. Khaleda Akhter, 28, has just spent months inside a Bangladeshi-run safe house in Saudi Arabia, ...

BD version of Go-Jek raises over $ 10m

$ 4.5 billion-valued ride-sharing startup Go-Jek may be busy in Southeast Asia, where it is aiming to step into the gap following Uber’s exit, but that isn’t stopping it from looking at opportunities elsewhere in the world. Over in Bangladesh, motorbike-taxi hailing service Pathao has announced that it raised a “pre-Series A” investment led by Go-Jek. The Indonesian firm first invested in Pathao last year, and it is leading this new deal which includes participation from existing backers Openspace uberVentures — which just rebrand...

Robi Tracker to find stolen motorbike

Robi’s vehicle tracking solution, Robi Tracker has recently helped one of its customer to find his stolen motorbike. Mr. Sayem Mahmud Chowdhury, the owner of the bike, thanked Robi Tracker for the support. The incidence took place on the 7th April ’18 around 4.35 am, when Mr. Sayem got to know PR Picturethat his bike is not in the parking place- North Kafrul Dhaka. Then he called the Robi Tracker helpline to find out the location of his stolen bike. Robi Tracker helpline agent updated him with the exact location aft...

Mission 2018: bring the Paris climate pact to life

Front-line negotiators from more than 190 nations gathering for climate talks in Bonn on Monday face a daunting task: bring the 2015 Paris Agreement to life. The world’s only climate treaty pledges to cap global warming at “well under” two degrees Celsius and prevent manmade CO2 from leeching into the atmosphere by century’s end, reports AFP. But it left a mountain of critical rules and procedures to be worked out. “This may sound like a technical exercise, but it matters,” Todd Stern, a senior fellow at the Construction of a dam, financed by The Nethe...
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IBBL recommends 10pc cash dividend

The Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited recommended 10% cash dividend for the shareholders for the year 2017 subject to approval of the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Bank. The decision came from a meeting of the board of directors held at Islami Bank Tower on 25 IBBL Photo BoardApril 2018 Wednesday with its Chairman Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D in the chair. Yousif Abdullah Al-Rajhi and Md. Shahabuddin, Vice Chairmen, other directors and Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Dir...

Kazakhstan donates for Rohingya

The Govt. of the Republic of Kazakhstan has donated USD 500,000 for the relief of Rohingya people. His Excellency Mr. Barlybay Sadykov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited the Rohingya people at a camp in ShafiullahKata of MoinarGhona in Palongkhali village Photoof Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Bazar recently and inaugurated the distribution of humanitarian aid through Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA). H.E. the Ambassador went around different sections, interacted with inhabitants of the camp and apprais...
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