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Govt to reopen worker migration to Maldives

The government will lift the ban on worker migration to the Maldives after a government delegation was sent to investigate allegations of fraudulent recruitment, forced labour and migrant unemployment. In September Minivan News reported that the Bangladesh’s Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) had prohibited immigration over concerns that labourers were being lured to the Maldives with the promise of jobs, only to find themselves unemployed and unable to return to their home country. Flag-Pins-Bangladesh-Maldives

Crucial working conditions in RMG hinder sustainable growth in Bangladesh: ILO

Improving working conditions in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report of International Labour Organisation (ILO) titled as ‘Bangladesh: Seeking Better Employment Conditions For Better Socioeconomic Outcomes’. According to the report prepared by the ILO Research Department in consultation with the ILO’s tripartite constituents in Bangladesh, the country experienced relatively high economic growth over the past two decades, mainly due to garment exports. Bangladesh accounted for 4.8 per cent of global apparel exports in 2011, compared with only 0.6 per cent in 1990.

Malaysia assures of looking after Bangladeshi workers

Malaysia has assured that it would look after the Bangladeshi workers so that they do not face any adverse situation there. The assurance came from the visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Bin Razak during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the Bangladesh side, while visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak the Malaysian side. After the talks, PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed reporters. malaysia PMThe...

‘Dialogue needs to be happened’

  Visiting US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal said, we do believe that there’s a way forward, we believe that dialogue needs to be happened. She encouraged a secretary-level dialogue between the country’s two major political parties for finding a way forward for holing a ‘peaceful, free, fair and credible’. US_Biswal“The announcement of an interim cabinet simply underscores the urgency for a dialogue to take place immediately to determine a way forward for peaceful, free, fair and credible election ...

Non-farm units see 118pc growth, regional disparity unchanged

Though the country experienced a 118 percent growth in non-farm economic units over the last 10 years, regional disparity still remains as usual, reveals the preliminary findings of the Economic Census 2013. The preliminary report of the Economic Census 2013 was launched by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics at its Agargaon headquarters on Sunday. The previous Economic Census, conducted over a three-year period from 2001 to 2003, showed that the country had about 37 lakh non-farm economic units, reports UNB. The preliminary findings of the latest Census, conducted over four months’ time from February to May this year, showed that the number of economic units has increased from 37 lakhs to 82 lakhs over the last 10 years, which is a 118 percent increase.

People lead to streets if political compromise delayed: Biswal

US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has said the delay in reaching a consensus on a framework for an interim government to oversee the next election may push Bangladeshi citizens to take to the streets to express their frustrations. “The longer the two sides cannot agree on a framework for an interim government to oversee the next election, the more likely Bangladeshi citizens will take to the streets to express their frustrations,” she wrote in her Nov-15 (op-ed) write-up ‘Fighting for Democracy in South Asia: The Great Debate ’. bishwal