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Rising oceans force farmers inland for new jobs

About seven years ago, Gaur Mondol noticed he couldn’t grow as much rice on his land as salty water seeped in from the Passur River, which stretches from his home in Bangladesh’s interior all the way to the Indian Ocean. [caption id="attachment_11610" align="alignleft" width="300"]Farmers Photographer: Munir uz Zaman/AFP/GettyImages Bangladeshi farmers harvest rice in a field on the outskirts of Dhaka.[/caption] Now the rice paddies are completely inundated, leaving the land barren. To find work, he must walk for miles each day to other villages. His ...

Air quality may improve as tropics threaten

There are signs of the persistent dense fog and poor air quality finally improving across India and Bangladesh next week, when a tropical threat looms. The end to the stagnant air pattern from Pakistan to northern India to Bangladesh will not come through this weekend. air qualityWith weather disturbances passing by to the north too weak to stir up and clear the air, an area of high pressure will instead hold firm and lead to continued dense fog, chilly air and poor air quality. Visibility will continue to drop to zero frequently ...

Money supply rises 13 pc on year

The country's broad money supply in October rose 13 percent to 7,209.43 billion taka ($92.55 billion) from a year earlier, but down 40.6 billion taka call moneyfrom the previous month, the central bank said on Wednesday. Below is the table of broad money supply:     Broad money supply Oct. 2014     Sept. 2014   Oct. 2013  (bln taka) 7,209.43     7,250.03     6,403.17 ($1 = 77.90 taka)

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Attack on RMG leaders grows mass concern

A garment factory’s closed-circuit camera captured some unusual activity: Out front a female union leader was swarmed by people, pushed to the ground and assaulted while a male union activist was chased away and punched. Another female union leader entered the factory door and seconds later was pushed outside, and then shoved out of camera range. [caption id="attachment_1499" align="alignleft" width="300"]Bangladesh-rmg-worker A file photo showing female workers in a Dhaka Garments factory[/caption] Two investigations of ...

Dhaka, New York pursue different paths to train more coders

If the US is to capture its share of future economic growth from global technology markets, America’s tech workforce will likely need an update. That’s because other parts of the world—including developing nations like Bangladesh—are getting smarter about training more tech workers. The approach here, meanwhile, has gotten mixed results. sonyEmployment data for the years 2007 to 2012 suggests a mismatch between what the U.S. tech economy needed at the time and who colleges and universities were graduating. During that period, the annual rate...

Doubling pay of civil servants recommended

The Eighth Pay and Service Commission recommended doubling the salary for civil servants on the average in its report submitted to the finance minister today. Minimum basic wage Tk 8,200, maximum basic pay Tk 80,000 Government’s total expenditure may increase by up to 63% if implemented Suggestion to lower budget for expense in payment of civil servants Number of grades lowered to 16 from the existing 20 BCS cadres to get the highest of raise Proposal to lower forced retirement ceiling to 20 years of service Commission Chairman Mohammad Farashuddin, a former Bangladesh Bank governor, handed the report to Minister AMA Muhith at his office at 9:00am.
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