Tag: Bangladesh
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They make garments…
Close to four years after the Rana Plaza collapse (April 2013) ~ one of the world's worst environmental disasters ~ the garment industry in Bangladesh, that manufactures the top European and American brands, is in crisis again. International concern over the exploitation of child labour, expectant mothers, and almost inhuman working hours has deepened this …
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December 31, 2016 -
India discontinues E-token for Bangladesh travellers
Bangladesh applicants with confirmed travel tickets will be able to submit their Indian tourist visa applications without prior appointments in a bid to ease the process, a media report has said. The Indian High Commission made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday. The move to eliminate the E-token system was part of efforts …
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December 29, 2016 -
Tragedy of Bangladesh
It is not understandable why the properties and temples of Hindus are being vandalised when Bangladesh is in the midst of its liberation celebrations. Forty five years ago India, which has a Hindu majority population, helped the people of then East Pakistan wrest independence from the unwilling hands of the army-dominated West Pakistan. More than …
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December 21, 2016 -
Dhaka summons Myanmar envoy over Rohingya influx
Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar's ambassador to express concerns over a military operation that has forced thousands of Rohingyas to flee their villages.
November 24, 2016 -
India’s demonetization move hits Bangladeshi patients
Relatives of patients said they had exchanged Bangladesh currency or US dollars for high value Indian currency like 1,000 or 500 rupees because large amounts are needed for treatment.
November 11, 2016 -
‘I found double standards in India’
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin (54) has lived in exile since 1994. From a poet in the late 1980s, she rose to global attention by the end of the 20th century owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and severe criticism of Islam. Her 1993 novel Lajja garnered severe criticism in Bangladesh. After multiple …
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November 5, 2016 -
Death toll in Bangladesh factory fire rises to 39
The death toll in a Bangladesh factory fire has risen to 39 as rescuers on Monday pulled three more bodies out of the rubble of a packaging factory that partially collapsed due to a water boiler explosion earlier this month. The fire at Tampaco Foils Limited fire broke out on September 10 in Tongi. The …
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September 26, 2016 -
Baby cries out while being buried in Bangladesh; now in ICU
A newborn baby girl in Bangladesh who was declared dead by doctors started crying out while being buried, media reports said on Sunday. Galiba Hayat, the first child of district cricket team player Najmul Huda and his advocate wife Naznin Akhter, was born on Thursday in Faridpur, about 140 kms from the Bangladeshi capital. Two hours after …
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September 25, 2016 -
Baby cries out while being buried in Bangladesh; now in ICU
A newborn baby girl in Bangladesh who was declared dead by doctors started crying out while being buried, media reports said on Sunday. Galiba Hayat, the first child of district cricket team player Najmul Huda and his advocate wife Naznin Akhter, was born on Thursday in Faridpur, about 140 kms from the Bangladeshi capital. Two hours after …
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September 25, 2016 -
India’s foreign exchange reserves at $369 billion
India’s foreign exchange reserves went down $369.60 billion as on September 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced. According to data released by the RBI, the reserves stood at $369.60 billion as on September 16, as against $371.27 billion as on September 9. On September 16, the foreign currency assets stood at $344.07 billion, …
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September 24, 2016 -
‘Bangladesh to work with Myanmar on Rohingya issues’
Bangladesh, which has over 500,000 Muslim Rohingyas residing in its refugee camps, has said it is looking forward to working with Myanmar to find a permanent solution to the issue. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this in her address at the UN General Assembly ‘Leaders’ Summit on Refugees’. In her address at the summit …
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September 21, 2016 -
13 killed in Bangladesh ferry capsize
At least 13 persons were killed after a ferry capsized in Sondha river in Bangladesh’s Barisal district on Wednesday, media reported. The launch ‘ML Oishee’ capsized while passengers were boarding it around noon at Banariparha Upazila’s Dasherhaat point terminal, bdnews quoted a district police official as saying. "At least 18 persons are missing as the …
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September 21, 2016 -
Bangladesh economist World Bank’s new head in India
Junaid Ahmad, the former chief of staff for World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, has been appointed as World Bank’s new country director for India. Junaid Ahmad, a Bangladeshi economist, has taken over as the World Bank’s new country director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl who completed his four-year term. Ahmad was formerly the …
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September 21, 2016 -
India to ferry more petroleum products to Tripura via B’desh
After the first round of shipment of diesel and cooking gas to Tripura via Bangladesh on September 10, India will ferry more petroleum products through the same route over the next two weeks, officials here said on Tuesday. "Twelve LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)-laden trucks would carry the cooking gas from Guwahati to northern Tripura via …
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September 20, 2016 -
‘Acts of terror in Bangladesh also impact India’
Any incident of terror taking place in Bangladesh has implications for India as well, says Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla. "Although there is not sufficient evidence of cross-border terror activity, consequential effect of a horrific incident taking place in Bangladesh can be on India as well, as we share a long land …
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September 19, 2016 -
Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib narrowly escapes copter crash
Bangladeshi ace cricketer Shakib Al Hasan had a narrow escape on Friday morning when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed on its return journey, media reports said. Shakib and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir flew to Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort, near Inani sea-beach in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, for a television commercial shoot. …
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September 16, 2016 -
England call up three uncapped players in Test squad for Bangladesh tour
England have included three uncapped cricketers — Ben Duckett, Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari — in their 17-man squad for the Test series against Bangladesh in a bid to give the untested ones a run-in in the away series. The England selectors also named a 15-man squad for the One-Day series next month. Opener Hameed, …
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September 16, 2016