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Doors shut to 15 lakh Bangladeshi workers

Doors shut to 15 lakh 
Bangladeshi workers
New jobs in Malaysia for Bangladeshis, including those 15 lakh who were supposed to be hired under a recent bilateral agreement, came to a halt with the south-east Asian country yesterday announcing suspension of fresh recruitment of foreign workers. “The Malaysian government has officially scrapped the plan to recruit new foreign workers, including 15 lakh Bangladeshis,” said Malaysia's deputy prime minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday. Bangladesh, on February 18, had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia to send 15 lakh workers there in three years under a government-to-government (G2G) plus system. "Employers who need workers will have to apply to legalise existing foreigners in the country who are…

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ADB considers $500m fund plea
ADB considers $500m fund plea
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering Bangladesh’s request for US$500-million funds…

4 ‘robbers’ lynched in Noakhali

4 �robbers� lynched in Noakhali

A mob beat four suspected robbers to death and injured two others foiling their bid to escape police custody at Chairman Ghat in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali early yesterday, reports UNB. Additional superintendent of police AKM Asaduzzaman said a gang of robbers numbering six were coming towards Chairman…
Change perception about AIDS patients: President

Change perception about AIDS patients: President

President Abdul Hamid yesterday underscored the need for changing the public perception and broadening the line of thinking about AIDS patients as many such victims are being neglected socially, reports UNB. “AIDS is not a curse. It’s a serious public health issue. But many people infected…
Kuldip's smear campaign against Bangladesh

Kuldip's smear campaign against Bangladesh

Once I had a great respect for Kuldip Nayar as a columnist. I thought he was a neutral observer of the rise of Bangladesh and would appreciate its heroic struggle to establish a secular nationhood. But in early 70s he established his link in Dhaka with a weekly English paper which was die-hard anti…
Women legislators and gender parity

Women legislators and gender parity

Lok Sabha Speaker in the Indian Parliament Sumitra Mahajan touched a chord while speaking about women at the inaugural session of a national conference on “Women legislators: building a resurgent India”. Using a temple analogy, Mahajan said that when a man gets prashad he consumes an entire…
Mechanized harvester gains popularity in Rajshahi

Mechanized harvester gains popularity in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI: Instead of the traditional method, the potato farmers have gradually been habituated with mechanized harvester as it saves cost and reduces labor requirement during the ongoing peak harvesting season for the last couple of years in this region, reports BSS. Alimur Rahman, a potato farmer of…
Challenges and promises

Challenges and promises

In the last two odd years, the word 'startup' has become a buzzword in Dhaka, especially in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector where the young tech professionals prefer entrepreneurship over salaried jobs. By definition, a startup is an entrepreneurship or a new business…
Kerry urges Syria talks

Kerry urges Syria talks

AFP, KING KHALID MILITARY CITY: Secretary of State John Kerry said US and Russian officials would meet later Saturday on Syrian opposition complaints of truce violations but that peace talks were likely to go ahead as planned. Asked at the end of a visit to Saudi Arabia whether indirect dialogue in…
Solo exhibition ‘Journey with Wreckage 2’ begins at AFD

Solo exhibition �Journey with Wreckage 2� begins at AFD

A solo painting exhibition titled ‘Journey with Wreckage 2’ by artist Bipul Shah has begun at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) in the city’s Dhanmondi area. Eminent artist Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan and Professor Abul Barq Alvi, Faculty of Fine Arts, University…
Tamim possesses a rare feat 
in international cricket

Tamim possesses a rare feat in international cricket

Opener Tamim Iqbal made yet another record something what is rare scenario in the international cricket. The swashbuckling opener now sits as the highest run getter for Bangladesh in all three format of the cricket, a feat that no one from the cricketing world could have ever done. He has been the highest…
Farmers dismayed by falling mustard prices

Farmers dismayed by falling mustard prices

About 39,872 hectares of land have been brought under mustard farming in Tangail during the current season. The plantation area of the winter cash crop was extended after addition of a large portion of the land that was left vacant for harvest of Aman paddy. Farmers in the district have harvested bumper…
500 magistrates to ensure smooth polling

500 magistrates to ensure smooth polling

Some 500 magistrates will be appointed to curb election violence and breaches to the polls code during the first phase balloting of the Union Parishad (UP) election, reports UNB. Five magistrates will conduct mobile court to punish polling irregularities for four days in each of 102 Upazilas, where…
When your veins fill with ice

When your veins fill with ice

Most animals hate the cold. When winter comes around many species burrow underground to hibernate or migrate to lower latitudes where conditions are warmer. But a few strange creatures do the opposite. They actually embrace the freezing conditions. We are still unravelling the mysteries of these amazing…
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