As fresh water flow has tapered off on the upper stream of rivers over the last four decades, due to human intervention mainly in neighbouring India, salinity has intruded into 100 rivers and affected 15 per cent of Bangladesh's total cropland in the southwestern coastal districts. This was revealed in a study, Soil Salinity [...]

22 July 2013 150 The United Nations children’s agency today commended the Government of Bangladesh for committing to end preventable child deaths in the country before 2035, building on its success of lowering maternal and child mortality. “There’s a lot to learn from Bangladesh. Between 1991 and 2011, under-five deaths fell [...]

22 July 2013 150 The United Nations labour agency today said that amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act “will hopefully prove to be a first step” in addressing workers’ rights and boosting occupational safety and health, but urged the Government to advance the reforms to more comprehensively protect workers. “The [...]

Anup Chetia to India, the deportation will indeed be part of a 'swap' in which New Delhi will match the neighbouring country's gesture by transferring two Bangladeshi criminals … [Read More]

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This week, the judges of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribuna l have issued yet more guilty verdicts against leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party for crimes committed during the country's war of independence in 1971. Underscoring this energy are new prosecutions against foreign nationals of Bangladeshi origin who are effectively being tried in absentia. As elections [...]

Jul 22, 2013 - 01:06 - WAM DHAKA, July 22nd, 2013 (WAM) — Mr. Ammar Abdullah Khamis Al Samahy, the Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Bangladesh, is organising an Iftar programme for the benefit of fasting Muslims in Bangladesh. The project is organised by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation as part [...]

Dhaka is all set to hand over top ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India. A senior diplomatic official told Mail Today that a conducive timing is being considered for the move though the arrangements have already been worked out at the highest level. The move would also be a big confidence booster for the Indo-Bangla [...]

The Obama administration has cranked up the pressure on Bangladesh to improve its worker safety standards, a condition to win back trade benefits from the United States. The US on Friday made public a series of steps the country must take, and foremost among them is the need to increase the number of labour, [...]

household 's total income – including your partner's salary, and any additional same sources ? I don't have any other income. My wife doesn't … [Read More]

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After achieving double-digit export growth in the last fiscal (2012-13), the Bangladesh government has surged its export target by over 11 percent to $30.05 billion for the current fiscal (2013-14), an official said Sunday. According to the official from the ministry of commerce, ready-made garments, including knitwear and woven, would be given a special priority [...]