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Inland Water Transit sets example in trade
India-Bangladesh water trade treaty Golam Mostafa Jibon: The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) existing between Bangladesh and India has set up a unique precedent of affordable eco-friendly trade and commerce in and around the world. It has also strengthened the tie of the relevant countries along with…
Read More »Bulgaria hiring RMG workers from Bangladesh
Industry Desk: Bulgaria, a country in south-eastern Europe, is hiring skilled manpower from Bangladesh with the promise of handsome salaries. As of now, the European market remains one of the top export destinations of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) products.But this is the first time that Bangladeshi RMG workers are about…
Read More »‘Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale’ to be rescreened in historical city Athens
Staff Correspondent: Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale, a docudrama capturing the hard-to-believe real-life story of a woman struggling to reclaim her space in her own country, continues to earn rave reviews across the globe, with Greek city Athens being the latest in the line to screen it for the audience.A special…
Read More »Muslim pilgrims flock to Makkah for first post-pandemic Hajj
Staff Correspondent: Thousands of pilgrims started arriving in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Friday, among some one million Muslims expected to attend the 2022 Hajj pilgrimage season after two years of major disruption caused by the COVID pandemic.Wrapped in white robes, with some carrying umbrellas against…
Read More »278 kg gold seized in Dhaka airport in last 5 months
Staff Correspondent: About 7.5 maunds (275.9315kgs) of smuggled gold were recovered from various inbound passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the last five months. Customs Intelligence and law enforcers arrested some people involved, but the godfathers remain untouched and unpunished, sources said. The influx of smuggled gold goes on…
Read More »Bangladesh becomes 4th largest
remittance source for IndiaOver 1.0 m Indians working illegally in BD Special Correspondent: Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance in last year and targets $26 billion for FY 2021-22. India remits $ 8.320 billion in 2016…
Read More »First Hajj flight with 415 pilgrims
Staff Correspondent : The first Hajj flight of the year is starting on Sunday. On this day, 415 pilgrims will be going to Saudi Arabia on the first flight at 9 am. Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ BG-3001 will operate the first flight for government-management Hajj pilgrims.This information has been obtained from…
Read More »South Asian economies in deep crisis to failure
Enayet Karim from New Delhi:The South Asian economies have been facing huge shortfall of targets as the Covid-19 pandemic-hit economy faces war ton of Russia and Ukraine. Pakistan PM Imran Khan has to quit chair due to some extra benefit from Russia during the war crisis and embargo imposed by…
Read More »More than 1 million people displaced in Myanmar: UN
International Desk: Post-coup violence has pushed the number of displaced people in Myanmar to more than one million for the first time, the United Nations said, warning of “dire” conditions as the monsoon approaches and fighting rages.Almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the toppling of…
Read More »Pakistan raises cooking oil prices to Rs605 per litre
International Desk: The Pakistan government on Tuesday shocked consumers by pushing up ghee and cooking oil rates by an unprecedented Rs208 and Rs213 to an all-time high of Rs555 per kg and Rs605 per litre, respectively, even though “these rates still do not exist in the retail markets.”An official in…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
