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S Arabia deporting hundreds of Rohingya to Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia on Sunday prepared to send scores of Rohingya to Bangladesh, according to reports published on www.opindia.com and Middle East Eye (MEE).Rohingya immigrants, some of whom have already spent five to six years in Saudi detention, were being are lined up for deportation at the Shumaisi detention centre in...

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BD struggling to penetrate into Chinese drug market

Bangladesh has failed to take advantage of China's removal of tariffs on 28 categories of imported drugs including all cancer medicines, although the country is doing well in terms of exports of pharmaceutical products.Industry insiders said it is not an easy task to export pharmaceutical products to China as like...

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BoP deficit rises to $837m in July-Nov

Bangladesh's overall balance of payment (BoP) recorded US$ 837 million deficit during the July-November period of this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.The overall deficit in BoP was $479 million during the same period of FY 2017-18, according to the central bank's data.Sharp fall...

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Local companies’ hiring outlook positive: Survey

Companies in Bangladesh are likely to dole out 10 per cent salary increase across industries, according to the Bangladesh Total Remun-eration Survey (TRS) 2018.It also shows that 38 per cent of organisations in Bangladesh intend to increase their headcount in 2019. The survey was conducted by Mercer, a wholly owned...

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Protests force suspension of approach road work

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 07: Construction of the approach road in the eastern section of Karnaphuli tunnel has remained suspended for the last three days following protests by local people demanding immediate payment of compensation money for their lands acquired for the road.The work suspension may continue this week until local MP...

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Initiative launched for market access of women’s businesses

A capacity-building initiative titled "Corporate Connect: Strengthening Market Access for Women-owned Businesses" was launched in the city on Monday aiming to enhance supply chain linkages of their enterprises.The technical advisory project, implemented by the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group and the Ministry of Commerce of Bangladesh, will...

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Muggers shoot trader, snatch Tk 0.5m in city

Muggers allegedly shot a businessman and snatched away Tk 0.5 million from him in the city's Eskaton area at around 4:00pm on Monday.The victim named Md. Sayed was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital until filing the report at 9:30pm.When contacted, Sub Inspector (SI) of Hatirjheel Thana Amith Mitra...

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Passengers going to respective destinations on foot

Passengers going to respective destinations on foot, as their vehicles got stranded for hours on Airport Road in the capital due to RMG workers' demonstration on Monday — FE Photo

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