Bangladeshi overseas workers have been suffering a serious setback when remitting their hard-earned money due to inadequate number of agent points in their destination countries.Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates are the major sources of remittance earnings for Bangladesh.But there are inadequate...
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina being greeted with a bouquet when she paid a visit to the Ministry of Home Affairs at the secretariat in the city on Sunday — BSS
Read moreThe newly appointed railways minister, Md Nurul Islam Sujan, has pledged to ensure quality services and take the rail within the reach of the masses."Maintaining standards of the railway is my express aim," he said on Sunday.To achieve the goal, Mr Sujan spoke of taking pragmatic steps soon to make...
Read moreMILAN/MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters): An estimated 170 migrants have been lost in the Mediterranean in two incidents involving dinghies that left from Libya and Morocco, migrants organisations said on Saturday.One dinghy was spotted sinking in rough waters on Friday by an Italian military plane on patrol. The plane dropped two...
Read moreForeign minister AK Abdul Momen sought the international community's cooperation in expediting the repatriation process of the Rohingya, saying the longer stay of over one million refugees is creating socio economic burden on Bangladesh.The minister made the call while talking to reporters on Sunday at his office after his meeting...
Read moreCommerce minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said the plastic sector can help the country a lot in achieving the $60 billion export target by 2021."Only a few sectors cannot achieve the target. For that, the plastic sector can be a vital one if necessary support is given," said Mr Munshi.He...
Read moreBangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Director General Rear Admiral AMMM Aurangzeb Chowdhury has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff, reports UNB.The Defence Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.According to the notification, the appointment will come into effect in the afternoon of January 26 when...
Read moreChina is expected to report on Monday that economic growth cooled to its slowest in 28 years in 2018 amid weakening domestic demand and bruising US tariffs, adding pressure on Beijing to roll out more support measures to avert a sharper slowdown, reports Reuters.Growing signs of weakness in China-which has...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Jan 19: A local shipbuilder has made the country's first-ever shallow-draft tug-cum-crew boat with crane facility.The local maritime industry was lacking in such a tugboat to provide services for offshore projects, transport crew and toe dumb barges in shallow areas.The Prantik Megh, built by Desh Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd,...
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