Migrant expatriate workers and misery

    Ambassado Muhammad Zamir writes for DOT :  Like many other developing countries, Bangladesh is dependent on the remittance inflow that we receive from our expatriate workers. This helps us not only to meet our balance of trade deficit but also to add to our foreign exchange reserve. At this point of time we have nearly…

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      Capital city Dhaka caught in the flux

      Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT :  The choking pollution that Dhaka faced a decade and a half ago was due largely to the the two-stroke baby-taxis as well as bulk of vehicles using petrol with dubious exhaust systems. Conversion to Compressed Natural Gas led to the baby taxi becoming a CNG forever and made a…

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        Muslim congresswoman blasts Islamophobic message

        Anadolu Agency: A Palestinian-American Muslim congresswoman Rashida Tlaib blasted on Tuesday Florida city commissioner’s Islamophobic message. In a Jan. 8 Facebook post, Anabelle Lima-Taub, a commissioner in Hallandale Beach, compared Tlaib to a suicide bomber, who will blow up herself one day. “A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO place in government! She is a danger and…

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          1299 RMG workers sued over strike

          Banglanews24: Eight garment factory owners filed separate cases against 1299 RMG workers for vandalism and looting during the recent strike in Savar and Ashulia. So far, police arrested 25 workers from these two aforementioned places. Six factory owners, under Ashulia police station, filed six cases accusing 881 persons, of them 196 are identified while 685…

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            Protect migrant workers from traffickers: Speakers urge govt

            UNB: Expressing frustration over the low conviction rate and prosecution of traffickers in Bangladesh, trade union leaders, labour lawyers and migrant rights activists on Wednesday urged the government to take measures to protect migrant workers from traffickers. The government has to take tough actions against human traffickers, ensure exemplary punishment for them and justice for…

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              Malaysia not to host any events that involves Israel: FM

              Anadolu Agency: Malaysia will not host any events involving Israel in the future, the country’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. “The Cabinet decision is reflective of the firm stand of the Malaysian government,” Saifuddin Abdullah told a news conference following a meeting on Palestine, according to local daily Malay Mail. The cabinet affirmed last week…

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