DOT Desk: Bangladesh has now emerged one of the potential markets for global textile and garment machinery manufacturers thanks to rising demands for locally made apparel items across the world., reports The Financial Express. The local spinners, weavers and readymade garment (RMG) makers have been investing billions of dollars in setting up new factories and…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Saudi government is gradually limiting job-sectors for immigrants in their country. Now, their government has announced that, only Saudi citizens will be allowed to work in the retail-stores, on 25 July. This have tensed 4 lacs of Bangladeshi expatriates working for retail-stores in Saudi Arabia. As part of Saudi Arab’s 100%…
Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : BNP has allied with Dr Kamal’s Gono Forum in the recently formed political platform, Jatiyo Oikya Front (JOF) and BNP has also partnered with the war crimes accused fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami under the umbrella of 20-party alliance. Many of Jamaat’s leaders are convicted of crimes against humanity in the…
What drives someone to become a religious extremist, even to the point of becoming a suicide bomber? There are two general answers: poverty and ignorance. The poverty line goes like this, grinding poverty for what there appears to be no escape foster seeding resentment against those who have more. If your choice is to die…
Sayeed Muhammad: With a view to check gold smuggling and help boost duty collection from the sector, the government is going to formulate a gold import policy. As per the proposed policy, the VAT registered entities will only be allowed to import gold through opening Letters of Credit (LCs), reports UNB. “If everything goes well, the…
MEMO: African migrants rejected by Italy in a standoff with the European Union last week said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had been beaten, tortured and raped, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday. The 150 migrants, mainly Eritreans and Somalis, were rescued in the…
Desk Report: Officials of Bangladesh and Malaysia would meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25 to work out a new method of recruitment of workers, reports New Age. Acting secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ahmed Munirus Saleheen would lead the Bangladesh team at the talks. The Bangladesh team would include officials from…
Abrar Hussain: Amidst vote-rigging and vandalism allegations, the Khulna city polls concluded yesterday, as voting was postponed at 3 polling stations according to Returning Officer Yunus Ali. The polls began at 8am and continued till 4pm without break. Khulna residents reportedly voted at 289 centers to elect the KCC mayor. “The voting was going on…
Abdul Aziz, Erasmus Mundus Scholar, VUB, Belgium : In the country’s history, the ruling Bangladesh Awami League has introduced a long-term ICT integration strategy. It’s a country’s first benchmark initiative to ICT development that includes a number of critical fields at the national and regional levels. Officially titled Digital Bangladesh, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in…