Malaysia has agreed in principle to recruit 10,000 workers from Bangladesh at no cost to them, Bangladesh’s expatriates’ welfare ministry said Thursday as it announced the start of the recruitment process. The Business Standard reported that Malaysian authorities had also agreed to enlist 338 Bangladeshi agencies under eligibility criteria set by Malaysia’s Ministry of Human […]
Sonali Bank will suspend all banking services in Bangladesh for a scheduled 48-hour database upgrade, The Business Standard reported Wednesday, citing a Bangladesh Bank circular. The report places the shutdown from midnight at the end of Thursday, Oct. 15, through 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. All banking operations and services will be unavailable during that […]
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) traders in Bangladesh have canceled a nationwide strike planned for Oct. 15 and 16, averting their announced suspension of cylinder sales and distribution. Selim Khan, president of the LPG Traders Cooperative Association, announced the decision Wednesday after a high-level meeting at the Secretariat and the scheduling of an Oct. 29 public […]
Seven children died with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported. All seven deaths were classified as suspected measles deaths, not confirmed infections. They raised the combined total of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths this year to 1,177, The Financial Express […]
Twenty Bangladeshis promised construction jobs in Russia were killed after being sent into combat, Bangladesh’s Special Response Battalion (SRB) said Wednesday, citing its preliminary investigation. The force said a group of 30 men had their passports and phones confiscated after arrival and were handed to Russia’s military. They received 21 days of training before deployment […]
A fake Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) website targeted applicants in Bangladesh, tricking them into authorizing access to mobile wallets, according to a Dismislab investigation reported Wednesday by The Business Standard. Fraudulent text messages urged applicants to verify appointment slots. The imitation site requested personal information and presented a payment prompt that instead linked users’ […]
Bangladesh could recover about $500 million in valuable metals annually from discarded electronics, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) study reported by The Business Standard on Wednesday. The report describes weak collection systems and limited recycling capacity, with only 16 commercial recyclers registered nationwide. A separate 2017 study estimated that 97% of electronic waste […]
India has dispatched 18 passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway, the first batch under a contract for 200, The Business Standard reported Wednesday, citing The Times of India. The broad-gauge coaches left the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Punjab, on Oct. 12. The shipment includes 11 non-air-conditioned chair cars, three air-conditioned chair cars, two air-conditioned sleepers, […]
Bangladesh’s largest fifth of landholders receive half of fertilizer subsidies, while the smallest 40% receive just 13%, according to a World Bank report examined by The Daily Star. Benefits increase with fertilizer purchases, favoring larger farms even though 92% of farms operate on less than 2.5 acres. The bank recommended gradually replacing price controls with […]
Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed died at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, his family confirmed to The Daily Star. He was 80. His son Tanvir Ahmed, member secretary of Dhaka South City BNP, said Ahmed died around 8:10 p.m. while undergoing treatment. He had suffered from lung problems and other complications for a […]
