Sophie Cousins/ Migration Panosa Jahanara* had had enough. For a year, the Bangladeshi cook had been working 12 to 16 hours a day, eating only leftovers and sleeping on the kitchen floor of her employer’s Abu Dhabi home – all for half the salary she had been promised. ...বিস্তারিত
Banglanews24: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged to reduce trade deficit between Bangladesh and Thailand. At the same time, the minister requested the Thailand government to invest in this country. Tipu Munshi was addressing the inaugural function of Thai Trade Fair 2 ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Neck deep in debt, the much talked about Farmers’ Bank has started operation with the new name Padma Bank from Mar 16. Reportedly, with the change of name and logo, the bank’s operation has started to show signs of improvement. Transactions are also increasing, ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Given that there are some 3.8 million vehicles on Bangladesh roads and some 43,000 registered trucks and buses, many of which clog up the Dhaka city roads at different times of the day, it is baffling why another 1,000 are being pressed into service, reports The Dh ...বিস্তারিত
BDNews24: An initiative of the Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh, the project titled “Bangladesh Power System Upgrade and Expansion Project” will construct and upgrade more than 46 km of double-circuit transmission lines and associated substations and line bays. The ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: A Bangla-deshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to a baby in late February, but 26 days later was rushed again to another hospital after feeling pain in ...বিস্তারিত
Turkish appliance giant Arcelik has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Singer Bangladesh for $75 million, an official announcement said on Sunday. Under the agreement, Ardutch BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcelik, would acquire a 57 percent stake in Singe ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: The local assembly of handsets by Samsung is already bearing fruit as their quality in some cases is better than the imported ones and the prices are also low, said Muyeedur Rahman, head of mobile at Samsung Mobile Bangladesh, reports The Daily Star. In an intervi ...বিস্তারিত
Nori Endo/ Seven Billion Today Apparently grandmas in Japan are being arrested intentionally. They want to go to jail as they feel a sense of community there, and also get fed. When I hear about stories such as this, combined with other similar oddities that exist stric ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Over the last six years, some 3,659 cases related to cybercrime have been lodged in Bangladesh. Of them, 1,575 cases went to the Cyber Tribunal that was establishedon 28 July, 2013, 2013, reports The Dhaka Tribune. According to the Police’s Crime Data Management ...বিস্তারিত