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At $10,000 per migrant, Bangladeshis take illegal route to Brazil

May 16, 2013
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SOURCES In an operation that exposed the worldwide network of human traffickers, the Brazilian federal police on Wednesday rescued 80 Bangladeshis in the national capital, Brasilia. All the Bangladeshis, who were lured with the promise of receiving a salary of $1,500 a month, had reached Brazil after paying $10,000 each to the traffickers. Travelling more…

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Buet wins Imagine Cup Bangladesh 2013

April 12, 2013
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Buet wins Imagine Cup Bangladesh 2013

The grand finale of Microsoft Imagine Cup Bangladesh 2013 was held last Saturday at the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) auditorium in the capital. Buet 101, a team from Buet (Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology) won this year’s Imagine Cup Bangladesh competition with their project Happy Watch, a Windows phone app that instantly helps to…

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High blood pressure afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh

April 7, 2013
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High blood pressure afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh

The World Health Organization (WHO) raises alarm against high blood pressure or hypertension on the World Health Day-13 as the disease kills nearly 1.5 million in Southeast Asia and afflicts 12 million in Bangladesh. High blood pressure or hypertension kills nearly 1.5 million people every year in South-East Asia making it the single-most important risk…

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World poverty is rapidly dropping, Oxford University reports Bangladesh identifies “star performer” nations

March 19, 2013
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World poverty is rapidly dropping, Oxford University reports Bangladesh identifies “star performer” nations

Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20…

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Bangladesh, Germany ink health deal : 19.4 million in euro,

March 14, 2013
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Bangladesh, Germany ink health deal : 19.4 million in euro,

The bank will provide the amount, 19.4 million in euro, on behalf of the German government, a media statement from the German Embassy in Dhaka said on Wednesday. The money from the German funds will be aligned with other external assistance in the health sector, it said. The fund will support Bangladesh in achieving the…

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Downtrend in overseas employment continues

March 13, 2013
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Downtrend in overseas employment continues

The country’s overseas employment continued to show a declining trend over the last two months as the key destination like the UAE closed its door for Bangladeshi manpower from last year. Only 70,526 Bangladeshis got foreign jobs during the January -February period of this calendar year which is down from 128,179 in the same period…

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corporate watch : women entrepreneurs

December 21, 2012
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Refinancing women entrepreneurs stressed Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all scheduled banks to streamline their refinancing scheme for women entrepreneurs up to the branch level in line with the central bank’s earlier directive. The central bank earlier directed all banks to offer women entrepreneurs at least 10 per cent of their refinancing fund, formed with…

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How should macroeconomics be taught to undergraduates in the post-crisis era? A concrete proposal

October 30, 2012
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How should macroeconomics be taught to undergraduates in the post-crisis era? A concrete proposal

Is economic teaching keeping up with the changing economy? This column presents a new way of teaching economics in light of the continuing crises. It argues that if we are to create a better-informed public debate we must begin by improvin Economics students have started to establish new student societies, which focus not on how…

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Padma bridge project by own fund :Govt to issue $750m sovereign bond for Padma Bridge : PM

July 9, 2012
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Padma bridge project by own fund :Govt to issue $750m sovereign bond for Padma Bridge : PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday Bangladesh will construct the much-talked-about Padma Bridge with its own fund, if necessary, reports UNB. “We’ll go for it with our own fund, if needed,” she informed parliament amid table thumping by MPs. Hasina said she already had a meeting with the Bangladesh Bank governor, the Economic Relations Division…

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Open The Mind Door !!

June 1, 2012
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Open The Mind Door !!

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India to enable land exchange with Bangladesh

May 18, 2012
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An amendment to the Constitution is being drafted to enable the exchange of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in the Indian territory, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said. “Government is committed to the earliest implementation of the Protocol and Land Boundary Agreement (between the two countries) that would result…

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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

May 18, 2012
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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

If family planning and birth-spacing services were better promoted in countries with high birth rates, 32 percent of all maternal deaths and over 1 million deaths of children under 5 could be prevented. When her first child was only three months old, Laily Begum learned she was pregnant again. After giving birth, she had no…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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