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Bangladesh seeks roadmap from Malaysia for stranded workers

Bangladesh interim government foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday conveyed to Malaysia that Bangladesh looks forward to the roadmap to be given by the Malaysian government regarding the stranded Bangladeshi workers, who were unable to enter Malaysia by May 31, 2024.

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Torture, killing of Bangladeshis on border should stop

THREE Bangladeshis allegedly having been tortured to death by India’s Border Security Force once again questions the commitment of Indian authorities to ending border killing. The police and the Border Guard Bangladesh found the bodies on three spots along the border with India near the River Ichhamati at Sharsha in Jashore on December 18. While the...

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Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia can sue Dyson: UK Court

The United Kingdom Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that two dozen Bangladeshi and Nepali workers, allegedly subjected to forced labour in Malaysia, could sue Dyson, a British vacuum cleaner manufacturer in London...

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Nation still in need of complete list of martyred intellectuals

Martyred Intellectuals Day comes every year with a demand, as media report around that time, for a comprehensive list of the intellectuals that the nation had lost in the fag end of the liberation war at the hands of the Pakistani occupation forces and their local auxiliary squads, including Razakar, Al Badr and Al Shams, that abducted members of the...

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Putting migrants back into rural entrepreneurship

I HAVE had the privilege of working with various academic institutions in countries like Malaysia, Oman, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. All these countries are temporary homes of a large foreign workforce, many of whom hail from Bangladesh. Driven by my deep habitual curiosity to empathise with their challenging lives, I frequently...

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Indian flag trampling photo AI-generated

The viral photo which showed a man, in panjabi, pajama and tupi carrying a Bangladeshi flag, stepping on an Indian flag was AI-generated, reported Rumour Scanner on Wednesday...

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Former tenants among 3 arrested for killing expat doctor

The police on Friday arrested three suspects in a case filed over the murder of Dr AKM Abdur Rashid, a Bangladeshi-born British citizen, who was killed at his Hazaribagh residence in the capital on November 15...

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65 Bangladeshi students win Top in World award

Sixty-five Bangladeshi students have been honoured with ‘Top in the World’ awards at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards 2024, a prestigious event co-hosted by the British Council and Cambridge International Education at a hotel in the capital on Saturday...

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Environmental approach to promoting health

I RECENTLY worked with some online interns who are studying public health at a Bangladeshi university. Many of them had taken a course on health promotion. When the topic of health promotion came up, they talked about different ways of educating people to lead healthier lives...

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Low wages, production pressure hurt Bangladeshi RMG workers: study

Low wages and constant pressure to meet production targets have put significant negative impacts, including reliance on overtime, rising debt, health risks and limited access to essential services, on Bangladeshi garment workers, according to a study...

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Ashfika wins Future Generation Art Prize

Bangladeshi young artist Ashfika Rahman has won the prestigious Future Generation Art Prize 2024, the seventh edition of the global art prize for artists under 35.

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Deplorable absence of effective air quality enhancement plan

POLLUTION, especially air pollution, has for long been a major cause for concern for public health and yet, the authorities have consistently remained nonchalant to the issues. Air pollution has, meanwhile, been a threat to city dwellers as air quality in cities, especially Dhaka, has deteriorated. Certain city areas are more affected by air pollution. The photograph...

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