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  • London summit highlights Bangladeshs potential

    Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Bangladesh's potential as a top destination for investment and the challenges it faces were highlighted at an international summit in London recently. The FinanceAsia Bangladesh Investment Summit, Europe at Grosvenor House in London on June 11 underscores Bangladesh's steady journey towards greater affluence and economic growth. The first of its kind ...

  • Bangladesh approves trade agreement with US after over a decade of talks

    After more than a decade of talks, the Bangladeshi government yesterday finally gave the go-ahead to the signing of a crucial deal that is expected to accelerate trade and investment with the US. The draft Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) that the cabinet yesterday approved says the two countries will foster an open and predictable environment for trade and investment. ...

  • Contaminated water suspected as 140 Bangladeshi garment workers become ill

    Over 140 workers from two garment factories near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have taken ill. It is suspected that the illnesses were caused by contaminated drinking ...

  • Most US Retailers Choose Not to Sign Bangladesh Factory Accord

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  • Top cricketers threaten to pull out of Dhaka league

    Top cricketers in Bangladesh have threatened to "stay away" from this season's Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after the BCB proposed a change in the players' transfer system. The Dhaka Premier League is a city-based domestic one-day competition and is the country's most popular ...

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Predators

Predators

If we count the Alien Vs. movies, Predators is actually the fifth sequel to John McTiernans Reagan-era red-meat-action/sci-fi hybrid, and to say that it is the best of those sequels is little more than faint praise. The films concept, which was cooked up by executive producer R ... ...

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  • Mass hysteria outbreaks hit Bangladeshs garment workers

    Doctors say 'mass psychogenic illness' - not contaminated water - is to blame for recent outbreaks of sickness. Garment workers are fearful of workplace safety after a year of deadly ...

  • Minister of State for Foreign Affairs receives the Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh

    Manama: June 17 -- (BNA)-- The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, HE. Mr. Ghanim bin Fadhl Al-Buainain, received today afternoon the Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mr. Mohammed Ali Akbar. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs discussed the friendly ties between the two friendly countries and peoples, praising the progress of ...

  • Dhaka police open fire on garment factory workers demanding pay and safety

    (15 mins ago) Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers protesting for better benefits in the capital Dhaka. The clashes occurred in Dhaka's Tejgaon industrial area after about 5,000 workers from Utah Fashions went on the rampage when they found the owners had closed the factory rejecting their demand for a rise in lunch and attendance bills, AFP ...

  • Bangladeshi freed after kidnap by countrymen in Lebanon

    BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities rescued a Bangladeshi worker after he was kidnapped by three of his countrymen to demand a ransom, a security source said ...

  • Weekly closer of Indian LCS ruining Indo-Bangla trade

    West Bengal border closed on every Friday, the official weekly holiday in Bangladesh. The weekly closer is eating up a large chunk of the bilateral trade worth around INR 2750 crore per month between the two south Asian neighbours and ruining good amount of Government revenue. Following many unfruitful persuasions, ...

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