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Malaysia suspends recruiting Bangladeshi workers
Malaysia on Wednesday decided to suspend the recruitment of Bangladeshis in the wake of recent problems taking place over sending the workers to Kuala Lumpur. The Bangladesh high commission officials in Kuala Lumpur told New Age that the decision was made at a Malaysian cabinet meeting on recruiting foreign workers chaired by deputy prime minister Najib Tun Razak on Wednesday...[ + ]
Record high export subsidy paid in FY07
The government disbursed Tk 328.58 crore as cash incentives against selected export sectors in the 2006-07 fiscal year, Bangladesh Bank sources said...[ + ]
CASES AGAINST KHALEDA, HASINA
IOs asked to report progress to court
on Nov 4
A Dhaka court on Wednesday asked the investigation officers of the corruption cases filed against detained former ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to report to the court on November 4 on the progress in investigation. Metropolitan magistrate Mizanur Rahman passed the orders after the Anti-Corruption Commission had sought more time for the submission of reports on the pending cases...[ + ]
Govt decides to turn
BSC into PLC
The interim government on Wednesday decided in principle to turn the state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation into a public limited company to check irregularities and improve the efficiency of its management. The decision was taken at the 245th board meeting of the BSC held at the shipping ministry with the concerned adviser, MA Matin, in the chair....[ + ]
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Textile plants in the country are now struggling hard to survive in the face of an abnormal price hike of textile processing chemicals allegedly induced by a syndicate of importers...[ + ]
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