Govt yet to act on rising death incidence of
workers abroad
At least 8,107 expatriate workers died in 5 yrs
The government is yet to act on the alarming rise in the incidence of premature deaths of expatriate Bangladeshi wage earners due to stress, on-the-job accidents and maltreatment on foreign soil. At least 8,107 Bangladeshi workers died in a number of countries, especially in the oil-rich Middle East, between January 2004 and May 2009, according to official statistics...[ + ]
Govt mulls fiscal
year change
Plans to approve next budget on July 30 instead of June 30
The government is weighing the idea of starting the fiscal year in January instead of July for smooth implementation of development projects as well as for boosting Bangladesh’s exports, officials in the finance ministry said...[ + ]
Hasina-Khaleda
embrace
sparks hope
in the people
People want amiable relations between the two top leaders
Political arch-rivals Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia should maintain regular social relations instead of making occasional gestures in order to improve political culture here, said members of the civil society including singers, development activists and researchers[ + ]
Morshed Khan
sent to jail
Former foreign minister M Morshed Khan, who was convicted in a corruption case and has been hiding, was sent to jail on Sunday after he surrendered to a Dhaka court. Sirajul Islam, the judge of the Special Judge’s Court-9 of Dhaka, rejected his petition for bail and ordered him to be sent to jail...[ + ]
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Car sales hit all time high
Car sales hit an all time high in the past year when importers released different types of vehicles worth Tk 2,070 crore. The value for vehicle imports were about 30 per cent higher in 2008 compared to the same period of the 2007-08 fiscal, said a senior national board of revenue official quoting a recent study...[ + ]
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