BAT Bangladesh has become the first company in Bangladesh to receive certification from the Top Employers Institute based on excellence in people practice for the fifth time. The company won the award for both the Asia Pacific and global categories in 2024 for best practices in talent attraction, development, well-being,
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Number of Myanmar border guards who fled to Bangladesh stands at 95: BGB
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 5 (UNB)-Twenty-seven more members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have fled to Bangladesh amid clashes between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group Arakan Army. With this, the number of BGP members who took shelter in Bangladesh stood at 95. Shariful Islam, public relations officer of Border
Overfishing leads to decline in Bangladesh marine fish stocks
Despite enacting different laws and regulations, both old and new, Bangladesh has faced a decline in marine fish stocks and diversity over the years, thanks to the rampant use of industrial trawlers and unauthorized fishing gear in permitted fishing zones. A study suggests that 475 species of marine fish were present
EU for strengthening partnership with Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) has expressed their willingness to strengthen partnership with Bangladesh in the coming days. European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic expressed this during their separate meetings with Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud in Brussels on Friday evening on the
EU keen on strengthening partnership with Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) wants to strengthen partnership with Bangladesh in the coming days "We reconfirmed mutual interest on strengthening EU-Bangladesh cooperation on disaster preparedness and discussed the need to reinforce humanitarian response to Rohingya refugees and the people of Myanmar," said European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic after his
Britain wants to support Bangladesh in many ways: Mahmood Ali
Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia keen to enhance bilateral ties further
DHAKA, Jan 31, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia today expressed keen interest to take the existing excellent bilateral relations to upper level further. The interest was expressed when President of the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibraheem Al Sheikh called
Brother celebrates 25 years in Bangladesh
Brother, a pioneer sewing machine manufacturer, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary in Bangladeshwith a spectacular ceremony. The event took place at the Radisson BLU Dhaka Water Garden. Machida Tatsuya, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan to Bangladesh, attended the event as the chief guest, and Faruque Hassan,
Bangladesh now ideal place for foreign investment: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged British businesses to make investment in Bangladesh, where foreign investment gets priority. "For that purpose we have established special economic zones, Hitech Parks, and incubation centres," she told a British cross party parliamentary delegation, led by Virendra Sharma, during a courtesy meeting at her
Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to extinction
Lika Chakma, 37, sways she can still remember her childhood days when the springs in the Digholchari Hajachara area of eastern Bangladesh, where she grew up, flowed year-round. These perennial water bodies supported not only the lives and livelihoods of the communities in the region, but also diverse fish and