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If the garments factory blaze was rated as one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, frantic efforts to douse the flames at the container depot were on even 24 hours after the fire had erupted on Saturday night.
If the garments factory blaze was rated as one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, frantic efforts to douse the flames at the container depot were on even 24 hours after the fire had erupted on Saturday night.
The US sanctions against individuals and a law enforcement agency in Bangladesh took us by surprise ~ especially when we found ourselves bracketed with countries like North Korea and Myanmar ~ sending shock waves throughout the power structure as well as the civil society.
More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer ~ air pollution ~ alone claimed about 175,000 lives.
The history of Myanmar is the history of struggle with coups, military rule, religious persecution, and ethnic conflict. On this course, the intense ongoing violence between the country's military and organised armed civilians is now leading the country to the verge of a full-blown civil war that is unlikely to end anytime soon.
Bangladesh has issued an alert over cyclone Asani that is heading towards its coasts.
There is no doubt that the development of the garments sector is desirable for everyone in the country, including the workers because it involves the question of the livelihood of four million of them.
For political parties, the election is in their DNA, and without participating in the polls, they lose their relevance and in time their existence.
An official statement today said the two sides appreciated the significant growth in the bilateral trade between the two countries in recent years. Bangladesh is now the 6th largest trading partner of India.
"If you look at it from a neutral point of view, I think it was good for world cricket"
In his telephonic conversation with Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen, Jaishankar also congratulated him on Bangladesh's victory against the Kiwis in a Cricket Test in New Zealand.
