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Helpless women achieve self-reliance in Joypurhat

BSS, Joypurhat :About 400 poor women in Khetlal upazila of the district have achieved self-reliance after receiving loan from Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) and engaged themselves in various income generating activities.They brought revolutionary...

ILO warns of jobless recovery

AFP, Geneva :Global unemployment climbed by five million people in 2013 to 202 million despite green shoots in the world economy, signalling a jobless recovery, the International Labour Organisation said Monday.Business activity is picking...

No justice for Nepal’s slave girls

AFP, Kathmandu :Nine-year-old Manjita Chaudhary had never spent a night away from her parents when her father sold her to a Nepalese policeman for $25.She left her family in western Nepal and travelled some...

Jute and Textiles minister Imajuddin Pramanik and state minister Mirza Azam holding a meeting with the high officials of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) on Saturday.

Jute minister visits BJMC

Business Desk :Jute and Textiles minister Imajuddin Pramanik and state minister Mirza Azam paid a visit to Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) on Sunday. Secretary of the ministry Fani Bhusan Chowdhury accompanied them. The...