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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...
EU draws action plan for ocean energy development
Xinhua, Brussels :The European Commission has set out a new action plan to facilitate further development of the renewable ocean energy sector, said an EU...
Worlds rich threaten democracy says Oxfam in pre-Davos report
AFP, Paris :The world’s elite have rigged laws in their own favour undermining democracy and creating a chasm of inequality across the globe, charity Oxfam...
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,...
Tofail proposes formation of regional forum to boost trade
BSS, Dhaka :Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Tuesday proposed to form a regional forum named ‘Bangladesh-India-China-Myanmar (BICM)’ to boost the trade in South Asia.“India and China...
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...
Rural employment programme for destitute women goes on
BSS, Narsingdi :The Second phase of rural employment and road maintenance programme for destitute women in all the six upazilas of Narsindhi district is going...
Animal resource sector needs sustainable development
BSS, Rajshahi :Speakers at a seminar have unequivocally called for substantial and sustainable development of the country’s animal resource sector through removing its existing problems...