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Malaysia deported no Bangladeshis Friday: govt
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The government has dismissed media reports that Malaysia deported over 300 workers yesterday after cancelling 55,000 Bangladeshi visas on Wednesday.
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BD to lose 1.5 m jobs due to economic meltdown: GEF
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Bangladesh alone to lose 1.5 million jobs out of about 7.5 million job cuts in different countries of the world due to the global economic recession, said a London-based monthly report Wednesday.
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Govt plans to send 40 lakh people
on job abroad, says minister
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The government is planning to send some 40 lakh skilled or unskilled people abroad for work during its tenure as part of the Awami League’s election pledges for poverty alleviation by 2021.
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Thais confirm plight of Rohingyas: Hundreds of refugees adrift in high seas
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Bangladesh has accepted at least 57 Bangladeshi nationals who made unsuccessful boat journeys to Thailand and Malaysia and were in a jail in India's Andamans islands, sources concerned said.
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Int’l bodies seek explanation: Bangladeshis among hundreds perish in Andaman Sea
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Thailand will investigate reports that the Thai navy abandoned migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar on a barge in the ocean where hundreds of them may have drowned, according to an AP report.
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Death of Bangladeshi, Pakistani
sparks protest in Athens
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Hundreds of people protested Sunday in central Athens against the Greek authorities’ treatment of immigrants, following the recent deaths of two Asians near a police headquarters.
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Ministerial confce on Disaster Risk Reduction begins in Malaysia
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The 3rd Asian ministerial conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday with a call to continue funding to the DRR initiatives despite the current global economic crisis.
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Abducted Brac staff yet to be traced
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Bangladeshi Brac employees Akhter Ali and Mohammad Shahjahan Ali, who were abducted in Afghanistan two days ago by unidentified gunmen, are yet to be located or rescued.
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REHAB fair begins in NY
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A three-day real estate fair organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has began at Hotel Hilton here on Saturday.
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US AL front meets Hasina in New York
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Leaders of Sheikh Hasina Mukti Sangram Parishad in US called on Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at New York recently, says a press release.
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Employment in Households, Agri Sector
Saudi ban on visas to Bangladeshis in effect
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Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh confirmed Saudi Arabia's official ban on issuing visas to Bangladeshis seeking employment in households and in the agricultural sector.
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Labour Unrest
Kuwait mulls change in sponsor rules
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Afp, Kuwait City
Kuwait said yesterday it was considering alternatives for its widely-criticised employee sponsor system after violent protests by foreign workers demanding better conditions.
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'Bangladeshi peacekeepers candles for US'
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"Bangladeshi peace-keepers (members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces) have been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for long as candles that spread light in bringing us to the light from...
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