By Arab Desk SPA – Dhaka: Yesterday, Muhammad Shahab Al-Din was sworn in as the new President of Bangladesh for a period of five years, to succeed the outgoing President, Muhammad Abdul Hamid. The Speaker of the Bengali Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, witnessed Shahabuddin being sworn in at the Bangababan presidential palace in Dhaka, to […]
By Thomson Reuters Foundation More than a decade after 1,100 garment workers died in the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi garment workers say factories are safer, but progress on better pay and conditions has been far slower. Source: A decade after Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladesh garment workers fight for better pay and conditions
By Anant Gupta It is the latest instance of a country bypassing the U.S. dollar and using the Chinese currency to conduct international payments. Source: Bangladesh to pay off Russian nuclear plant loan in Chinese currency