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Sad saga of hapless fortune seekers

Shahnaj Begum

The migrant paid the traffickers up to US$10,000 each but their demand was for more and began torturing the hapless migrants. A fight broke out at one stage of an altercation and one of the top traffickers was killed, the

Traffickers in BD, Libya trap people with false promise

Shahnaj Begum

A racket of traffickers has been active in Bangladesh and Libya for quite a long time offering people lucrative jobs in Libya.They issue fake visas to people of Bangladeshi to take them to Europe across the Mediterranean.They offer fake visas

Six power cos ‘fleecing consumers’

Shahnaj Begum

Six power distribution companies are taking a large amount of money from consumers amid coronavirus pandemic in the name of 'average bill'.Ignoring the tariff structure, ordered by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), utilities are sending bills to its consumers

Rohingyas want to know steps taken by Myanmar to protect them

Shahnaj Begum

Rohingya leaders want to know the measures taken by the Myanmar government to protect the minority Rohingyas from genocide in Rakhaine State as per the directive of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).On 22 May 2020, Myanmar submitted the first

One crore people without power in coastal areas

Shahnaj Begum

About one crore people living in the southern part and coastal areas are now living without electricity after the strong cyclone 'Amphan' hit the country on Wednesday.Kushtia, Khulna, Bagherhat, Sathkhira, Barishal, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Lakshmipur, Jashore, Barguna and Noakhali districts and

Power Division fears Tk 35,000cr loss for corona pandemic

Shahnaj Begum

Power Division is facing a Tk 35,000 crore loss in generation, transmission and distribution sides caused by the coronavirus pandemic.To offset the loss, Power Division plans to write a letter to the Prime Minister, the line Minister of the Power,

Undocumented workers start arriving from Mideast

Shahnaj Begum

The Middle Eastern countries have agreed to send back the undocumented Bangladeshi workers at their own cost. Taking the advantage the first batch of 366 Bangladeshi expatriate workers arrived home on Wednesday night from Saudi Arabia by a special Saudi

Hosts want Dhaka to take back labourers

Shahnaj Begum

The country is set to face serious financial and humanitarian crisis as Bangladeshi migrants' host countries have asked the government to take measure immediately to bring back Bangladeshi migrants amid COVID-19 pandemic.According to the Foreign Ministry sources, some Middle Eastern

First unit to go into commercial operation soon

Shahnaj Begum

Payra1320 MW coal-fired power plant is set to announce its Initial Operation Date (IOD) this week following the successful test run of the country's biggest power project.We have successfully completed the test run of the first unit of this project

Envoys asked to boost ties with buyers, investors: FM

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh's envoys stationed in Europe, US and Middle East have been asked to work to strengthen relationship with the development partners, major buyers and investors to keep business in normal pace in upcoming days.We asked our envoys to start talks