Monthly Archives: October 2017

Run & Roll in Dortmund for Bangladesh

Dortmund, October 01 (FKS/BASUG): In the German City of Dortmund, integration and inclusion have always been important.This applies as well to the inclusion of people with different abilities as to the integration of migrants and refugees. And for some years Dortmund is having particularly good relationships to Bangladesh. On the first Sunday in October, “For Kids Sake” organized their second „Rollstuhlrun – Run & Roll“ in the beautiful

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Overseas employment in September drops to 25-month low

Overseas employment of Bangladeshi workers in September this year dropped to the lowest point since August 2015, falling short of the government’s expectations. According to Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training, the number of workers who went to work abroad this September is 46,415, the lowest number last seen 25 months ago when 41,765 workers migrated. As many as 55,879 workers took overseas employment in September 2016. Officials and migration

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Half-fed Rohingyas lack healthcare, safe water

Rohingya refugees who just arrived from Myanmar carry their newborn babies as they make their way to a relief centre in Teknaf, near Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. — Reuters photo Almost all the estimated 5,09,000 Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar and save life since August 25 continued half-starving in absence of adequate relief assistance while no end to the influx was still is sight. About 90 per cent of them reported eating

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