Dhaka, Bangladesh News

As the first anniversary of the tragic Rana factory collapse in Bangladesh approaches, what are Australian companies doing to make their Bangladeshi factories safer? Alys Francis finds out.

Rose Figtree's sprawling manor with its beautifully manicured gardens in Moss Vale is a long way from the slums of Bangladesh, but that's exactly what drove her to establish a primary school in the poor South Asian country.

WAM DHAKA, 9th March, 2014 -- Saeed bin Hajar Al Shihhi, U.A.E. Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and Nasrul Hamid, Bangladeshi State Minister for Power, have discussed ways to develop bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the field of energy and gas.

Dragonair is set to operate six direct flights between Dhaka and Hong Kong weekly from March 28 to cater to the growing demand from Bangladeshi travellers for the route.

One of the works on display at an exhibition of Indian and Bangladeshi artistes presented by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Calcutta, and Bengal Foundation-Dhaka, at ICCR.

An Awami League rebel chairman candidate in Sreepur upazila was released two hours after he was picked up by law enforcers in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur this afternoon.

Inflation bucked the upward trend of past three months, dropping 6 basis points to 7.44 percent month-on- month in February on the back of falling non-food prices.

Toxic lead chromate, popularly known as Sharshephul Rang in Bangladesh, is widely used in turmeric by suppliers to make their colour vibrant and more appealing to buyers from companies.

Syed Md Ihsanul Karim, managing director of SME Foundation, attends a brainstorming session ahead of the launch of SME Banking Award to recognise financial institutions' outstanding contribution to the country's small and medium enterprises, at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka yesterday.

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad Ameen Madani will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a four-day official visit aimed at widening existing cooperation with Bangladesh.

The fluidity and flexibility of al Qaeda is undergoing a defining test in Syria, where two of its affiliates, the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , are engaged in a full-scale conflict with each other.

WAM DHAKA, 6th March, 2014 -- Saeed bin Hajar Al Shihhi, U.A.E. Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, has met with Jatiya Party Chairman and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister, Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Abbotsford's One Billion Rising event added a powerful voice with the recent inclusion of women's rights advocate Rumana Monzur.

A fire broke out at garment factory in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday, police and fire-fighting officials said, but it was not immediately clear if anyone was inside the building at the time.

PURPORTEDLY to encourage pedestrians to use footbridge and discourage jaywalking, the Dhaka North City Corporation is fitting one end of the Banani footbridge with an electric escalator as a pilot project.

The last whistle for the day had been blown as the sun slowly withdrew its stretched arm to conceal itself behind shade of the banyan trees at BKSP.

This Star file photo taken recently shows a female garment worker is busy threading clothes at a factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Households consuming less electricity might be slapped with a higher power tariff hike compared to the heavy users as four distributors have sought to increase prices for the sixth time in two years.

Interventional cardiologists from both Bengals exchanged notes on the latest in their line of work and bonded over Tagore at the fourth Bangla Interventional Therapeutics held at Santiniketan.

"System change", "conscious capitalism" and "new economy" are trending buzzwords these days.