UAE compensates 879 Bangladeshi camel jockeys

September 6th, 2009 El Salvador finds boat with Bangladeshi migrantsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and "without doubt the final destination was to arrive in the United States." The migrants include 25 Bangladeshis, 25 Nepalese, 21 Eritreans and five Ecuadoreans.

July 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladeshi dancer Sharmila Bandyopadhyay was adjudged "world master" at the Asia Festival in Seoul, South Korea, where a large audience swayed to the beats of her ankle bells. The organisers clipped a microphone to the angle bell to get the best sound effects for the 10,000-strong audience.

July 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's exporters have made common ca use with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine products it exports to other countries. Slackening export of Bangladeshi hilsa to India would make way for cheaper hilsa from Myanmar, besides affecting the lives of over 600,000 fisherfolk and traders on both sides, they said at a joint media conference.

May 6th, 2009 UAE compensates Bangladeshi child camel racersDHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of Bangladeshi children taken from their homes and forced to race camels in the United Arab Emirates will be compensated by the Persian Gulf nation, the Bangladeshi government said Wednesday. Home Minister Sahara Khatun said the UAE has given the government nearly $1.44 million to distribute among 879 Bangladeshi children who worked as jockeys at camel races after it was banned in 1993.

May 6th, 2009 UAE compensates Bangladeshi child camel jockeysDHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of Bangladeshi children taken from their homes and forced to become racing camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates will be compensated by the Persian Gulf nation, the Bangladeshi government said Wednesday. Home Minister Sahara Khatun said the UAE has given the government nearly $1.44 million to distribute among 879 Bangladeshi children, who worked as camel jockeys after it was banned in 1993.

May 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - New Delhi Sunday handed to Dhaka a list of suspected Indian terrorists believed to be hiding in Bangladesh, the Indian high commissioner here said. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Bangladeshi State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, India's Pinak Ranjan Chakravarti said: 'We have also requested the authorities to step up vigil over them especially during the ongoing polls yet to be completed in the eastern states of India.' The envoy added that a number of issues, including extradition of prisoners, came up for discussion.

April 24th, 2009 DHAKA/RIYADH - Nearly two million Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia can now change their jobs under a new law passed on the eve of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit. It will help Dhaka consolidate one of its most lucrative manpower export markets at a time when expatriates from some other West Asian countries and from Malaysia are returning home jobless.

April 14th, 2009 DUBAI - After Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep born in Edinburgh, the first cloned camel has been born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a media report Tuesday. The female camel calf, Injaz (Achievement), was born at the Camel Reproduction Centre (CRC) in Dubai April 8, the Gulf News reported.

March 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Saturday urged Malaysian authorities to reconsider the cancellation of visas for more than 55,000 Bangladeshi workers, officials said. Moni met Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Mohd in Kuala Lumpur as part of Bangladesh's diplomatic efforts to protect its overseas labour markets, said a release issued by its embassy in Malaysia.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - The body overseeing the running of charities in Britain has launched a probe and expressed serious concern after a terrorist camp in Bangladesh was reported to have been funded by a Britain-based charity. 'We are working with relevant law enforcement and other agencies to investigate the allegation that terrorist activity is connected with the charity,' said Andrew Hind, chief executive of the Charity Commission.

March 21st, 2009 AMRITSAR - Upset over not being released even after his prison term ended two years ago, a Bangladeshi national Friday attempted suicide inside the Amritsar central jail in Punjab, police officials here said. Mohammed Kasel stabbed himself in the stomach with a sharp-edged weapon.

March 14th, 2009 DHAKA/KUALA LUMPUR - At least 300 Bangladeshi workers returned home from Malaysia after their visas were cancelled citing unemployment caused by global recession, media reports said Friday. Malaysia had cancelled visas of nearly 55,000 Bangladeshi workers Wednesday.

January 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - Goa's Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar Friday alleged that a close supporter of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, arrested for storing weapons in his house after a riot in a South Goa town, has links with Bangladeshi extremists but the government was trying to bury the case. Addressing a press conference here, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader alleged that the chief minister was trying to bury the case even when the accused man's links with Bangladeshi extremists became clear during interrogation by Intelligence Bureau officials.

January 5th, 2009 DHAKA - Despite the global financial meltdown, remittances by Bangladeshis abroad, one of the country's economic mainstays, crossed the $9 billion mark last year. It was a 40.76 percent year-on-year growth.

December 24th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Tripura police have arrested 31 Bangladeshi nationals who were working as labourers in a brick kiln in the northeastern state, officials said here Thursday. 'Acting on information from the Border Security Force (BSF), we arrested 29 Bangladeshi nationals Wednesday night from a brick kiln at Amtali, the outskirts of capital Agartala,' said police spokesman Mihir Roy.