Radio vs fibre as way to go

Article Abstract:

Pakistan and Bangladesh are on the way to solving severely inadequate and outmoded telecommunications systems. Both countries have found out that cable and radio systems can be harnessed to suit each of their peculiar needs based on geography, capacity and economic resources. Pakistan plans to meet telephone backlogs by 1993 and telecommunications infrastructure is one of the top priorities of the government as a route to economic growth. Bangladesh, meanwhile, with its perennial flood problems has opted for more radio-based systems but still pland to install 150,000 telephone lines in a joint venture with Siemens of Germany.

Telecommunications systems, Bangladesh, Telecommunication systems

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Big brothers

Article Abstract:

Bangladesh businessmen Sohel and Salman Rahman are expected to rejoin the board of Arab Bangladesh Bank (ABB) despite being involved in a loan scandal at the bank in 1994. The well-respected businessmen own the rapidly-expanding business organisation Beximco in Bangladesh. Their interest in ABB is well-known. The bank's managing director A. Rahim Chowdhury is currently under investigation for corruption. The brothers are thought to be waiting until an appropriate time before making their move.

Management, Investigations, Rahman, Sohel, Rahman, Salman, Chowdhury, A. Rahim, Arab Bangladesh Bank

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Lure of the Gulf

Article Abstract:

The Middle East has provided a steady source of income to migrant workers since the 1970s' oil boom. The boom's subsequent demand for skilled laborers benefited Pakistan most of all. The country liberalized its immigration policy in 1971, when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, aiming to deliver on his promise of economic advancement, began his policy of exporting laborers. Pakistan's overseas labor remittances increased from $136 million in 1973 to $2.9 billion in 1983.

Cover Story, Employment, Middle East, Emigration and immigration, Migrant labor

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