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- Police HQ urges dismissed officers to refrain from road blockades
- Bangladesh warns of fraudulent recruitment of female workers for Malaysia
- Tourist travel to St Martin’s suspended for 9 months
- DU to relax vehicle control for Ekushey Boi Mela
- Political leadership ordered excessive use of force during July Uprising: HRW
- BGB-BSF talks in New Delhi on Feb 17-20
- BNP holds meeting with allied parties
- Titumir College students block roads again
- Country’s biggest Jumma Jamaat held at Ijtema ground
- Japan scrambles jets as Russian bombers fly over high seas
- Dhaka District AL Leader Saku arrested from city
- CA to open Amar Ekushey Book Fair Saturday
- CA press wing debunks Anandabazar report
- Dengue: 7 more cases reported in 24hrs
- Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace
- DMP chief assures high security during Ekushey Book Fair
- Asian markets mostly rise but worries over tariffs, AI linger
- 5 killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur
- NSC forms Fact-Finding Committee to investigate BPL payment issues
- Reform initiatives aim to foster good governance, inclusive election, says Ambassador Mushfiqul
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Japan records biggest jump in foreign workers
Japan saw its biggest year-on-year jump in foreign workers since records began, government data showed Friday, as the country seeks to address labour shortages exacerbated by its ageing population. In October 2024, the nations foreign workforce stood at 2.3 million -- an increase of around...