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Indian justice for permanent visa for Taslima Nasreen

Holding that Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has been hounded for her novel ‘Lajja’, Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today demanded that she be given a permanent visa to reside in India. taslima-nasrinIn a statement released here, Katju said he had read in the newspapers that Nasreen’s visa has been extended by the Indian government by only 2 months. “In my opinion she should be given a permanent visa to reside in India,” Katju, a former judge of the Supreme Court said. “Several bigots and fanati...

BRTA fails to achieve revenue targets

Revenue from registration and certification of vehicles by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in terms of target recovery has gradually been declining since 2009-10 financial year due to irregularities in the authorities, officials have said. Laxity in realising taxes from vehicle owners, enforcing rules for obtaining registration and driving licence renewal and fitness certificates due to corruption in the BRTA caused the decline in target recovery of revenue earning, they said. brtaThe target recovery in revenue earning of BRTA dropped to 70...

Govt borrows Tk 3,400cr from banks in first 15 days of FY15

The government’s borrowing from the banking system increased by 1,956.60 per cent in the first 15 days of this financial year compared with that in the same period of the FY14 as it took huge amount of loans from the banking source to pay salaries and festival bonus to its employees. The borrowing from the banks by the government stood at Tk 3,384.56 crore until July 15 against only Tk 116.57 crore the government borrowed in the same period of the FY14, according to the latest BB data, reports the New Age. The government borrowing from the banking sector declined by 67.64 per cent in the recently concluded FY14 compared with that of a rise by 14.50 per cent in the FY13 due to a slower pace in implementation of the government’s development works amid political unrest.

BB sees external trade deficit at $6.9b in FY 14  

Bangladesh Bank (BB) estimates that the country’s external trade deficit in the immediate-past financial year will stand at $6.9 billion. The deficit was $7.01 billion in FY 13 and $9.32 billion in FY 12. The central bank says the lower trade deficit in 2013-14 fiscal was a result of relatively lower growth in import compared to export. Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) statistics show that income from merchandise export in FY 14 stood at $30.17 billion, posting an 11.65 percent rise from the previous fiscal. On the other hand, the central bank data suggest 10 percent growth in import, the Daily Sun.

Bangladeshi boat race plans going swimmingly in UK

A Bangladeshi boat club in UK is using its annual fundraising boat race to provide swimming lessons to youngsters in the Asian community. The Oxford Bangladeshi Boat Club will host its fifth boat race at Meadow Lane’s Falcon Rowing and Canoe Club on Sunday, August 10. Money raised will be used to encourage young people to learn to swim and participate more regularly in the city’s water sports activities. boat clunClub chairman Peter Travis, 73, said: “There’s a tendency for Asian kids not to learn to swim as much as English kids, which...

Tripura to get rice via Bangladesh from tomorrow

Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here on Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic and strategical endeavour between New Delhi and Dhaka. “The first consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice in small ships from Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh reached on Saturday at Ashuganj river port in (eastern) Bangladesh via Kolkata port,” Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS here. pariza rice panicleHe said, “The rice, meant for Public Distributi...
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