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Bangladesh moves ahead in human development  

Bangladesh has improved one step in Human Development Index (HDI) to rank 142 globally, up from 143, as per the Human Development Report 2014. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released the report on its website on Thursday. Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin launched the report while UNDP country director Nick Beresford and additional country director KAM Morshed jointly made a presentation on the report. PositiveBangladeshBangladesh is among the 18 countries globally which...

Modi government now wants a SAARC bank

The Narendra Modi government plans to call for a SAARC bank in the lines of BRICS bank to take forward its South Asia initiative that started with invitations to regional leaders to attend the prime minister’s swearing in ceremony in May. India will propose a SAARC Development Bank at the regional grouping’s ministerial council in Bhutan starting Thursday, officials said. “Commerce department has come out strongly in support of the South Asia Development Bank as it will go a long way in facilitating regional integration through financing of infrastructure for trade,” a government official told ET. “The final call will, however, lie with the partner countries,” the person added.

West Bank rises, tens of thousands join largest march since last Intifada

Amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, the West Bank has risen. Tens of thousands of Palestinians marched with President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement from the West Bank city of Ramallah toward Jerusalem to protest Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, which has claimed the lives of nearly 800 Palestinians, many of them civilians. gazaThe protest appears to be the largest mass demonstration since the 1980s. The uprising promises to be different from previous intifadas, partly because it comes in the wake of the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and other mass pro...

West Bengal cabinet okays trans-national road project

The West Bengal cabinet Thursday approved a Rs.1,377 trans-national roadway project connecting India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, a minister announced. bd-india"We will have to start work on it soon. This will boost connectivity and tourism. Rs.1,377 crore has been allotted for it," said state Education and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee. In addition, the state government will go ahead with plans to rehabilitate destitute girl children under the "Muktir Alo" scheme. "For this project, 21.59 acre of land area has been sanctioned ...

Axiata snag in Bangladesh unit plan

Edotco Group, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Bhd, will put on hold its plans to acquire telecommunications infrastructure from Robi Axiata Ltd – amid regulatory concerns in Bangladesh. In response to The Rakyat Post queries, the company said it will wait until Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) makes it clear what the hiccup is. robi-1“The BTRC has decided to prepare a guideline on passive infrastructure services for the telecommunications industry in Bangladesh. “Edotco Group will wait until the guideline is ready and w...

Bangladesh leading in commercial production of Bt brinjal

Bangladesh is leading the world in commercial production after the country’s government gave approval for this last year, according to a leading not-for-profit international organisation that shares the benefits of crop biotechnology with various stakeholders. bt brinjalBangladesh approved the commercial planting of four varieties of insect resistant Bt brinjal Oct 30, 2013, becoming the first country in the world to do so. Following this, 20 farmers planted Bt brinjal seedlings on over two hectares of land in four brinjal growing regions of Gazip...
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