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Traders visit Bangladesh to boost bilateral ties

A delegation from Industries and Trade Fair Association of Assam (ITFAA) recently visited Bangladesh to strengthen the socio-economic relationship between the two countries. bd-indiaThe delegation met Bangladeshi commerce minister Tofail Ahmed and submitted a memorandum requesting him to take measures to boost trade and commerce with the northeast. They urged Ahmed to open a Bangladesh Trade Information Centre in Guwahati and expedite the proposed Dhaka-Guwahati air service by Biman Bangladesh. In a bid to promote each other’s culture and society and ...

Bank Asia performance review confce held          

Semi-annual Performance Review Conference-2014 of Bank Asia was held on Saturday (12th July, 2014) at a hotel in the capital city Dhaka. pix-pressMr. A Rouf Chowdhury, Chairman of the Bank  and chief guest of the program inaugurated the conference. Vice Chairman Mr. AM Nurul Islam, Chairman of Board Executive Committee Mr. Rumee A Hossain, Chairman of Board Audit Committee Mr. Mohammed Lakiotullah, Directors Mr. M. Irfan Syed, Mr. Md Mashiur Rahman, Mr. Shah Md. Nurul Alam, and President & Managing Director Mr. Md. Mehmood Husain, among ...

Sex workers take cow steroids to mask real age      

ActionAid, a British charity, mentioned in a recent report that 90% of commercial sex workers in Bangladesh are addicted to Oradexon, a steroid meant for cattle. Diaspora Bangladeshi blogger Anushay Hossain explains why they use this drug: womenThis medicine meant to fatten cows has become the preferred drug among the madams [employers of sex workers] of Bangladesh. They are using the pills to mask the real age of the underage girls working for sex in their brothels by making them appear older and at the same time making the more ‘seasoned’ sex-worker look pl...

Bangladeshi in KZN court for kidnapping

Another Bangladeshi citizen has appeared in court for allegedly kidnapping and robbing fellow countrymen. Jahid Jaman, 27, appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court charged with kidnapping businessman Jashid Hoosen Uddin in Northdale on June 22 and with robbing Belayet Hoosen at a shop in Old Greytown Road. jahis jamanIbrahim Miah, a Bangladeshi businessman from Durban, was originally arrested and charged for the kidnapping and robbery, but charges against him were withdrawn last week owing to a lack of evidence. It is alle...

Will Bangladeshis Ever Learn?  

Prof Mahfuz R Chowdhury

Robindra Nath Togore, the great poet-philosopher and Nobel laureate of Bengal once said 'Hey mother Bengal, you gave birth to your 70 million children but forgot to educate or teach them dignity'. Are Bangladeshis victim of this curse? At the time Tagore made the above comment, Bengal was a united province of British India. Besides multiplying the population more than three folds, Bengal is now divided on religious lines. The Hindu dominated western third remained a part of India, and the Muslim dominated two thirds came to form the independent state of Bangladesh in 1971 after twenty four years of bizarre rendezvous with Pakistan. Today Bangladesh is the eighth largest country in population.

Govt releases Tk 8.75b subsidy on RMG exports

Following a request of readymade garment (RMG) exporters for disbursement of cash subsidy by July 10 to enable them to pay the workers’ salary ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Government of Bangladesh has released an amount of Tk8.75 billion, most of which is for the garment and jute sectors, reports Dhaka Tribune. The amount disbursed by the Ministry of Finance against exports made during the fourth quarter of 2014 includes Tk7.34 billion for RMG and Tk1.37 billion for jute and jute goods. rmgThe disbursement of the five percent cash subsidy was made in acc...
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