The governments of India and Bangladesh will start work early next year on a new rail link to ease surface transport, officials said here Tuesday.
India will build a 15-km railway tracks linking Tripura’s capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaurah, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka.
An Indian delegation and a Bangladeshi team attended the third meeting of the Agartala-Akhaurah railway link project steering committee here Tuesday. They will Wednesday go for a field inspection on the Indian side.
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Regus, the global flexible workplace provider, has expanded its network to an unparalleled 103 countries, adding Bangladesh to its network. To maximise the convenience for businesses, it has entered the market in two key commercial districts in Dhaka.
The launch in Bangladesh will help local and foreign companies invest in this fast-developing economy, and support efforts to attract FDI. It also extends Regus' reach in Asia Pacific.
The two centres are at the UTC Building, in Karwan Bazaar, and Crystal Palace, on Gulshan South Avenue -- both...
The U.N. Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals is holding this week its 12th and penultimate meeting in New York. Thirty representatives from U.N. member states are discussing amendments to the so-called “zero draft” document, which they will submit to the 68th U.N. General Assembly in September as a formal SDG proposal document.
But as many water and sanitation NGOs — including the 270-member End Water Poverty campaign coalition and a group of some 300 NGOs that have submitted a co-signed letter — believe, and as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque has noted, there remains a glaring omission in the document: the human right to water and sanitation.
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Executive Motors, the sole distributor of world renowned automobile BMW is going to organize an open house event on tyre safety measures for drivers and passengers. The event is going to take place at the premises of Executive Motors service center on Saturday, June 21, 2014, starting from 3 pm.
Mir Afsar Ali, After Sales Manager of Executive Motors said, “We place high value on the safety and satisfaction of our customers. This session will enable us to help our customers with information on innovative installations in BMW cars and maintenances...
A special training course on “Foreign Exchange and International Trade” was started at Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training & Research Academy on Tuesday.
Managing Director Md. Habibur Rahman inaugurated the course as Chief Guest. Among others Deputy Managing Director of the Bank Mohammad Abdul Jalil and Principal of AIBTRA Md. Zahid Hasan were present in the occasion.
Foreign Exchange Desk related officials of selected branches of the Bank participated in the course
Bangladesh signed a deal Tuesday with a Chinese company for the construction of around 6.15-kilometre main part of the Padma bridge, which is set to start by November and end by 2018.
Project Director Shafiqul Islam and Chairman of China Major Bridge Engineering Company (CMBEC) Lieu Ziming inked the Tk 12,133-crore contract on behalf of their respective sides at Hotel Ruposhi Bangla in the capital this evening.
According to the agreement, the government will pay the first installment of Tk 1,820 crore by this month.
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