Owners place 3-point demand to protect CNG refueling station
The country’s CNG refueling station owners have placed a 3-point demand to survive being upset at the ongoing political turmoil that has taken a heavy toll on their business.
Their demands are rescheduling due payment against bank loan by at least one year without charging interest and taking interest in the block account, allowing payment of gas bills through installments for one year without disconnecting gas lines, refraining from treating any CNG station owners as loan defaulters until the return of a normal business environment.
Chinese firm to build $22m textile plant in Ishwardi EPZ
Asia Spinning and Textiles Ltd, a Chinese textile firm will invest $ 22 million for the establishment of a new spinning and textile factory in the Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (EPZ) located at Pabna in Bangladesh.
The Chinese firm has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZ) for setting up the plant at the EPZ, says a press release.
Sayed Nurul Islam, member (Investment Promotion) of BEPZA and Li Zhan Bin, managing director of Asia S...
Sayed Nurul Islam, member (Investment Promotion) of BEPZA and Li Zhan Bin, managing director of Asia S...
Spore’s swift deportations of Indians, Bangladeshi questioned
Activists called on Singapore to ensure due process and address migrant worker grievances after the government said it would deport 52 Indians and one Bangladeshi for their alleged involvement in a rare riot in an Indian enclave.
Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said Tuesday the deportation of the men as well as criminal charges filed against 28 other Indians would “send a strong signal that we will not tolerate actions by anyone which threaten law and order in Singapore.’’
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Bangladesh key economic indicators – Dec 18
DAILY INDICATORS
Tuesday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.65-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,270.59 4,280.72 ------------------------------------------------------------
MONTHLY
CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Nov. 7.15 7.03
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Oct. 6,403.17 6,267.23 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Nov. 17.11 17.35
Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Sept. 2,590.2...
KrisEnergy ensures Tullow Bangladesh purchase
KrisEnergy Ltd has received approvals from the Bangladesh government and Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corp. for KrisEnergy’s purchase of Tullow Bangladesh Ltd.
Tullow holds 30 per cent working interest and operatorship of the onshore Bangora gas producing field on Block 9, which is 50 km east of Dhaka covering 1,770 sq. km.
Production started from Bangora field in 2006. The field lies in a gas province with substantial gas infrastructure, KrisEnergy said. Third-quarter gross production from the Bangora averaged 92.7 MMcfd of gas and 285 b/d of condensate.
AHRC wants UN role to stop bloodbath in Bangladesh
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has requested the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to take all possible measures to stop the daily bloodbath taking place in Bangladesh.
The AHRC believes, without extraordinary effort, initiated by the international community, which includes the Office of the UN Secretary General, the enormous scale of violence and brutality in Bangladesh will continue to escalate, says a press release.
The Asian human rights watchdog in a letter to UN Secretary General pleaded the UN attention about the alarming reality in Bangladesh.
