1st direct container vessel form India to Bangladesh
Krishnapatnam Port, India’s largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast earmarked a historical moment for India's bilateral trade and commerce as the first direct container vessel, part of coastal shipping agreement to facilitate trade between India and Bangladesh, set sail from the port on 28th March 2016.
The trade agreements which were signed during the reign of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974 were revived back after a period of four decades during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka last year.
MV Harbour-1 owned by Neepa Paribahan and built by Western Marine Shipyard is the first 
University degrees for garment workers
When Rubina Yeasmin was 13, her father died of a heart attack. Her mother scraped together the money to keep her in school but finances became increasingly tight. “My uncle said I must leave school and get married.”
She grew up in Topshe village in Dinajpur district, in northern Bangladesh. According to a Unicef report (pdf) published last year, 65% of girls in Bangladesh are married before the age of 18, and 29% before they are 15. For poor families, early marriage can ease financial pressure as it means one less mouth to feed. It can also negate the need for girls to be educated.
Yeasmin refused to marry and fought to be allowed to complete her education. Her family gave ![]()
Robi brings spl offer with Pizza Inn
Robi high value customers under Dhonnobad programme can now enjoy special offers from Pizza Inn while satiating themselves with the delicious cheesy pizza. In this regard, an agreement was signed between Robi and Pizza Inn recently.
Robi’s General Manager, Loyalty & Win-back, Tawfique Imam and Pizza Inn’s Managing 
Director, Engn. Sayed Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the Pizza Inn outlet at Gulshan. This exclusive agreement all...
Director, Engn. Sayed Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the Pizza Inn outlet at Gulshan. This exclusive agreement all...
Governor seeks overseas coop to recover heist money
Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has sought cooperation from overseas by sending letters to recover the heist money of about $81 million from Bangladesh Bank (BB) account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
BB executive director and spokesperson Subhankar Saha told journalists that the governor has 
recently sent letters to Bangladesh permanent representative of United Nations, President of the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System and Philippine's central bank governor and chief of anti money...
recently sent letters to Bangladesh permanent representative of United Nations, President of the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System and Philippine's central bank governor and chief of anti money...
China vows to take ties with Bangladesh to new level
China stands ready to work with Bangladesh to strengthen the synergy of bilateral development strategies through the Silk Road initiative and take their partnership to a new level, the top leadership here said on Saturday.
In his message to his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Hamid on the occasion of Bangladesh’s 45th National Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping said over the years, the China-Bangladesh 
traditional friendship has been continuously deepened a...
traditional friendship has been continuously deepened a...
Remove visa system between India, Bangladesh: Tripura governor
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has said he is in favour of doing away with the visa system between India and Bangladesh so that there is easier cross-border movement of people.
“Why this visa system between India and Bangladesh? This visa system must be removed. I would soon propose to MEA (ministry of external affairs) to remove this visa system,” he said, speaking at Bangladesh’s Independence Day celebrations organised by the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here on Saturday.
“The leadership of the two countries can sit together and decide about the elimination of visa system, ensuring easy movement of people of two countries,” said Roy, a former member of ![]()
