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BBIN will be game changer: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that the newly formed Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional coordinative architecture will be a game changer for the South Asian region. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Raisina Dialogue here, a global conclave on geo-politics and geo-economics, Ali said that Bangladesh, because of its geo-strategic location, was indispensable when it came to a south Asian connectivity architecture. nmn1“In this connection, the BBIN will be a game changer,” he sai...

March on March 10 against coal plant near Sundarbans

Thousands of Bangladeshis will march from the country’s capital, Dhaka, to the world’s biggest mangrove forest next week in protest at plans to build two coal-power plants on the edge of the World Heritage-listed forest. The organisers of the so-called long march on 10 March hope to persuade the Bangladeshi government to drop its backing for construction of the plants near the Sundarbans, an area of rice paddies, shrimp farms and vast mangrove forests. “No sensible person will deny that there are many alternative ways for electricity generation,” 2746

BD-US trade rises 8.5pc to $ 7b in 2015 – embassy

Trade between Bangladesh and the United States rose 8.5 percent to almost $7 billion in 2015, a U.S. embassy official said on Tuesday. Exports from Bangladesh accounted for $6 billion of the total, and 90 percent of that was clothing, said Andrea Brouillette-Rodriguez, counselor at the embassy, told a news conference ahead of a trade show beginning on Thursday. She said the United States accounted for a US-bdquarter of all Bangladesh's exports. U.S. investment in Bangladesh rose to about $2 billion in 2015 from $1.5 billion the y...

Amartya Sen at Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize-winning economist widely known for his work on income inequality and the roles of famine, poverty and freedom in developing countries around the world, will be the guest speaker at an event hosted by the University of California, Berkeley’s Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies. amartya_sen_750WHEN: 4-6 p.m., Sunday, March 13. WHERE: The sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St., Berkeley. BACKGROUND: Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

Bank Asia scholarship program in Tongi

As a part of its corporate social responsibility, Bank Asia has provided higher studies scholarship to 10 insolvent meritorious students of Savar in Dhaka and Tongi, Konabari and Hemayetpur Upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday (26 March, 2016). Mrs. Humaira Azam, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship Scholarship-Tongi-2016money to the students at a function held in Tongi. Mr. Sazzad Hossain, Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank, Mr. Omar Hayat, Head of Savar ...

PBL shifts its Kashimpur Branch

Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) has recently shifted its Kashimpur Branch, Gazipur to new premises with a view to providing best & modern banking services to its valued customers. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. was present as Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Managing Director & Chief Technical Officer of the Bank was present as Special Guest. Md. Humayan Kabir, General Manager and Branch Shift Kashimpur DhakaRegional Hea...
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