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Bill on boundary deal with Bangladesh to be deferred

A statute amendment bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh has been deferred for the time being with Congress opposing tooth and nail the exclusion of Assam from its ambit. bd-indiaSources said the government had planned to bring the bill in Raj ya Saba May 5, first day of the last week of Budget session. It is learnt that the issue also came at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha today, where Congress opposed the government’s move. While the government has got various states, including Trinam...

BRICS to push cooperation on climate change

BRICS environment ministers met in Moscow last week to deliberate on climate change. BRICS has emphasized the need for a just and fair global order based on multi-polarity and has sought urgent reform of international financial bodies. But, in a first, environment ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) met to discuss the crisis of climate change. [caption id="attachment_15550" align="alignleft" width="300"]Brics ministers Currently, there are negotiations going on over the strategies of BRICS Countries Econom...

Banking in Bangladesh

On Saturday 25 April, the International Retail Banking Summit in Bangladesh 2015 took place. As Efma’s first event in Bangladesh, it gathered more than 150 participants, and served as a platform for the retail banks to discuss key issues affecting the retail financial services industry in the country. We spoke to some of the speakers at the event to find out more. Bangladesh BankWhat makes Bangladesh unique in terms of retail banking? Sarder Akhter Hamed, EVP & Head of Retail Banking at United Commercial Bank: With a popul...

India, Bangladesh agree on HYV rice seeds trade

Seed associations of India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed a cooperation agreement to initiate cross-border trade in high-yielding variety (HYV) rice seeds that will also enable knowledge-sharing in their production and trade. bd-indiaA Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose was signed here between the Bangladesh Seeds Association and the National Seed Association of India. There is currently no formal trade between both countries in HYV rice seeds, but there much movement through informal channels in this low-value, high-volume trade that is ...

Bangladesh: Where free spirits are not so free

Press without freedom is propaganda. Sadly, the press in Bangladesh is rarely independent of political influence or financial control, writes Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam. Despite these realities a press that finds itself fettered by controls - outside the ethical restrictions that responsible journalism demands - fails in the final analysis to gain the trust of the public or to pol violanceinfluence public opinion. The public is no longer restricted to a single news outlet. From word of mouth to watchdog blogs, there are al...

World’s sexiest woman

English actress Michelle Keegan has been named the sexiest woman in the world by British men’s magazine FHM, reprots CNN. michelle-3.nwbjpgThe 27-year-old actress is best known for her roles on the BBC series "Ordinary Lies" and the long-running British soap opera "Coronation Street." Her "Coronation Street" character Tina McIntyre was the show's first character to act as a surrogate, according to IMDB. Keegan is followed by reality television star and model Kendall Jenner, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, Sports ...
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