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Towards Bangladesh — a global investment hub

Strategic location, rich and abundant human resources, strong economic growth and open trade and investment policy is transforming Bangladesh into a global hub of investment. Bangladesh is located between India and Myanmar. It is in the middle of South and East Asia and is the gateway to the SAARC & ASEAN countries. Standing on the vortex of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is the only access to sea for the surrounding land-lock branding-Bangladeshareas such as seven north-eastern states of India, Kunming city of China a...

UK parliament concerned at Salahuddin’s disappearance

The UK parliament has expressed concern over ‘disappearance’ of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed from Dhaka city since 10 March. Criticising that there is a lack of democratic space in Bangladesh at BNP-Salahuddin1-450x279present, some members of parliament (MPs) called for free and fair national elections soon resolve the crisis. Such issues came up for discussion as early day motion (905) in the parliament which issued a statement titled ‘Disappearances in Bangladesh’ on its website on Monday. ...

S&T for development in Bangladesh, Nepal

SciDev.Net organised focus groups in Bangladesh and Nepal to use as the basis of a report on science and development in those countries in in September last year. s&t developmentParticipants included senior science communicators, policymakers, scientists, academics and NGO officials. Topics discussed included creating the right environment for science and innovation, and how best to ensure the dissemination and uptake of evidence and research results for equitable development and poverty reduction. Participants also helped ...

Mass Cholera vaccination finally starting in BD

Decades after the first successful trials of an oral cholera vaccine, Bangladesh and other developing countries are beginning to vaccinate those most at risk of the disease. Cholera strikes some three to five million people annually and can kill in a matter of hours if left untreated. Spread through contaminated feces, outbreaks are most virulent where proper sanitation is most difficult: slums, conflict zones and areas crippled by natural disaster. A playful child on a rickshaw. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 16, 2007. (photo)The oral vaccine Duk...

BD wins award for women’s empowerment

Bangladesh has won an international award for women’s empowerment and reducing gender gaps, securing a place among the top 10 countries that reduced gender gaps in politics significantly, media reported yesterday. bangladeshThe Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Forum presented this award to Bangladesh in its annual summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam received the award on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The foreign ministry said that Bangladesh w...

NBR orders Yunus to pay $1.5m in taxes

Bangladesh officials have summoned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over US$1.51 million in allegedly unpaid taxes, an official said Tuesday, in what analysts saw as the latest politically motivated move against the micro-credit pioneer. dr. YunusThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) asked Yunus to resolve the “dispute through discussions” at its office on March 29 in the capital after the economist lodged a court appeal against the unpaid bill, reports AFP. “Professor Yunus is a very good and compliant taxpayer. But his total tax dues now stand at 117....
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