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Not taking Bangladesh lightly: Raina

Middle-order batsman Suresh Raina has said India are not taking Bangladesh lightly ahead of their cricket World Cup quarterfinals clash at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Thursday. Bangladeshi-crowd-300“We are not taking Bangladesh lightly. Tomorrow is a big day for us. This is the quarterfinals and we have to win. One mistake and you can lose,” Raina said at the customary pre-match press conference here on Wednesday. “All we need to do now is be disciplined in all departments of the game, be positive and l...

India, Myanmar to start border trade thru’ Mizoram

India and Myanmar would soon start formal border trade through the northeastern state of Mizoram, a senior state government official said here on Wednesday. “India’s Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate a land customs station (LCS) at Zokhawthar in indiaChamphai district (in eastern Mizoram) on March 25 to start the formal border trade with Myanmar,” an official of Mizoram’s commerce and industry department said. He said: “Myanmar’s Commerce Minister U. Win Myint is expected to be present at the inaugural function as both t...

Recognizing third gender in Bangladesh

Shahria Sharmin had gone to her husband’s factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, looking to tell a positive story about the garment industry, one that would offset negative public perceptions. What she found, instead, was an even more challenging topic: the lives of five hijras, the local term for the culture of men who identify sexually as women. By day, they presented themselves as men, but at night they dressed as women and kept a home for their 3rd genderboyfriends. That this was happening in Bangladesh, the world’s fourth most populous Muslim...

BD, Seychelles relations in good progress

The outgoing High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Seychelles, Shabbir Chowdhury, has ended his mandate feeling confident that relations between the two countries, which he described as being previously “dormant and inactive”, had improved. [caption id="attachment_13988" align="alignleft" width="300"]BD SChyschelys The outgoing High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Seychelles, Shabbir Chowdhury bidding farewell to President James Michel on Tuesday. (Mervyn Marie, Seychelles News Agency)[/caption] Speaking to the local press in an interview in ...

Unwise political appointments in banks

Finance minister AMA Muhith in his realization in June last year blamed the partisan appointment in the board of directors of different state-owned banks terming it liable for big loan forgeries, but to our utter surprise, the ministry is once again disappointing the nation with another demi-official letter to appoint a political leader to a post of a state-owned financial institution. Reports of an bdreports24English daily on Wednesday said, the bank and financial institution division was reviewing a proposal for appointment of a Jatiya P...

IBBL Service Center opens

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened its 1st service center at Maniknagar, Dhaka on March 18, 2015. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Acting Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the center as chief guest. Muhammad Abul Bashar, Deputy Managing Director, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Executive Vice President & Head of Local Office and Dr. Muhammad Kamaluddin Jasim, Senior Vice President & Head of Business Promotion and Marketing Division along with local elites were present on the occasion. 11Customers can avail banking services including deposit and withdrawal o...
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