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Bangladesh, China, India lead in BT crop

China, India and Bangladesh lead the global surge in biotech crops, which touched an all-time high of 181.5 million hectares (mh) in 2014, a report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) showed on Friday. bt brinjal 22In 2013, the area under the crops was about 185 mh. “The accumulated hectare of biotech crops, grown in 1996 to 2014 stood at around 80 per cent more than the total land mass of China,” said Clive James, ISAAA Founder and report author. About 10 food, feed and fiber biot...

India plans to get Bhel to bid for BD power project

In an attempt to thwart China’s plan to corner the construction contract for a $1.68 billion power project in Bangladesh that India is helping its neighbour build in the electricity-starved country, India wants Bangladesh to allow state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) to bid for it. [caption id="attachment_12554" align="alignleft" width="300"]NTPC As part of India’s strategy to exert economic and strategic influence in the neighbourhood by developing infrastructure, state-owned NTPC plans to set up coal-based power projects in Bangladesh.[/caption] ...

Bankers, taxmen pocket taxpayers’ pay orders  

A probe body has found out the connivance of bank and tax officials in alleged forgery of pay-orders submitted by taxpayers to the national exchequer. Lax monitoring and reluctance of the authorities concerned are largely blamed for the daring defalcation. The investigation committee has detected that neither the bank officials nor the taxmen had followed their respective procedures of acceptance and depository of the pay-orders, causing embezzlement of taxpayers’ money. bangladesh_bankA vested quarter has pocketed the money t...

Bangladesh Day observed in Kolkata Book Fair

Bangladesh Day was observed in the Kolkata Book Fair as the Bangladesh pavilion was inaugurated by Asaduzaman Noor, Bangladesh culture minister. Bangaldeshminister of state for women and child Begum Meher Afroz Chumkiwas also present as a special guest of honour. book_vid_kolkata_s_aIt might be mentioned that the book fair was inaugurated by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjeeon Tuesday. There was cultural programmes by children and a seminar was hosted on the presence of kaibartas-- a subaltern group in Bangladeshi literatur...

Nepal, Bangladesh ink tax agreement  

Nepal and Bangladesh signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) today after holding the fourth round of negotiations. Investors, students and employees stand to benefit from this agreement because they can deduct the tax amount that they paid in one country in another country. bd-nepalBangladeshi investors who have invested in hydropower, banks and other service sectors in Nepal can deduct the tax amount that they filed in Nepal while repatriating the dividend to Bangladesh. Likewise, citizens of both countries would not be liable to pay any o...

Shakib Khan banned for protests against Hindi films    

Bangladesh cinemas will boycott movies starring the nation’s top actor after he led protests against the first screening of a Hindi film in decades in the country, an official said Thursday. Bollywood blockbuster “Wanted” opened in cinemas on the weekend after Bangladesh’s censor board cleared its nationwide release, following a 50-year ban on Hindi-language films. WantedBut the screenings sparked protests outside cinemas along with wildcat strikes by hundreds of Dhaka actors, directors and others, who said the release would cripple the local ...
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