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Bangladesh’s mini-Hajj condemn Paris massacre

Muslims attending one of the world’s largest religious gatherings joined the chorus of condemnation Friday over the deadly attack on a French satirical weekly, saying the killings ran contrary to the tenets of Islam. Bangladesh’s Biswa Ijtema, or World Muslim Congregation, is the world’s second largest Islamic gathering after the Hajj with devotees coming from all over the globe to pray and hear imams preach for three days. france magazineCanopies stretching for more than a kilometre, erected on open ground on the banks of th...

Bangladesh wants river waters treaties with India  

Bangladesh wants to sign treaties with India to share the waters of all rivers flowing between the two neighbours, Bangladesh officials said here Friday. “Our (Bangladesh) government wants to sign separate treaties with India to share the waters of all rivers flowing between the two countries,” Bangladesh’s Comilla district deputy commissioner Mohammad Hasanuzzaman Kollol told reporters here. bd-indiaHe said: “Unless there is a treaty, Bangladesh would be deprived of getting due share of waters of the rivers flowing from Indian territories....

HRW slams govt for gagging opposition, media

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticised Bangladesh government’s steps towards “curbing” the activities of BNP, the Jamaat-e-Islami, and the media saying such censorship will inflame the already tense situation in the country. In a press release issued today, the global rights group said the government should immediately end “use of excessive force, stop arbitrary arrests of members of opposition parties, and lift restrictions on the media.” [caption id="attachment_11927" align="alignleft" width="300"]khaleda-wb2-sl BNP Chairpers...

ConocoPhillips seeks deepwater gas price revision  

A ConocoPhillips-led joint venture is seeking to revise production sharing contracts for three new deepwater blocks offshore Bangladesh to allow a 2%/year gas price rise to kick in before first production begins, a company official said Thursday. “We have proposed the escalation of the gas price begin earlier than at first production, which is similar to what is in place in neighboring countries like Myanmar and Thailand,” ConocoPhillips managing director for Bangladesh operations Tom Early said. gasolinThe joint venture between ConocoPhilli...

Embankments exacerbate sea level rise in Bangladesh

Man-made flood protections, not climate change, are the main culprit in sea-level rise in southwest Bangladesh, according to new research conducted for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research. The report from a team of scientists at Vanderbilt University is the first part in a wide-ranging, $7.5 million analysis of environmental stress and human migration scenarios in the low-lying South Asian nation. climate aquaPublished this week in Nature Climate Change, the initial study finds that embankments constructed since the 1960s are primarily t...

Bank Asia in partnerships with Payoneer

Bank Asia tied up in strategic alliance with one of the world’s largest Online Payment Gateway Service (OPGS) provider ‘Payoneer Inc. USA’ to facilitate Bangladeshi freelancers and other professionals receive their payments promptly, easily and cheaper means. Photo-PressDr. Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank formally launched the service of Payoneer, first time in Bangladesh, in a function held at a local hotel in the capital city Dhaka today (Thursday, 8 Jan 2015). Mr. A Rouf Chowdhury, Chairman of Bank Asia, Mr. Scott H. Gal...
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