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India may allow entry to freight vehicles from Bangladesh

India may allow vehicles from Bangladesh to enter and ply in the country when they bring goods, in a big brother gesture to improve bilateral ties and facilitate trade by reducing freight costs and decongesting borders. The measure was originally planned as a bilateral agreement, but with no response from Bangladesh for about a year, the commerce department has now proposed a unilateral offer, government officials said, reports the Economics Times. bd-indiaThe commerce department had written to the road transpo...

BSF to deploy women constables along Bangladesh border

Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy women constables next week along the 856 km long border with Bangladesh to stop smuggling by the women from other side of the border, official sources said on Monday. “A contingent of 27 women constables have already arrived here two weeks back and are undergoing three weeks familiarisation training, and after completion of the training, they would be deployed along the border,” BSF DIG B S Rawat told the media. bsf womanHe said they might now be operating from the bat...

Mamata helping fundamentalists in Bangladesh: Biman Bose

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of helping fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh, the Left Front Sunday said its stand has resulted in fanatics belonging to both the majority and minority communities becoming more active in West Bengal. Calling it a conspiracy, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said some people have also been forced to cross over to West Bengal from the neighbouring country as the Teesta river water sharing and enclave exchange issues still remained unresolved. Mamata“The Trinamool...

Project building children from Port Talbot, Bangladesh praised

A project bringing together children from Port Talbot and Bangladesh has been praised by the British High Commissioner for the country — who also comes from the town. Robert Gibson CMG was brought up in Margam, but has since lived all over the world, and has been at the British High Commission in Dhaka since 2011. While in St David’s Church, Margam, at Christmas, he heard that British Council grant funded project, Connecting Classrooms, had reached the town, and set about to visit the schools involved. children BritishFou...

Cattle smuggling creating huge anarchy in Indo-Bangla border

Illegal mass-theft of cattle is a huge problem on the border between India and Bangladesh. Along the largely porous boundary between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, cattle-raids and cattle-smuggling, often conducted by criminal gangs, raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually in illicit profits. The activity is so lucrative and dangerous that it often costs the lives of the perpetrators and innocent bystanders. cattle smugglingAccording to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP), four men suspected of catt...

Dhaka eyes to boost trade with Jeddah through Ctg port

The Bangladesh consulate in Jeddah is working to establish channels of communication between the trading communities in the port cities of Jeddah and Chittagong. A senior delegation is expected to visit the Kingdom soon to explore business opportunities in both countries, said Nazmul Islam, consul general of Bangladesh in Jeddah. Chittagong is a strategic port in Asia and the business hub of Bangladesh while Jeddah is an important port on the Red Sea, reports Arab News. bd-ksaNazmul Islam said that Chittagong is s...
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