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Bangladeshi worker involved in Singapore riot baseless

The Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore has refuted the news reports appeared on a section of media and news involving a Bangladeshi worker in a bus accident in Singapore commenting ‘is not based on facts’. In a statement on Monday morning, The Bangladesh High Commissioner Mahbubuz Zaman also rejected reports that the incident was fuelled by a bus accident involving a Bangladeshi worker. [caption id="attachment_1600" align="alignleft" width="300"]little-india-riot Officers from the C...

India gives Bangladesh only $ 115.3m of promised LoC

India has given only $ 115.31 million to Bangladesh from its promised $ 800 million line of credit (LoC) till November three years after the loan commitment, officials said Saturday. Dhaka signed a $1.0 billion credit deal with New Delhi in August 2010 for utilising the money to upgrade the country’s infrastructure especially to facilitate cross-border transport movement between the two countries, reports the Financial Express (FE). “The project implementation delay due to hard terms imposed by the Indian government has affected fund disbursement,” said a senior Ministry of Finance (MoF) official.

New 22 border ‘haats’ proposed at Meghalaya border

To create economic opportunities for the people living along the Bangladesh –India border in Meghalaya, the Indian authority is keen to set up 22 more border ‘haats’ (markets). Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said, we have sought for the establishment of 22 new border haats along the international border which would not only create economic opportunities, but would also cement bonds between the people living along the borders. Meghalaya already has two border haats - one at Kalaichar in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district and Baliamari of Bangladesh’s Kurigram district, and another in Balat (in East Khasi Hills district) and Lauwaghar (Dalora) in Bangladesh’s Sunamganj district.

US envoy lauds Bangladesh’s role in peacekeeping

US ambassador to Dhaka, W Dan Mozena lauded Bangladesh for its ‘great contributions’ to global peacekeeping saying the world is safer, more secure and more stable today. “I’m pleased that America’s partnership with Bangladesh in supporting global peacekeeping continues. I believe that the world today is safer, more secure, more stable thanks to Bangladesh and its great contributions to global peacekeeping,” he told a function in Gazipur on Thursday. mozenaThe US diplomat made the remark while inaug...

Bangladesh unrest hits cross-border trade with India

Continuous political turmoil in Bangladesh is leaving a burnt hit in cross-border trade with neighbouring India. Trade through the Petrapole-Benapole route — that accounts for over 50 percent of the bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh — has been badly hit in the last few days. Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh stands at $5.5 billion. The political turmoil in Bangladesh, which began with a strike call on November 30, entered its fifth day on Wednesday. borderhaat-112Unconfirmed estimates from traders sugges...

India wants peaceful election with maximum parties

India wants a peaceful and violence-free election in Bangladesh with the participation of ‘maximum parties’, said visiting Indian foreign secretary Sujatha Singh at a meeting with senior journalists on Wednesday. Indian fs“The Indian top diplomat said India supports peaceful and violence-free election with the participation of maximum parties,” replying to a query whether India wants an ‘inclusive election’ in Bangladesh. Sujatha Singh came up with the remark during a discussion wit...
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