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Tough law against money laundering

The cabinet has given final approval to the draft of ‘The Money Laundering Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2015’ bringing necessary change in the existing law of 2012 aimed at making the law more effective and fruitful. The approval was given at the regular meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports BSS. gov1Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said the cabinet has also given final approval to a proposal for amending the Anti Corruption Commission ...

New project launched for vulnerable women

A new project titled the “Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO)” was launched on Sunday to support over 4400 poor women in the rural areas of Satkhira and Kurigram districts. women in BDImplemented by the Local Government Division of Bangladesh, this five-year project is aimed at the most vulnerable rural poor women. The UNDP, Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF), the Spanish Government and International Labour Organization (ILO) are providing financial assistance to the project, reports BSS. “The subs...

Dhaka, Delhi to fight fake currency

The joint task force of Bangladesh and Indian signed a joint declaration to tackle smugglings and counterfeit currency in the two countries. “The second such top security-level formal talks between the two countries especially on fake currency signed a joint declaration to work together against fake currency notes,” Additional Inspector General of Police M Moklesur Rahman told journalists on the second-day of the three-day bilateral meeting held at Police Headquarters in the capital city today, reports BSS. Inspector General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) is leading the 15-member delegation of India.

Bangladesh-Vietnam talk trade ties

They vowed to lift bilateral trade to 1 billion USD by 2016 from 800 million USD in 2014; convene the third meeting of the Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation soon; and launch a policy consultation mechanism between the two Foreign Ministries. They agreed to effectively realise a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on agriculture, fisheries and animal livestock and another MoU on rice trade. An agreement on tourism cooperation and cultural exchange is also expected to be signed in the foreseeable future. bd-vietnam

Bilateral trade between BD, Malaysia to improve in 2H15

Bilateral trade between Malaysia and Bangladesh, which fell 26.4% as of May this year, is expected to improve in the second half, amid a better economic environment. From January to May 2015, bilateral trade declined to US$412 million from US$560 million during the same period of last year. “Bilateral trade will increase by 5% (in the second half of the year. This is my expectation,” said bd-malysiathe Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation’s (Matrade) Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Dzulkifli Mahmud. Last year, exports to Bangladesh...

PSC chief calls on Indian minister

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Ekram Ahmed today met Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh here and discussed the working of UPSC which conducts prestigious civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers. Ahmed, who is currently on a visit to India, discussed a wide range of issues related to the bd-indiafunctioning of the UPSC and that of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) with the Singh, a press release issued by the government said. Giving an overall resume about the functioning of DoPT and t...
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