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Hilsa hits big at Kolkata fair

Grilled marinated chicken tikkas and smoking seekh kebabs from Pakistan and rice dishes from Bangladesh with Ilish (hilsa fish) are not only tasty but healthy too, according to chefs from the two countries who are here for a fair. hilsaTwo stalls from the neighbouring countries are not only rustling up delicacies at the ongoing 27th Industrial India Trade Fair here, but also dispelling myths about traditional foods. Be it the warm platters of aromatic Sindhi Dum Biriyani, or the slow cooked chicken or mutton Nahari stew, the 15 dishes served at ...

565kg illicit gold seized in Bangladesh in 2013-14  

The gold smuggling in Bangladesh has risen day by day, penetration by gold smuggling cartels of the national airlines of Bangladesh was all over the news recently, but government took strict steps to prevent gold smuggling and a record 565kg of gold was seized by the government in 2013-14, Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Ghulam Hussain told the Customs Today here the other day. He added that low gold import duty in Bangladesh, compared to that of India, encouraged smugglers to use Bangladesh as a transit route to channel gold into India. Gold

China proposes FTA with Bangladesh

China on Sunday proposed signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost trade ties between the two countries, minimising the trade gap against Bangladesh. The Chinese side came up with the proposal at bilateral talks between the two countries at the Foreign Ministry. china BDForeign Minister AH Mahmood Ali led the 19-member Bangladesh side while his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi the 13-member China team at the meeting that reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations. “China wants to start negotiation on FTA. We’ll explore the pro...

Bangladesh wants removal of Indian tariffs

Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Friday said the formation of the four-country BCIM (Bangladesh-China India Myanmar) Corridor and removal of tariff barriers from India will boost bilateral trade between the two countries. bd-indiaBangladesh is keen on the formation of the BCIM corridor which will help the economy of Bangladesh. “India and China are progressing fast and Bangladesh will remain friends to them. The BCIM Corridor will definitely help boost trade and networking among us and India,” Ahmed told IANS on the sidelines of 27th

Bangladesh visa counter in Assam soon

After the trial run of the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service, the Bangladesh high commission in India will be setting up a visa felicitation counter at Guwahati in Assam. bd-indiaDisclosing that the joint delegation of India and Bangladesh, which travelled from Guwahati to Dhaka, has given its clearance for the formal launching of the bus service, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the delegation in its report has stressed the need of improvement of road condition on some patches between Shillong and Dawki as well as Dawki and Sylhet in Ban...

Political situation hurting economy, governance

The prevailing ‘unusual’ political situation is hurting country’s economy and affecting the quality of governance, politicians, economists and experts said Saturday. They called upon the major political parties to engage in an immediate dialogue for, what they said, restoring democracy for the sake of clearing the way for economic growth. Their observations came at the launch of a research report styled ‘The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2013: Democracy and Party Politics’ at the Brac Centre Inn in the capital. politics BDThe BRAC Instit...
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