Bangladesh tops tourists arrival chart in India
Bangladesh has topped the tourists arrival chart in India, followed by the US and the UK. According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Tourism, 7,32,105 Bangladeshis visited India in September 2014, which is 14.79 per cent of the total foreign tourist arrivals of 4.95 lakh in September. It is followed by the US (11.88 per cent) and the UK (8.33 per cent)
In the past two years, tourists arrival from Bangladesh is on the rise. In 2012, about 4,87,397 tourists visited India and it rose to 5,24,923 in 2013. In both these years Bangladesh was third in the list of source countries for foreign tourist arrivals to India consisting of 7.41 and 7.63 per cent respectively. During the period, the US and the UK topped the chart.
BD-US partnership dialogue postponed
The third partnership dialogue between Bangladesh and the US has been postponed due to conflicting schedule.
The dialogue, between Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and his US counterpart Wendy Sherman, was supposed to 0be held in Washington, DC on October 21-22, reports the Dhaka Tribune.
“We are working on finding a new date,” the foreign secretary told the Dhaka Tribune.
Shahidul will accompany Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Asia Europe Meeting to be held from October 16 and 17, and he will attend the Compact Review meeti...
Shahidul will accompany Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Asia Europe Meeting to be held from October 16 and 17, and he will attend the Compact Review meeti...
India-Bangladesh projects in Tripura making rapid progress
A number of infrastructure and development projects have been jointly undertaken by India and Bangladesh in Tripura. Recently, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka was in Tripura to review the progress made in the entire proposed Indo-Bangla projects.
During his three-day visit to the state, Indian Deputy High commissioner in Dhaka Sandeep Chakravorty met ministers and top officials and took stock of the progress of various India-Bangladesh projects.
Following the meeting with Power Minister Manik Dey, Chakravorty revealed that the work for supply of 100 MW power from Tripura’s Palatana power project to Bangladesh is progressing fast.
How to rob a bank in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, we sometimes play We Also Have. This is a parlor game in which we can say, with pride, that we now have the things that could previously be found only in other countries.
In the 1990s, it was satellite television (we also have MTV!); in the 2000s, it was shopping malls and high-rise buildings and multiplex cinemas. This year, it was a Hollywood-style bank heist.
In January, a man going by the name of Sohel and his accomplice Idris successfully stole 169 million taka (about $2.2 million) from a branch of Sonali Bank in Kishoreganj, 70 miles north of the capital, Dhaka.
Women at the center of our economic activity: Yunus
Muhammad Yunus
In the past 60 years or so, we have seen capitalism reach its peak. We have seen the socialist economies fall away and move rapidly toward capitalism. This has undoubtedly brought unprecedented wealth and prosperity in many parts of the world and to many people. At the same time, millions — if not billions — have been left behind.
We have seen the deep financial crises grip the world economy since 2008, and we have seen huge numbers of people becoming unemployed even in the so-called prospero...
Resolving Indo-Bangladesh border complexities
The Modi government is making a push to settle India’s long-running border disputes with Bangladesh.
For decades, India has tried to curb illegal immigration and smuggling along its 4,000 kilometer border with Bangladesh. It has installed thousands of kilometers of barbed wire and floodlights, and its Border Security Force (BSF) even adopted a controversial “shoot-on-sight” policy to deter those who might cross illegally.
In 2001, the dispute acquired a new dimension when incursions by the border guards of both countries culminate...
In 2001, the dispute acquired a new dimension when incursions by the border guards of both countries culminate...
