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Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be Indian poll issue

The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will be a major election issue for the BJP, party leader Venkaiah Naidu said here Wednesday. The BJP leader targeted the Congress-led government and said the Aadhaar scheme was an attempt to make illegal migrants citizens of the country. India-ElectionsIn the state to review the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poll preparations, Naidu said the Food Security Act was b...

India eyes to boost business in RMG Bangladesh

Indian textile businessmen are focusing on increasing the country’s market share in Bangladesh to offset the impact created by China in last few years, say industry experts. “Bangladesh is a natural trading textile partner for India. But for last two years, China is increasingly consolidating its footsteps in the Bangladeshi markets,” Sanjay Murarka, partner of Kolkata-based FM Textile Private Limited, told PTI yesterday on the sidelines of the ongoing International Ethnic Week (IEW) Goa 2014. bd-india

Another Indian proposal to open direct sea routes

India has asked Bangladesh to open direct sea routes between the two countries to boost bilateral trade, which is being hampered by congestion at the land customs stations on both sides. India aims to increase cargo to Bangladesh. According to sources, the Department of Commerce has asked Directorate General of Shipping to work out a mechanism on how the plan could work out. To initiate the process, ships have to be certified by both the sides so that they can operate in each other’s territorial waters, a senior commerce department official told Business Standard. “We have asked DG Shipping to work out a protocol with Bangladesh on our regulatory requirements. We have to certify their ships and they will have to do the same...

Dhaka matters to Beijing

China on Thursday said that Bangladesh “really matters” to Beijing as it is an “important developing country” with a booming economy. According to Chinese ambassador Li Jun, China wants to contribute to Bangladesh’s development as the country was contributing to global peace and regional stability. china BDMr Li Jun, who met diplomatic correspondents on Thursday, also remarked that Bangladesh’s “improving” ties with its neighbours added to regional stability and its zero-tolerance of terrorism...

Women’s unpaid work equivalent to 10.75pc of GDP

The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed. Unnayan-OnneshanThe organisation found this in their nation-wide survey based estimate of women domestic work in Bangladesh, first of its kind in the country and released in connection with the International Women’s Day, reports UNB. They revealed that the total unpaid work per year might be equivalent to T...

More 100mw from India likely

India may have finally promised Bangladesh 100 MW of electricity from the ONGC Tripura Power Company-promoted 736.6 MW gas-based facility at Palatana in Tripura. India sells 500 MW of electricity a day to Dhaka through West Bengal border. Of the total, 250 MW is sourced from NTPC at Central Electricity Regulatory Commission determined tariff. The rest is traded through open market deals. bd-indiaAccording to media reports in Kolkata and Dhaka, at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Seikh Hasina, a...
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