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BWCCI to promote SMEs through SS-Gate

Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) signed a working agreement with The South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange (SS-GATE), a UNDP project to promote  Bangladeshi  SMEs  specifically  in  the  southern  region  of  the  world.  The  signing ceremony took  place in  Doha,  Qatar  on the  first  day  of the First  Arab  States Regional  South-South Development  EXPO, 18  February  to  20  February  2014. BWCCISelima Ahamd, Founder President and Chairperson of Women Entreprnenurship Development and Program committee of  B...

Bangladesh urges KSA to reconsider Haj quota

Bangladesh has urged Saudi authorities to reconsider the 20 percent cut in quota of foreign Haj pilgrims and also to implement the electronic web portal service for Haj from this year to expedite various Haj processes. bd-ksaBangladesh Religious Affairs Minister Mohammed Mutiur Rahman discussed these two vital subjects with Saudi Haj Minister Dr. Bandar Al Hajar on Sunday when he met with him at his office in Jeddah, Mohammad Nazmul Islam, Bangladesh consul general said. “We discussed a wide range of subjects related to improvement of Haj services to pil...

India may allow entry to freight vehicles from Bangladesh

India may allow vehicles from Bangladesh to enter and ply in the country when they bring goods, in a big brother gesture to improve bilateral ties and facilitate trade by reducing freight costs and decongesting borders. The measure was originally planned as a bilateral agreement, but with no response from Bangladesh for about a year, the commerce department has now proposed a unilateral offer, government officials said, reports the Economics Times. bd-indiaThe commerce department had written to the road transpo...

Learning parliamentary systems from India!

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha  Meira Kumar had conveyed to her Bangladeshi counterpart on Wednesday that India was ready to help strengthen parliamentary systems and structures in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury visited the Lok Sabha on Thursday, and however, managed to exit the House just as Indian MPs resorted to unruly acts over the division of Andhra Pradesh. speakerThe Speaker of Bangladesh’s Parliament Jatiya Sangsad, was in the Lok Sabha’s special box as a state guest when...

Jan 05 elections denoting problem of credibility

Political violence is intensifying in Bangladesh. While some analysts blame the country’s recent war crimes tribunals and the growing role of religion in public life, but most believe the violence is strictly political in nature and doesn’t reflect a fundamental cleavage in Bangladeshi society. violance BDOn the 5th of January 2014, the Awami League (AL), which has ruled Bangladesh since early 2009, won a three-quarters majority in a parliamentary election that has widely been condemned...

BSF to deploy women constables along Bangladesh border

Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy women constables next week along the 856 km long border with Bangladesh to stop smuggling by the women from other side of the border, official sources said on Monday. “A contingent of 27 women constables have already arrived here two weeks back and are undergoing three weeks familiarisation training, and after completion of the training, they would be deployed along the border,” BSF DIG B S Rawat told the media. bsf womanHe said they might now be operating from the bat...
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