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LBA under active consideration

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said India wants to resolve all the bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India once and for all through cordial discussions as it is looking forward to a very positive and growing relationship with Bangladesh. “We want to resolve all the bilateral issues once and for all through cordial discussions,” Sushma was quoted as telling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she made a courtesy call on the PM at her office. shushamaPM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury briefed r...

Indo-Bangla trade may almost double by 2018

Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh could almost double to USD 10 billion by 2018, provided trading irritants like non-tariff barriers and infrastructure related-issues are resolved, industry body CII today said. Stating that the visit will “turn a new leaf in bilateral relations” between the two neighbours, CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said it will boost economic cooperation and further intensify trade and investment between India and Bangladesh. bd-indiaThe CII statement comes in the backdrop of External Affairs Minis...

National web portal launched    

Bangladesh on Monday formally launched the ‘National Web Portal’ opening up a new horizon and a unique window for ensuring transparency and accountability in government activities, and building a developed, prosperous country free from hunger and poverty. The public portal containing 25,043 websites of various government organizations in various tiers having over 2 million contents started its formal journey marking the International Public Service Day. National-Portal_MediaInternationally reputed information techn...

New India-Bangladesh railway link from 2015

The governments of India and Bangladesh will start work early next year on a new rail link to ease surface transport, officials said here Tuesday. India will build a 15-km railway tracks linking Tripura’s capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaurah, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka. An Indian delegation and a Bangladeshi team attended the third meeting of the Agartala-Akhaurah railway link project steering committee here Tuesday. They will Wednesday go for a field inspection on the Indian side. “The work for new Agartbd-indiaala-Akhaurah railway link...

Deal inked with Chinese firm for Padma Bridge construction

Bangladesh signed a deal Tuesday with a Chinese company for the construction of around 6.15-kilometre main part of the Padma bridge, which is set to start by November and end by 2018. padma bridgeProject Director Shafiqul Islam and Chairman of China Major Bridge Engineering Company (CMBEC) Lieu Ziming inked the Tk 12,133-crore contract on behalf of their respective sides at Hotel Ruposhi Bangla in the capital this evening. According to the agreement, the government will pay the first installment of Tk 1,820 crore by this month. M...

3 deals, one MoU signed with Cambodia

Bangladesh and Cambodia on Tuesday signed four instruments including three agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a bid to further boost bilateral ties especially in the fields of trade, industry, agriculture and culture. BD-cambodiaPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen witnessed the signing of the instruments at the Prime Minister’s Office after the official talks. The first agreement on the Establishment of a Joint Commission for Promoting Bilateral Cooperation between Bangladesh a...
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