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Buddhist leaders condemn atrocities on Rohingyas

The Bangladesh Buddhist Federation (BFF) on Sunday urged the Government of Myanmar to halt its repression of Rohingyas. The appeal was made at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital this Rohingyaafternoon. Meanwhile, a Myanmar Times report said that the government has formed a new task force to probe incidents of violence against the Rohingyas in northern Rakhine state. The national-level committee, a government spokesman said will investigate conditions in the Rakhine State following an upsurge in ...

BD gets $ 167m loan from ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $167 million loan to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Bangladesh by improving production efficiency at a key gas field north of the capital Dhaka and by expanding transmission infrastructure. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is expected to lend an additional $60 million, subject to board approval, which will be managed by ADB. It is the second project to be cofinanced by ADB and AIIB. Bangladesh’s economy is growing fast. But domestic natural gas supplies cannot keep pace with ... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Bangladesh buys two submarines from China

Bangladesh took delivery on Monday of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh paid a reported $203 million for the two submarines, a deal that reflects the country’s growing economic and defence ties with Beijing. Armed forces spokeswoman Taposhi Rabeya said they would become part of the country’s bangladesh-and-china-flagnaval fleet at the beginning of next year. “This is the first ever addition of submarines in ...

Obama moves for universal health care – in BD!

The Obama administration’s desire for a universal health-care system soon may be fulfilled – in Bangladesh. It is there that U.S. taxpayers potentially face an initial $90 million “investment” solely to design such a system. The Advancing Universal Health Coverage, or UHC, initiative in Bangladesh “would help to increase health insurance coverage on a massive scale,” says the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. The purpose of the endeavor is to help create public- and private-sector mechanisms to finance and expand the delivery of health care to the people of Bangladesh, according to an amended

BD wants next US administration to lower trade barriers

As the United States goes to the polls in two days, Bangladesh hopes that the next US administration would relax its protectionist measures to encourage higher consumer spending in its retail economy. Despite the South Asian country strengthening its ties with China, security and strategic experts in Bangladesh hope that the US would make room for the Bangladeshi economy to prosper with more trade preferences and less political prejudice. Bangladesh is of “deep strategic interest” for the United States from a security perspective. usbd...

BD imports from top 10 source countries more than 67pc

67 per cent imports of Bangladesh are now coming from top 10 source countries. In the last fiscal year (FY) 2015-16, the countrys total exports were valued at $36.75 billion. This excludes that of the Export Processing Zones, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. In FY16, the actual import payments, in free on board value, stood at $39.71 billion. On the moneyother hand, China followed by India were the largest source of the countrys imports. In the last fiscal year, imports from China stood at $9.64 billion which was $8.2...
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