SAWES holds Public-Private Dialogue in city
The South Asia Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (SAWES), with support from the U.S. Department of State and The Asia Foundation, organized a Public-Private Dialogue on the “State of access to finance by women entrepreneurs” on Monday, September 7, 2015, at The Daily Star Center. The Public Private Dialogue (PPD) was focus on the status of implementation of the Government’s access to finance commitments for women entrepreneurs through two sessions: 1) Government oversight of its financial access commitments for women entrepreneurs; and 2) Enabling environment for female staff and women entrepreneurs in financial institutions.
Indian anti-cow slaughter stand upsets Eid in BD
Rajnath Singh’s biggest ‘achievement’ as Home Minister is badly straining ties with Bangladesh — a small neighbour which has unquestioningly pandered to India’s every whim and fancy under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2009.
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Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. AFP[/caption]
Bangladeshis today are angered by skyrocketing beef prices and an acute shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Zoha on 25 September. Both problems are the direct outcome of Singh’...
Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. AFP[/caption]
Bangladeshis today are angered by skyrocketing beef prices and an acute shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Zoha on 25 September. Both problems are the direct outcome of Singh’...
Fanaticism on rise in India, Bangladesh: Taslima
Drawing parallels between the cold blooded killings of bloggers in Bangladesh and the murder of M.M. Kalburgi, a writer and rationalist from Karnataka, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin said the incident showed the growing intolerance of religious fanatics in both India and Bangladesh.
“Is there no freedom of expression in India? It is supposed to be the largest democratic country and a secular one. In that case, why are rationalists being killed,” asked Nasrin.
In an interview to IANS, the exiled author said it seem...
In an interview to IANS, the exiled author said it seem...
China to help Bangladesh exploit Bay of Bengal
China yesterday offered to cooperate in the maritime and blue economy sector in Bangladesh and proposed to constitute a ‘Working Group’ in the Ministry of Commerce of China to work on the technical areas.
Visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng came up with the response when Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali sought Chinese government cooperation in setting up of the first ever ‘Marine Aquarium’ in Bangladesh at the National Oceanographic Research Institute 
(NORI) in Cox’s Bazar...
(NORI) in Cox’s Bazar...
BD, India resort to onion imports as supply dips
Onion prices in Bangladesh have nearly doubled in the past month due to a shortage in top supplier India, forcing the neighbours to turn to imports from countries such as Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh said on Wednesday it had sought 450 tonnes and could buy more. Also, India will examine bids on Thursday for a tender to import 10,000 tonnes of
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Russian copters with Russian credit
Russia would supply six Mil Mi-171Sh military and transport helicopters and one Mi-171E rotocraft to Bangladesh. The supply is a part of an agreement signed in April 2015, Russia’s Tass news agency reported. Rosoboronexport also said that it would provide the Asian country a loan of $1 billion so that it could buy the helicopters.
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Russian President Putin looks on as the head of Rosoboronexport Chemezov and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s CEO Baweja sign an agreement at MAKS-2005 international air sh...
Russian President Putin looks on as the head of Rosoboronexport Chemezov and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s CEO Baweja sign an agreement at MAKS-2005 international air sh...
