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Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil servants to get training in India

Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil services officers are likely to be trained in the next three years in different Indian institutions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here today. Interacting with visiting Bangladeshi Minister Begum Ismat Ara Sadique, who had called upon him here, the Minister expressed satisfaction over growth in bilateral relations between the two nations. bd-indiaReferring to traditional ties between India and Bangladesh, Singh said that it was a matter of great satisfaction that in recent times the bilateral relations had grown further at...

Bangladesh a country of immense potentiality” says Tofail

“Today Bangladesh is a miracle and country of immense potentiality” said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed at a Seminar on Mediation organized by the Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) and MCCI. The Minister recalled that at the time of independence, the population of Bangladesh was seven and half crore and foodgrains had to be imported from abroad.  Today, our population is sixteen 6th May 2015_finalcrore and we export rice. It is generally accepted that our future is very bright.  It is vital that we encoura...

Caution for using fake documents for US visa

US visa applicants have been cautioned against the use of fraudulent documents as the US state department is taking all allegations of visa fraud seriously for ensuring integrity of the US visa process. The US embassy in Dhaka has noticed a steep increase in the use of fraudulent documents to obtain US visas, said a US embassy press release on Tuesday. US state dept“The US embassy doesn’t hesitate to inform local law enforcement [agencies] when a visa applicant commits any of these offences,” the US mission warned the visa applicants sayin...

Huntsman, BD cotton mill sign technical, training deal

As the global market for dyed yarns and fabrics becomes increasingly competitive, German multinational Huntsman Textile Effects is helping Queen South Textile Mills of Bangladesh reinforce its industry leadership with a renewed emphasis on environmental and economic sustainability. [caption id="attachment_15662" align="alignleft" width="300"]???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????[/caption] Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed on May 4, 2015 in Singapore, Huntsman Textile Effects will collaborate with Queen So...

Indian agents in city to discuss regional terrorism

A team of agents from the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has landed in Dhaka on Monday. NIA agents previously visited Dhaka after the bomb explosion in Bardhaman of India. This time a high-level three member team of national-investigating-agencyNIA led by its Inspector General Sanjib Kumar Singh came over to Dhaka on Monday just two days after the South Asian Al-Qaeda acknowledged its responsibility over the Avijit Roy murder. Joint Commissioner of Bangladesh Police Detective Branch, Mo...

State, ruling party harassing journalists

Harassment of journalists by the state machinery and the ruling party in Bangladesh has increased alarmingly, according to a report 'Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh-2014'. "There has been an alarming increase in the harassment of journalists perpetrated mediaby state actors, from 12.5 % in 2013 to 33.69 % in 2014," said Tahmina Rahman, director of Article 19 Bangladesh and South Asia. The organisation for freedom of expression published the report in a press briefing at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Sunday. "Am...
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