Driving can be a thrill but if you have too much fun on the road, be prepared to pay big or even see the insides of a prison cell. Country’s fastest growing online car classified Carmudi has compared traffic violations in different countries in terms of their penalties and presented them in an info-graphic.
Ashiqur Rahman, Country Manager of Carmudi Bangladesh said, “Driving in an unfamiliar terrain can be dodgy. Sometimes traffic rules that are pretty flexible in your own country can cost you a fortune in another. At Carmudi, we want you to be prepared for your next road trip abroad and avoid unnecessary penalties. This info-graphic gives you a thorough insight into how huge the disparities can be between the 18 different countries Carmudi operates in.”
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Tea prices in Bangladesh fell at the weekly auction on Tuesday from the previous sale, due to larger supplies of inferior quality, although strong demand for quality leaf limited the slide and sales rose.
Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 183.46 taka ($2.39) per kg at the auction, below the 184.74 taka at the previous sale, said an official at National Brokers Ltd.
More than 2.47 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, with 18.3 percent going unsold. The last time, about 2.45 million kg was offered, of which nearly a fifth w...
UNCTAD Secretary General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi and around 500 delegates from home and abroad will join the conference Dhaka, 14 October, 2014: The National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), The world business organization is going to hold an International Conference on Global Economic Recovery: Asian Perspective on 25-26 0ctober 2014 in Dhaka.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi has confirmed his attendance as Guests of Honor at the ICC International conference. Dr. Mu...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was picked up for the 2
nd Global Entrepreneurship Award (GEA-2014) under the umbrella of the Centennial Fund (CF) chaired by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, Saudi deputy minister of foreign affairs.
This was announced by the secretary-general of the award, Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi, who said the GEA-Award committee’s decision was based on Yunus’ distinguished efforts at highlighting the culture of entrepreneurship, reports Arab News.
Al-Mutairi did not disclose the names of the other winners. Last year th...
Inspectors hired by a group of Western clothing brands have found safety problems at all the Bangladesh factories they visited as part of an initiative launched after a building collapse last year killed more than 1,100 workers.
The Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is seeking remedial action after identifying more than 80,000 safety issues, while the country’s $22 billion garment industry grapples with slowing export growth as buyers turn to India, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia because of concerns over workshop safety, higher wages and political instability.
India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, Sandeep Chakravorty, reviewed the progress of a couple of collaborative projects between India and Bangladesh during his three-day visit to Tripura.
Chakravorty said the work to supply 100 MW power from Tripura’s Palatana power project to Bangladesh is progressing fast.
“As you know, the government has decided to sell 100 MW power from the Palatana Power Project to Bangladesh and in this context I have come to meet the minister and we discussed in detail about the project. We also talked about the con...
