Key challenge to accelerate private investments in BD
Bangladesh has successfully come out from LDC to a lower middle income group. However, in order to be categorized as a middle income country by 2021, Bangladesh has to consistently maintain the status for the next six years. But without a solid industrial base, adequate infrastructure, un-interrupted power supply, exploration of natural resources (gas, coal etc.), skilled works force etc., it will be difficult to sustain the present growth rate or even achieve higher growth, said ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman while he was presenting the Executive Board Report.
Bangladesh will require increasing GDP growth to 7.5 to 8 percent per year based on accelerated export and remittance growth. Both public and private investment will need to
Registration opens for Water Window
The Global Resilience Challenge’s “Water Window” is open for registration. From 29 March registered entrants will be able to submit Concept Notes with innovative ideas and solutions to help flood prone communities across the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia reduce their exposure to flood risks and to continue to develop in the face of uncertainty.
Successful submissions will be eligible for up to US$1 million scaling-up grants or up to US$250,000 seed grants, says a press release.
The submissions should offer innovative solutions to the very real issues affecting flood prone
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1st direct container vessel form India to Bangladesh
Krishnapatnam Port, India’s largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast earmarked a historical moment for India's bilateral trade and commerce as the first direct container vessel, part of coastal shipping agreement to facilitate trade between India and Bangladesh, set sail from the port on 28th March 2016.
The trade agreements which were signed during the reign of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974 were revived back after a period of four decades during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka last year.
MV Harbour-1 owned by Neepa Paribahan and built by Western Marine Shipyard is the first 
China vows to take ties with Bangladesh to new level
China stands ready to work with Bangladesh to strengthen the synergy of bilateral development strategies through the Silk Road initiative and take their partnership to a new level, the top leadership here said on Saturday.
In his message to his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Hamid on the occasion of Bangladesh’s 45th National Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping said over the years, the China-Bangladesh 
traditional friendship has been continuously deepened a...
traditional friendship has been continuously deepened a...
Remove visa system between India, Bangladesh: Tripura governor
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has said he is in favour of doing away with the visa system between India and Bangladesh so that there is easier cross-border movement of people.
“Why this visa system between India and Bangladesh? This visa system must be removed. I would soon propose to MEA (ministry of external affairs) to remove this visa system,” he said, speaking at Bangladesh’s Independence Day celebrations organised by the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here on Saturday.
“The leadership of the two countries can sit together and decide about the elimination of visa system, ensuring easy movement of people of two countries,” said Roy, a former member of ![]()
Brussels hit by ‘blind, violent, cowardly’ attacks
Belgian Prime Minister said Brussels was hit early Tuesday by two "blind, violent and cowardly" attacks on its airport and metro system which left many dead and wounded.
"Two attacks took place this morning in Zaventam airport and Maalbeek
metro station, blind, violent, cowardly attacks," Michel announced on national television.
"There are many dead and many wounded, some of them seriously," he said, with the death toll so far put at 31.
"Two attacks took place this morning in Zaventam airport and Maalbeek
metro station, blind, violent, cowardly attacks," Michel announced on national television.
"There are many dead and many wounded, some of them seriously," he said, with the death toll so far put at 31.
-AFP
