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IBFB concerned over killings of 2 foreigners

International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) is very concerned and shocked over recent killings of two foreigners in Dhaka and Rangpur in Bangladesh. Such unexpected and unacceptable barbaric killings inside the territory of Bangladesh has tarnished the image of our country in international arena, which may adversely affect our [caption id="attachment_20006" align="alignright" width="540"]Cesare Tavella, the Italian national was shot thrice, post-mortem report says. Photo: Collected Cesare Tavella, the Italian national was shot thrice, post-mortem report...

Unexploded mortar shell recovered at SUST

Jalalabad police station of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) recovered an unexploded mortar shell and held its bearer from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus on Sunday noon. The arrestee was identified as Sekul Mia (32) son of Inu Mia, who hailed form Madan upazila under Netrakona district and lived at Jugipara in city near at SUST campus. IMG_20151004_121118Campus source and Police said, Sekul was founding a buyer to sell the shell thinking that it was a precious metal. Seeing this witnesses informed...

Takfiri Daesh claims killing Japanese citizen

A Japanese national has been killed by suspected gunmen in a town in northern Bangladesh just days after an Italian citizen was shot dead in an assault claimed by the Takfiri Daesh terror group, police said. [caption id="attachment_20066" align="alignright" width="533"]killing Japaneses A Bangladeshi police officer stands guard at the site where an Italian charity worker was shot dead by attackers in Dhaka, on October 1, 2015. ©AFP[/caption] “A Japanese man was shot dead in the remote town of Kaunia today. He was travelling to the town on a ...

Arab, Muslim states not agree with Western alert

Dhaka-based diplomats of Arab and Muslim states do not agree with the travel alert that the western countries issued for their nationals visiting or staying in Bangladesh, following the killing of an Italian citizen. According to them, the security situation in Bangladesh has not dipped so low for such travel alerts nor is cause for foreigners to leave the country or not travel to Bangladesh. They are, however, anxious over the murder of Italian citizen in the diplomatic zone in the capital. [caption id="attachment_20006" align="alignright" width="540"]Cesare Tavella, the Italian national... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Competitiveness index up despite major setbacks

Bangladesh’s competitiveness among global economies has slightly improved to 107 out of 109 in rankings published yearly by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country ranked 107 this year, from last year’s position 109, among 140 countries in the world, Xinhua news agency cited WEF report as saying. Bangladesh’s leading think-tank Centro for Policy Dialogue (CPD) disclosed the ranking on women-bdbehalf of the Geneva-based body at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday. The report says the list of top 10 countries including Switzerland, Singap...

Joint marine research with India

In a first of its kind, India will conduct a joint marine research with Bangladesh in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to understand the ecology of the Bay of Bengal that affects the climatic conditions of the region. A team of scientists from the CSIR’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will head to the Bay of Bengal in October-November along with its Research Vessel (RV) Sindhu Sadhana. bd-indiaThereafter India will also train Bangladeshi scientists in the field. India is also pushing for a joint cooperation in the field of oceanography ...
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