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China, Bangladesh pledge to deepen comprehensive partnership

China and Bangladesh have pledged to deepen the comprehensive partnership between the two countries and further boost cooperation in various fields, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. BD_CHINAThe pledge was made when visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Sunday. During the meeting, Liu said that this year marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two sides and China was willing to deepen the traditional friendship, broaden pragmatic...

What PM Modi will focus on during his Bangladesh trip

Next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be starting on his yet another foreign trip, this time to a country with which we share the longest land border exceeding 4,000 km — Bangladesh.

Modi’s Bangladesh visit would be laden with a strategic agenda and will have the potential to be the most substantive visit he has undertaken till now to any of the SAARC countries. If all goes well, pm-narendra-modi_650x400_51424803339his visit to Bangladesh would put a primary structure of ...

Myanmar to work with BD, other countries on “boat people” issue

Myanmar has pledged to cooperate with Bangladesh and other countries to address the issue of “boat people” at sea, hoping that the issue will be resolved amicably with Bangladesh as the latter is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, said a statement of Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry published Sunday. However, Myanmar, like other affected countries, faces difficulties in continuing to receive and temporarily shelter more “boat people,” thai_5the statement said, adding temporary shelter and humanitarian assistance is solely on the humanitarian ground. Vo...

What is driving Chittagong’s real estate boom?

Like most other businesses in Bangladesh, the real estate industry has revolved around Dhaka for many years. After Dhaka, only one other city is doing well in this sector and that is the port city Chittagong. Leading property portal Lamudi Bangladesh takes a closer look at what is driving growth in the city’s real estate market. cox'a bazarManaging Director and Co-founder of Lamudi.com.bd, Rajesh Grover, said: “Lamudi currently has over 42,00 listings and 80 real estate developers from Chittagong listed on our website. This is a clear indication of...

As imports by China drop, CCI eyes Bangladesh buyers

With China importing lesser cotton from India, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has decided to scale up its exports to Bangladesh. “CCI has started issuing advertisements inviting global parties to cottondirectly get registered with the agency for purchase of cotton for the Bangladesh market. A separate tender will be floated after the registration process is completed,” CCI CMD BK Mishra said. The agency had earlier put on hold its plan for a global tender for cotton sale. Bangladesh buys around 55-60 lakh bales from India. CCI chose Banglad...

Dhaka, Colombo to enhance cooperation on fishing sector

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Mr. Tarik Ahsan paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mr. Mahinda Amraweera at the New Secretariat in Colombo on 20 May 2015. The Secretary to the Ministry Mr. Nimal Lanka-BDHettiarachchi was also present during the call. The High Commissioner was accompanied by a two-member business delegation from Bangladesh comprising Mr. Sarwar Hussain and Mr. Azizus Samad Azad Dawn. During the meeting, the Bangladesh High Commissioner sought the support of the Ministe...
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