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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...

‘Ban told Hasina to find political way forward’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called to find a political way forward between all the parties in Bangladesh during his conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday. Ban ki Moon"The Secretary-General, I think, expressed his opinion in the way we've been expressing it here, which is to call to find a political way forward between all the parties in Bangladesh," said the spokesperson for the UN Secretary General at a daily press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York yesterday. He made the remarks when a questioner wan...

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...

India cabinet approves land boundary deal with Bangladesh

The Indian cabinet today approved a constitution amendment bill to operationalise Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the meeting held in New Delhi, our correspondent reports. bd-indiaIt is however not clear immediately whether the bill includes Indian state of Assam. Earlier, Indian media reported claims that New Delhi decided to introduce a major change in the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, keeping Assam out of the purview of the pact, which was strongly opposed by the Congress. THE ASSAM PUR...

Go home Indian media, Nepal Twitterati says

If the Indian media has devoted wall-to-wall coverage of the Nepal earthquake, they were shown their place on social media on Sunday, the top trending hashtag being #GoHomeIndianMedia, which until evening had collected about 144,000 tweets. indian mediaThe online outrage is connected to the accusation that Indian TV channels have engaged in “insensitive” reporting of the aftermath of the earthquake. The TV channels, with their penchant for shoving microphones at suffering victims, have been accused of gross misconduct, in some situations even c...

Company to operate proposed Rooppur nuclear plant

The cabinet at a regular meeting on Monday cleared a draft law namely Nuclear Power Plant Act 2015. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting. RooppurThis law allows forming company to operate Bangladesh’s proposed nuclear power plant at Pabna’s Rooppur. A company, Nuclear Power Company of Bangladesh, will be set up under the Act. Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said, the government expects the plant to start production in 2021. Power-starved Bangladesh has inked an agreement with Russia for constructing a nuclear pow...
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