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Cabinet approves revised trade deal with India

Bangladesh Cabinet has approved a revised trade deal with India under which the two nations would be able to use each other’s land and water routes for sending goods to a third country, removing a long standing barrier in regional trade. bd-india“This is a huge achievement for Bangladesh...Under the agreement we (Bangladesh) will now be able to use Indian, roads, railways and waterways in transshipment of goods to Bhutan and Nepal,” Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters today about the overnight development. He said u...

Beef price shoots up

The price of beef is likely to shoot up shortly due to shortage in cow supply, say meat traders. Beef was selling at Tk 350 to Tk 370 per kg in several kitchen markets on Saturday whereas it was Tk 280 to Tk 300 three months ago. butcherThe price hike of beef has pushed up prices of other meat too. At the start of the year, broiler chicken sold at Tk 130 per kg, which now sells at Tk 160 to 165. Mutton price has shot up, too. Earlier this year, a kilogram of mutton was Tk 450. Now the price is Tk 550 to Tk 600. The chief medical office...

Aminul killers had contact with intelligence

An intelligence agency and senior officials of Dhaka EPZ had contact with the suspected killers of garments industry labour leader Aminul Islam. They had spoken to him several times over cell phone the night before his body was discovered. This has been mentioned in the charge sheet submitted by the police. aminulThe intelligence agency and the EPZ officials have not been accused in the murder case. Their names are not in the charge sheet and they have not been called on as witnesses either. An officer involved in the investigations told Prothom Alo the...

UN welcomes de-escalation of violence, calls for credible elections

In response to questions raised concerning developments in Bangladesh, the Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said that Mr. Ban welcomed the de-escalation of violence in Bangladesh in the past weeks. Ban ki MoonThe Spokesperson added that the Secretary-General is encouraged by the opposition's decision to participate in the city council elections for Dhaka and Chittagong, scheduled for 28 April, and he appeals to the authorities in all relevant institutions to ensure that the elections will be transparent, i...

Haque’s death anniversary today

To day (Monday the 6th April 2015) is the 19th death Anniversary of Late M. A. Haque, former Minister, Member of Parliament, Top ranking Police Officer, Writer, Exponent of Poverty Alleviation, founder President of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) and initiator and founder of many other beneficial organizations. image001 On this occasion, Quran Khwani has been arranged at the Banani graveyard and in the residence of his daughter Rehana Ashequr Rahman. Arrangements have been made to feed...

Map-up event for city elections held

The Asia Foundation hosted a map-up event for the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Bangladesh on Saturday. Approximately 2000 schools and other institutions will be used as polling stations in the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, DSC_0439but unfortunately, there are currently no visual applications that maps these polling stations so that the citizenry can easily visualize the locations of their polling stations. The Asia Foundation is trying to fill this gap by hosting ...
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