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India to use Ashuganj port again to transport foodgrain

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will transport 25,000 tonne of foodgrain from Kolkata to Tripura using land and river route of Bangladesh. This follows a pilot initiative where FCI had transported 10,000 tonne of rice last year from Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh to Agartala in Tripura using Ashuganj river port in Bangladesh. bd-indiaAt present, FCI transports grain for Targeted Public Distribution System using trucks to grain deficit N-E states such as Tripura. However, the vehicles carrying foodgrain negotiate tough geographical terrain...

Govt exerts authority to rein media in Bangladesh: CPJ

Matiur Rahman Chowdhury has been the host of “Frontline,” a popular Bangla-language news show, for five years. Aired live three times a week, the show gained notoriety for bringing politicians, members of civil society, and journalists together to discuss current affairs. Chowdhury distinguished himself from many of his counterparts with his soft-spoken but firm demeanor as he led his guests in substantive discussion, rather than presiding over talking heads trying to drown one

Bangladesh ranks 73 in govt transparency

Bangladesh has been ranked a below average country in the ‘open government index-2015’ that defines the level of transparency in governance. The country has been placed at 73rd position among 102 nations, according to the index prepared by Washington-based World Justice Project. govtBangladesh has scored less than half (0.47) of the full marks allocated in four categories for measuring the openness. Three countries that are at the bottom of the list are Myanmar (100), Uzbekistan (101), and Zimbabwe (102). The top three countries are ...

Bangladesh’s instability affects India: Tripura CM

If there is any turmoil in Bangladesh, it also affects India’s peace, stability and integrity, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said. “If there is chaos and trouble in neighbouring Bangladesh, these also affect India’s peace, stability and integrity,” Sarkar said during his address at the Bangladesh Independence Day and National Day celebrations organised by the Bangladesh diplomatic mission here on Thursday night. bd-indiaHe said: “Those unhappy at the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation are conspiring against the internal normal democrat...

BFID Expo ends with new export hopes

A three-day-long Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor (BFID) Expo-2015 ended at Jamuna Future Park, Basundhara, in the capital on Thursday, for the fourth time in the country. Vice-Chairman, Export Promotion Bureau Shubhashish Bose, Director of the EPB, Chiefs of the organizing companies and senior journalists also attended the program. BFID ENDA total of 51 exhibitors from furniture and home décor sector showcased their wide array of products like home furniture, office furniture, kitchen furniture, curtain, cushion, quilt, felt products,...

Swarup to succeed Akbaruddin as MEA Spokesman

Vikas Swarup, who became famous as the author of ‘Q&A,’ the book that was made into the Oscar winning blockbuster ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, is set to take up responsibility as Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India. swarup vakashSwarup, a 1986 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will continue to remain in the limelight in a new role, reports the Economic Times. Starting mid-April, he will succeed Syed Akbaruddin, who will be the chief coordinator for the India-Africa Summit to be held here in October and...
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