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India hands over historic Dakota aircraft to Bangladesh

India has ceremonially handed over to Bangladesh a vintage Dakota aircraft, which played a crucial role in the country’s 1971 liberation war. dakotaThe Dakota aircraft played a crucial role in the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan and formation of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). It was used for air dropping troops in Bangladesh’s Tangail during the 1971 war. “Air Marshal S B Deo, AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force, formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft to Bangladesh Air Force,” a statement by the Indian high commission said he...

Total individual taxpayers cross 1.45m

The number of individual taxpayers of the country crossed 1.45 million. Till January of this year, the total individual taxpayers number stood at 14,54,079, finance minister AMA Muhith said while replying to a question made by lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 constituency at the question answer tabled in the House on Sunday. taxThe government launched 12-digit electronic tax identification number (e-TIN) from July 1, 2013 instead of previous 10-digit tax identification number (TIN) under e-TIN registration and database cleansing programme run by the Natio...

Canada seeks to increase exports to Bangladesh

Canada is seeking to raise exports of cereals and other agricultural products to Bangladesh, especially from the prairie province of Saskatchewan. canada-bangladesh“We wish to increase our exports to Bangladesh,” Mortoza Tarafder, a director of Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership, said at a trade fair organised by Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CanCham). He did not give a figure. Bangladesh is Canada’s third-largest pulse export market and a major market for wheat and canola. Agricultural commodities rep...

Big, positive step in inter-country Saarc travel

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), the eight-nation regional economic grouping which started its journey 30 years ago but failed to make much headway, has taken a big and positive step in promoting intra-regional travel. SAARCFour members of Saarc comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are close to signing a deal allowing cross-border movement of motor vehicles. The four countries are Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan. The positive move will allow movement of vehicles thro...

India’s permanent UNSC seat unacceptable: Sharif to Obama

India’s permanent membership in the reformed UN Security Council (UNSC) is unacceptable to Pakistan as it has not complied with UN resolutions on Kashmir, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told U.S. President Barack Obama. [caption id="attachment_13024" align="alignleft" width="300"]IN24_OBAMA_US_PAKI_1628997f Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with U.S. President Barack Obama. AP File photo[/caption] Mr. Obama called Mr. Sharif on Thursday night and both leaders discussed issues of mutual interest and those rel...

UN sends official to broker peace deal to end BD unrest

UN Chief Ban-Ki-moon has assigned a senior official to Bangladesh to broker a peace initiative in the ongoing political unrest that has claimed over 100 lives in the country. "The secretary general is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh," local media on Friday quoted a UN spokesman as saying. Bangladeshi textile workers run to safetThe UN secretary general's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Ban tasked UN's assistant secretary general Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to liaise with the government and "he's d...
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