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Bangladesh gets Google Street View

The streets and sites of Capital Dhaka & Port City Chittagong are now open for anyone to roam virtually – thanks to Google Street View. Initially Dhaka, Chittagong and Dhaka-Chittagong highway open for viewing google-bangladesh-busGoogle Street View, a free map-based service from Google that provides panoramic views from streets and sites, is widely popular amongst the travels and tech enthusiast worldwide. A good portion of Dhaka and Chittagong cities has been already covered in the street view service. More ...

EP concerned about BD situation

The European Parliament (EP) Delegation for South Asia has expressed its deep concern at the outbreak of political violence in Bangladesh culminating over recent days. euIn a press statement, Chair of the delegation for Relations with the Countries of South Asia of EP, Jean Lambert termed the current situation “profoundly disturbing”. She said: “basic freedoms, including freedom of assembly, speech, and movement have to be respected by all political forces, without exception.” The EP Delegation, in a statement issued in Brussels, called for “maximum restraint...

Obama to join Modi on radio phone-in during India trip  

US President Barack Obama will co-host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regular monthly radio phone-in show next week as part of his packed three-day visit to New Delhi. Modi-obamaThe announcement was made in a tweet by Modi, who called on listeners to send in their questions for the January 27 edition of ‘Mann ki Baat’ (‘From the Heart’), which is usually in Hindi. “This month’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ episode will be a special one, where our Republic Day guest @BarackObama & I will share our thoughts together,” Modi said. The prog...

UK lauds BD’s progress despite political turmoil

Despite the current “political conflict” between Awami League and BNP, UK parliament appreciated of the economy in Bangladesh. hartal“Despite the almost constant political turmoil, Bangladesh’s economy continues to perform remarkably well. While there remain many challenges ahead, good progress has also been made on social development,” a report of the House of Commons said today. Recently, the UK, US and EU condemned the violence and choking of democratic space that sparked centering the first anniversary of January 5 election earlier this mo...

South Asia needs expanded VATs  

In its recent Global Economic Prospects report, published this month, the World Bank has called on countries in South Asia to broaden the scope of their consumption tax regimes, including by removing tax breaks and raising rates. taxThe World Bank report begins by pointing out that average deficits in the region grew by some two percent in 2013. Compared with pre-crisis levels, deficits were as much as six percent higher in some countries in 2013. The report, therefore, says that countries need to identify new revenue streams, to expand their "extreme...

Diplomats want to know the solution

Several diplomats from various countries including the US, Australia and others, as well as UN representatives in Dhaka, have termed the ongoing violence as contradictory to democracy. They have asked the government what solution there was to emerge from this violent situation.

The diplomats expressed their concern over the violence, during a briefing by the foreign minister AH Mahmud Ali at the state guest house, Padma, yesterday. The foreign minister said that the government was taking all measures to ensure peace.
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