Roundtable demands due share of common river water
Bhasani Anusari Parishad holds a roundtable meeting titled ‘withdrawal of water in upstream: catastrophe for Bangladesh’ at National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday. — New Age photo
Bhasani Anusari Parishad holds a roundtable meeting titled ‘withdrawal of water in upstream: catastrophe for Bangladesh’ at National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday. — New Age photo
Politicians, academics, water experts and journalists on Saturday at a roundtable demanded rightful sharing of the common rivers between Bangladesh and India.
Bangladeshi entrepreneurs keen to invest in Rwanda
Bangladeshi investors have promised to visit Rwanda to explore possible investment opportunities in the country.
This was one of the highlights of a meeting between Rwanda’s ambassador to Bangladeshi Ernest Rwamucyo, and Shafquat Haider, the Director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
The meeting, also attended by Joseph Kabakeza, First Counselor at the Rwanda High Commission in New Delhi took place after Rwamucyo presented his credentials to the President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid, on Wednesday....
The meeting, also attended by Joseph Kabakeza, First Counselor at the Rwanda High Commission in New Delhi took place after Rwamucyo presented his credentials to the President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid, on Wednesday....
Bangladesh’s mini-Hajj condemn Paris massacre
Muslims attending one of the world’s largest religious gatherings joined the chorus of condemnation Friday over the deadly attack on a French satirical weekly, saying the killings ran contrary to the tenets of Islam.
Bangladesh’s Biswa Ijtema, or World Muslim Congregation, is the world’s second largest Islamic gathering after the Hajj with devotees coming from all over the globe to pray and hear imams preach for three days.
Canopies stretching for more than a kilometre, erected on open ground on the banks of th...
Canopies stretching for more than a kilometre, erected on open ground on the banks of th...
Bangladesh wants river waters treaties with India
Bangladesh wants to sign treaties with India to share the waters of all rivers flowing between the two neighbours, Bangladesh officials said here Friday.
“Our (Bangladesh) government wants to sign separate treaties with India to share the waters of all rivers flowing between the two countries,” Bangladesh’s Comilla district deputy commissioner Mohammad Hasanuzzaman Kollol told reporters here.
He said: “Unless there is a treaty, Bangladesh would be deprived of getting due share of waters of the rivers flowing from Indian territories....
He said: “Unless there is a treaty, Bangladesh would be deprived of getting due share of waters of the rivers flowing from Indian territories....
Sri Lanka votes in tightest election in decades
Sri Lanka went to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about national reconciliation.
Mahinda Rajapakse appeared assured of victory when he called snap polls in November, seeking an unprecedented third term in office five years after crushing a violent separatist rebellion that had traumatised the country for decades.
But his health minister’s shock decision to defect from the government and...
But his health minister’s shock decision to defect from the government and...
Gun attack on French magazine kills 12
Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack.
Four of the magazine’s well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.
A major police operation is under way to find three gunmen who fled by car.
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.
The masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the o...
A major police operation is under way to find three gunmen who fled by car.
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.
The masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the o...
