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Mamata expresses support to LBA deal

The prospects of implementing India’s Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh brightened today with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throwing her behind the deal saying “the problem will be solved soon”. “A solution is being worked out for the border enclaves and the problem will be solved soon,” Mamata said in Coochbehar after inaugurating a number of government projects, reports our New Delhi correspondent Pallab Bhattacharya. MamataThe symbolism of Mamata’s remarks is not lost for those who know that all the 161 enclaves held...

Cotton Assoc visits Bangladesh

As part of its strategy to represent all sectors of the global supply chain, ICA Cotton Association made a return trip to Bangladesh last month to meet with key stake holders from the Bangladesh spinning and textile community, BTMA and BCA. cotton-bollICA President, Jordan Lea led the delegation - accompanied by Jean-Marc Derossis, ICA First Vice President; Kai Hughes, ICA Managing Director and John Gibson, ICA Head of Arbitration - to deliver two presentations in Dhaka's Radisson Blu and to attend a networking reception in the city to m...

Naidu in hot pursuit of Japan-Bangladesh project

Andhra Pradesh’s desire to be part of Big-B has nothing to do with superstar Amitabh Bachchan. An ambitious coastal industrial development project between Japan and Bangladesh has prompted Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu to initiate efforts to get the project extended to his state. N-Chandrababu-NaiduIn September this year Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, during the former’s visit to Dhaka, decided to pursue the ‘Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt’ or BIG-B. The in...

Indian navy to check vessels from Bangladesh

A mechanism needs to be developed to keep tabs on the movement of cargo vessels from Bangladesh to Kolkata as part of the Indo-Bangladesh trade protocol, the Navy feels. After necessary formalities at Hemnagar on the Indo-Bangladesh border, the vessels - which are actually large barges - pass through the fringe of the Sundarbans to Namkhana and northward to Budge Budge and Kolkata. sundarbansThe Navy had wanted to keep a tab on these vessels using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) but they couldn’t be based at Behala due to problems of land...

First-ever grassroots-level graft hearing at Muktagacha Dec 28-29

As part of its graft prevention activities, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for the first time is going to hold public hearings on graft allegations at Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh, aiming to making public servants accountable to people and thus check the growing graft at the grassroots level. “We (Commission) have already decided to hold public hearings for two days at Muktagacha upazila. All are set to hold the hearings on December 28-29 next,” ACC commissioner Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed told UNB. accAs per complaints from local people, hearings...

Japan’s Kobe restaurant forays into Bangladesh    

Japanese company Shishikura Ltd is set to open a restaurant in Dhaka with its speciality, Kobe beef, on December 15, a top official said. Called Kobe Steak and Seafood, the restaurant will be located in Banani, said Koki Mizutani, managing director of Leo Global Ltd, a locally formed company that will run the business here. Bangladesh is the first country where Shishikura is opening a branch outside Japan, Mizutani told The Daily Star on Tuesday. kobe Shishikura is a 230-year-old family business operating in restaurants, convenient retail stores and supe...
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