Bangladesh tops tourists arrival chart in India
Bangladesh has topped the tourists arrival chart in India, followed by the US and the UK. According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Tourism, 7,32,105 Bangladeshis visited India in September 2014, which is 14.79 per cent of the total foreign tourist arrivals of 4.95 lakh in September. It is followed by the US (11.88 per cent) and the UK (8.33 per cent)
In the past two years, tourists arrival from Bangladesh is on the rise. In 2012, about 4,87,397 tourists visited India and it rose to 5,24,923 in 2013. In both these years Bangladesh was third in the list of source countries for foreign tourist arrivals to India consisting of 7.41 and 7.63 per cent respectively. During the period, the US and the UK topped the chart.
Meeting on labour rights in Bangladesh 20 Oct
On 20 October, one-and-a-half year after the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh, the International Labour Office (ILO), the European Commission (EC) and the Governments of Bangladesh and the US organize a high-level meeting titled "Staying Engaged - for continuous improvements in labour rights and factory safety in the ready-made garment and knitwear industry in Bangladesh".
This meeting will take stock of the progress made on the implementation of the Sustainability Compact agreed upon by the ILO, the EC, the Governments of Bangladesh and...
This meeting will take stock of the progress made on the implementation of the Sustainability Compact agreed upon by the ILO, the EC, the Governments of Bangladesh and...
bKash Bangladesh: What explains its fast start
Bangladesh is the heartland of a four decades old microfinance industry. CGAP’s 2013 research indicated that nearly any household that wants a microfinance loan could get one. At the same time, basic mobile payments and savings accounts have spread like wildfire since first introduced three years ago.
The fastest growing provider (by far) is bKash, a specialised company in Bangladesh focused on mass market mobile financial services. Launched in July 2011, bKash reached 11 million accounts by the end of 2013, just 30 months after launch. This ha...
The fastest growing provider (by far) is bKash, a specialised company in Bangladesh focused on mass market mobile financial services. Launched in July 2011, bKash reached 11 million accounts by the end of 2013, just 30 months after launch. This ha...
Northeast India turns to Myanmar, Bangladesh for rice
Transport bottlenecks have forced India’s northeastern states to procure much needed rice from neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The Indian government has floated bids to import rice from Myanmar for Manipur and Mizoram. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is ferrying rice from other parts of India via Bangladesh for Tripura.
The poor transport connectivity in some northeastern states worsened after train services from the rest of India were halted in southern Assam Oct 1, snapping rail connection to Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.
This has...
The poor transport connectivity in some northeastern states worsened after train services from the rest of India were halted in southern Assam Oct 1, snapping rail connection to Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.
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Business in Myanmar: Let a million factories rise
PREPARATIONS for the first section of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) included clearing nearly 400 hectares of land and building roads to a nearby port. The industrial park is scheduled to open in the middle of next year and some of the 22 companies set to move in will begin building their factories by the end of the month. Yet the most immediate beneficiary will not be Myanmar’s economy. Takashi Yanai, head of the Burmese-Japanese joint venture developing Thilawa, jokes that the monastery sitting in a finger of forest jutting into the park has much to gain. “You cannot touch a monastery in this country,” says Mr Yanai. With every corporate groundbreaking will come a donation to the monks that may one day pay for a grand golden stupa.
Carmudi warns of driving violations, fines across 18 countries
Driving can be a thrill but if you have too much fun on the road, be prepared to pay big or even see the insides of a prison cell. Country’s fastest growing online car classified Carmudi has compared traffic violations in different countries in terms of their penalties and presented them in an info-graphic.
Ashiqur Rahman, Country Manager of Carmudi Bangladesh said, “Driving in an unfamiliar terrain can be dodgy. Sometimes traffic rules that are pretty flexible in your own country can cost you a fortune in another. At Carmudi, we want you to be prepared for your next road trip abroad and avoid unnecessary penalties. This info-graphic gives you a thorough insight into how huge the disparities can be between the 18 different countries Carmudi operates in.”
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