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Bangladeshi in KZN court for kidnapping

Another Bangladeshi citizen has appeared in court for allegedly kidnapping and robbing fellow countrymen. Jahid Jaman, 27, appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court charged with kidnapping businessman Jashid Hoosen Uddin in Northdale on June 22 and with robbing Belayet Hoosen at a shop in Old Greytown Road. jahis jamanIbrahim Miah, a Bangladeshi businessman from Durban, was originally arrested and charged for the kidnapping and robbery, but charges against him were withdrawn last week owing to a lack of evidence. It is alle...

Will Bangladeshis Ever Learn?  

Prof Mahfuz R Chowdhury

Robindra Nath Togore, the great poet-philosopher and Nobel laureate of Bengal once said 'Hey mother Bengal, you gave birth to your 70 million children but forgot to educate or teach them dignity'. Are Bangladeshis victim of this curse? At the time Tagore made the above comment, Bengal was a united province of British India. Besides multiplying the population more than three folds, Bengal is now divided on religious lines. The Hindu dominated western third remained a part of India, and the Muslim dominated two thirds came to form the independent state of Bangladesh in 1971 after twenty four years of bizarre rendezvous with Pakistan. Today Bangladesh is the eighth largest country in population.

Govt releases Tk 8.75b subsidy on RMG exports

Following a request of readymade garment (RMG) exporters for disbursement of cash subsidy by July 10 to enable them to pay the workers’ salary ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Government of Bangladesh has released an amount of Tk8.75 billion, most of which is for the garment and jute sectors, reports Dhaka Tribune. The amount disbursed by the Ministry of Finance against exports made during the fourth quarter of 2014 includes Tk7.34 billion for RMG and Tk1.37 billion for jute and jute goods. rmgThe disbursement of the five percent cash subsidy was made in acc...

Top VAT payers honoured

The National Board of Revenue yesterday honoured 122 VAT-paying firms in fiscal 2012-13 in a bid to encourage industrialists and businesses to deposit more value-added tax to the state coffers. The award, which is now in its fourth year, recognised entities in three categories: production, service and business. top-vat-payersOf the firms, nine were awarded from the national level and 113 from district level; three were state-run energy sector entities and the rest were from the private sector. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed h...

India asks UN group to vacate rent-free office

India's new Hindu nationalist government has asked a U.N. body overseeing military activity in the troubled Kashmir region to vacate a government bungalow in the middle of the capital that is has been using rent-free for 40 years. indiaIndia claims Kashmir in its entirety and discourages any intervention or criticism in its dispute with Pakistan over the region. It has fought two wars with Pakistan over Kashmir, part of which is under Islamabad's control. A UN official confirmed Friday that the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan has been aske...

Saudi Fund for Dev approves $ 50m for Teesta bridge

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), a Saudi government agency that channels bilateral aid to developing countries through grants and soft loans, has approved US$ 50 million for the construction of a bridge over the Teesta River , and it is likely to provide more funds for a couple of big projects in Bangladesh, said an official. suady fundThe Board of Directors of the SFD approved the US$ 50 million fund in June this year for a PC Girder Bridge over the Teesta River and a four-member Bangladesh delegation leaves here for Saudi Arabia on Saturday t...
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