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Modi writes to Sheikh Hasina; pledges to strengthen ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, pledging to further strengthen the framework of ties even as he hoped that a "new era" of cooperation would be fostered across South Asia to ignite the collective surge for prosperity. Modi, while thanking Hasina for her letter of felicitation on his assumption of office, has accepted her invitation to visit Bangladesh. He also extended an invitation to her to visit India at her earliest convenience. bd-indiaHe has emphasised that for India, Bangladesh is "not merel...

Smart passports for Bangladesh expats in UAE

More than one million Bangladesh expatriates in the UAE will have smart Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) by November 2015. The project was launched in Dubai by the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UAE Mohammad Imran. [caption id="attachment_7506" align="alignleft" width="300"]passport (Right) Masudur Rahman, Consul General of Bangladesh and LIm Ping Ping, Manager Business Development and Marketing of IRIS during the launch of Machine Readable passports for Bangladeshi Nationals, organized by the Consulate of Bangladesh.[/caption] The project was granted to a consortium of companies - Grand Technology Resource (GTR), IRIS and C...

LBA under active consideration

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said India wants to resolve all the bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India once and for all through cordial discussions as it is looking forward to a very positive and growing relationship with Bangladesh. “We want to resolve all the bilateral issues once and for all through cordial discussions,” Sushma was quoted as telling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she made a courtesy call on the PM at her office. shushamaPM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury briefed r...

Indo-Bangla trade may almost double by 2018

Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh could almost double to USD 10 billion by 2018, provided trading irritants like non-tariff barriers and infrastructure related-issues are resolved, industry body CII today said. Stating that the visit will “turn a new leaf in bilateral relations” between the two neighbours, CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said it will boost economic cooperation and further intensify trade and investment between India and Bangladesh. bd-indiaThe CII statement comes in the backdrop of External Affairs Minis...

Bangladeshis in Iraq may take shelter in Iran  

Bangladeshi workers facing trouble in Iraq due to the ongoing conflicts may travel to neighbouring Iran for a temporary shelter, Welfare and Overseas Empolyment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said Sunday. "Bangladeshi migrants in Iraq are still safe as they are not target of any groups involved in intense fighting. If any emergency situation arises, we may set up makeshift tents near the Iranian border for our people," Hossain was quoted by The Daily Star Sunday as saying. IRAQHe said the Bangladesh embassy in Tehran had already been instructe...

National web portal launched    

Bangladesh on Monday formally launched the ‘National Web Portal’ opening up a new horizon and a unique window for ensuring transparency and accountability in government activities, and building a developed, prosperous country free from hunger and poverty. The public portal containing 25,043 websites of various government organizations in various tiers having over 2 million contents started its formal journey marking the International Public Service Day. National-Portal_MediaInternationally reputed information techn...
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