Tripura to get foodgrain via Bangladesh
Landlocked Tripura is set to get its foodgrain supply from mainland India through sea, land and river routes via Bangladesh.
Such a move was necessitated with the monsoon rain lashing the state will be likely a six-month ‘mega block’ of the only rail link between Guwahati and Agartala from October.
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will send 10,000 tonne of foodgrain — rice and wheat — as a pilot from Andhra Pradesh to Tripura via Bangladesh. The transportation is likely to take two weeks and if the “experiment works well”, then the process will continue for eight months.
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Gogoi reiterates his opposition to visa-free entry to Bangladeshis
A loosely worded summary of a key foreign ministry meeting may have left the Narendra Modi government fighting allegations of facilitating illegal immigration from Bangladesh, reports The Telegraph, India.
Ironically, it’s a charge the Prime Minister is better known for levelling at others than for facing himself.
The External Affairs Ministry of India rejected Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s suggestion that India was thinking of allowing Bangladeshi nationals entry without visa if they were aged over 70 or under 10. Gogoi made the allegatio...
The External Affairs Ministry of India rejected Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s suggestion that India was thinking of allowing Bangladeshi nationals entry without visa if they were aged over 70 or under 10. Gogoi made the allegatio...
Discussion on planned urban system in city
Ghasful, a mass-media house organized an open discussion on ‘Planned Urban System and Dhaka City’ on June 20, 2014, Friday at Conference Lounge of National Press Club.
Presided over by Prof. Nazrul Islam, prominent urban expert and Chairman of Urban Research City Study Centre, the program was started with the self composed poem ‘Jati-ma Pahara dey’ by Poet Mohammad Nurul Huda. Architect Iqbal Habib, Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) presented the keynote paper followed by welcome addressed by Literateur Ata Sa...
Presided over by Prof. Nazrul Islam, prominent urban expert and Chairman of Urban Research City Study Centre, the program was started with the self composed poem ‘Jati-ma Pahara dey’ by Poet Mohammad Nurul Huda. Architect Iqbal Habib, Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) presented the keynote paper followed by welcome addressed by Literateur Ata Sa...
Leading economists, politicians sit together Saturday
Leading economists and politicians will sit together here on Saturday to find ways to promote economic reforms in Bangladesh and give policy guidelines to help build an economically stronger nation having pluralistic democracy in the days to come.
They will speak in a series of sessions during the two-day first conference of the Bangladesh Economic Forum (BEF), a non-political voluntary body of professional economists formed in April last year, at city’s Radisson Hotel.
Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and Poli...
Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and Poli...
Lilliput wants to make a fresh start
Kidswear retailer Lilliput, which has been in the news for causing the fallout between Bain Capital and auditing firm EY, said it is eager to give its business a fresh start. The company said that it has already paid part of its dues to its Bangladeshi vendors.
Private equity (PE) firm Bain and ten of its subsidiaries have sued EY Global Ltd and EY LLP in a Massachusetts court, claiming that the investment has now been ‘rendered worthless’. Bain invested $59 million to buy 31 per cent of Lilliput Kidswear. It had alleged that EY was invol...
Private equity (PE) firm Bain and ten of its subsidiaries have sued EY Global Ltd and EY LLP in a Massachusetts court, claiming that the investment has now been ‘rendered worthless’. Bain invested $59 million to buy 31 per cent of Lilliput Kidswear. It had alleged that EY was invol...
Bangladeshi General extends open invitation to Liberian army
The reformed Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) continues to get international goodwill from friends and partners as the rebuilding process of a new and vibrant army remains on course.
Currently soldiers of the army are making contributions to the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Mali for the first time in over two decades, but at the same time other friendly nations are offering support to the army.
A senior official of the Bangladeshi army, one of the countries serving as major contributor of troops to United Nations Missions around...
A senior official of the Bangladeshi army, one of the countries serving as major contributor of troops to United Nations Missions around...
