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Indian Samajwadi Party urges to invest in Bangladesh

Days after sparking controversy with comments about death sentence for rape convicts and Kargil martyrs, Samajwadi Party’s Jamshedpur unit came up with a bizarre solution to illegal immigration of people from Bangladesh to India. The party believes that massive economic investments in Bangladesh will lead to greater job opportunities for youths in the neighbouring country and they will eventually stop crossing over to the Indian border for livelihood. Samajwadi-PartyThe local election mani...

Bangladesh signs deal with IMO on ship-recycling

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Bangladesh government have signed a landmark agreement to work together to improve safety and environmental standards in the country’s ship-recycling industry. A Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the cooperation between the two was signed by Mr Nicolaos Charalambous, Director, Technical Cooperation Division, IMO and Mr Md. Ashadul Islam, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Bangladesh, on 10 April 2014. IMO

Postponed HSC exam on June 8

HSC-Exam20130422085823The English second part examination of HSC under Dhaka Board that was postponed due to question paper leakage will be held on June 8. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement in a press briefing at the secretariat on Thursday afternoon. In his speech, the minister said the persons who are involved in the paper leakage would get punishment. Earlier on Thursday morning, the Dhaka Education Board formed a high-powered probe committee to investigate the English second part’...

Bangladesh faces less Islamic terrorism than India, Pakistan

Bangladesh has much less of an Islamic terrorism problem than India and Pakistan but it also has Islamic political parties and these are becoming more of a problem. While most Bangladeshis are hostile to Islamic terrorism, a growing number back the Islamic politicians. The reason can be summed up in one word; corruption. The two largest secular political parties are notoriously corrupt and have been for decades. The secular politicians talk about eliminating corruption but never do anything about it. The Islamic politicians are seen as (and generally are, for the most part) less corrupt.

Rice import increases significantly in 8 months

riceThe import of rice increased by 1,196.24 per cent in the first eight months of the current financial year 2013-14 compared with that of the same period in the FY13. According to the Bangladesh Bank data released on Tuesday, the settlement of letters of credit, or generally known as actual import, for rice stood at $171.58 million in July-February of the FY14 against $13.24 million during the same period of the FY13. A BB fact finding report said fall in rice prices on the global market was the key reason for the jump in the country’s rice impo...

Bangladesh visa centre opened in Leicester

Asians-dominated Leicester city in the UK has got its second international visa operation with a successful launch of a pilot Bangladesh Visa Service. passport BdThe centre was launched by Leicester East MP Keith Vaz and Bangladesh High Commissioner Mohamed Mijarul Quayes on Saturday in the presence of local councillors, dignitaries and community members. The move comes after the successful establishment of a visa centre in Leicester by the Indian High Commission. “I am delighted with the su...
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