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Bangladesh offered lands in Sri Lanka for jute cultivation

Bangladesh has received a request from Sri Lanka on jute cultivation in its northwestern province Puttalam where Colombo assured of giving long-term lease of lands. The request came in a meeting between Sri Lankan President Mohinda Rajapaksa and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today, reports BSS. Sheikh Hasina is now in Colombo to attend Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM). bd-LankaThe Prime Minister expressed Bangladesh's interest in extending cooperation in cultivating unused lands in the down-south and east a...

PM seeks proactive Commonwealth role in removing inequalities

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the Commonwealth to take a pro-active role in removing inequalities and impediments to ensure justice in its member states with genuine global partnership for their real progress. Stressing the importance of peace and genuine democracy for development, she said,  “Increasing inequality of growth, impediments in the mobility of finances, goods and services, decreasing the role of the states in creating employments and under representation in global decision making process needs to be rectified with genuine global partnership based on justice and equal voice for real progress of the developing partners”. sheikh-h... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Yunus not enjoying respect he deserves

Grameen Bank founder Dr Muhammad Yunus has not been enjoying the respect he deserves in his own country, said German Ambassador to Dhaka Dr Albrecht Conze. “It saddens me that the distinguished pioneer of microfinance and social business has not been enjoying the respect he deserves in his own country lately,” the German diplomat came up with the remark when he met Prof Yunus in Thursday morning to convey an invitation by German President Joachim Gauck to visit Berlin early next year. Yunus-German envoyDuring the meeting, the Germa...

Myanmar trades the least with Bangladesh

Myanmar exchanged the least border trade with Bangladesh among its four neighboring countries in this fiscal year, according to Myanmar Ministry of Commerce. bdesh-myanmar-flagThe country’s border trade with four neighboring countries such as China, India, Thailand and Bangladesh in FY 2013-14 from April 1 to November 11 received $ 2.7 billion, with the border trade with Bangladesh only receiving around $ 6 million. The ministry said Myanmar exchanged the most border trade with China, followed by Thailand as the second largest. ...

Govt plans to develop 2,000 IT entrepreneurs

The government plans to develop 2,000 freelancers as entrepreneurs within six months by providing them with necessary IT training under Freelancers to Entrepreneurs Programme launched early this month, officials said. They said the 2,000 freelancers have been selected from the 15,000 already developed freelancers under the Learning and Earning Programme of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, reports BSS. "As many as 30 freelancers now engaged in outsourcing job from each district would be made entrepreneurs under the programme," ICT Secretary Md. Nazrul Islam Khan said. it enterprise

Agartala Check Post to be inaugurated on Nov 17

The inauguration of the Integrated Check Post at Agartala along the Akhaura-Agartala part of the India-Bangladesh border will take place on November 17, an official release of the High Commission of India said here today. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Home Minister of India, Dr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Home Minister of Bangladesh, Shajahan Khan, Shipping Minister of Bangladesh and Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Tripura will jointly inaugurate the integrated check post (ICP). The Agartala ICP houses all regulatory agencies including Immigration, Customs and border security forces, reports BSS. bd-india
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