Hasina again urges for water accords with India
Despite decades-old disputes over sharing of waters between Bangladesh and India, notably from the Teesta river, Dhaka hopes it can finalise a host of treaties with New Delhi.
"Modalities need to be found for the sharing of water resources, especially of common waters," Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the BIMSTEC Summit in this Myanmar capital.
"As, for example, Bangladesh and India are sharing the waters of river Ganga with the signing of the 30-year-old Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, with others to follow soon," she said at the summit, where the Indian side is being led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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3rd Bimstec Summit gets underway in Myanmar capital
The third Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit got underway in the Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday with a high hope for refreshing and strengthening regional cooperation.
Chairman of BIMSTEC and President of host country Myanmar Thein Sein inaugurated the third conference of the seven nation regional organization in the morning after six years of the second summit held in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with other heads of states and governments as well as representatives of the member countries attended the inaugural session of the Summit.
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Tanners boom despite toxic costs
Standing knee deep in toxic chemicals, Mokter Hossain loads animal hides into huge drums filled with still more dangerous liquids at a tannery in the Bangladesh capital.
Barefoot and sick with fever, Hossain stops every now and then to cough, a legacy of the job that his doctors warn could one day kill him.
"Some days I am too ill to work," said Hossain, 25, who has spent years inhaling fumes from the hexavalent chromium and other chemicals used to turn the raw hides into soft leather.
"I take medicine to control my skin diseases. If I don't, it gets worse," Hossain adds, gesturing to his arms and legs which are covered in rashes and black spots.
Economists fear missing 6th five-yr targets
Bangladesh is unlikely to meet the investment targets set in the sixth five-year plan (SFYP) that ends next fiscal as private sector investment is on the decline.
Leading economists of the country said if the slowdown continues to persist it will pose a serious threat to the country’s macro-economic stability.
General Economic Division (GED) of Planning Ministry in its report on “Bangladesh State of the Economy” released this week said th...
General Economic Division (GED) of Planning Ministry in its report on “Bangladesh State of the Economy” released this week said th...
Bangladesh lags in fish exports
Bangladesh is lagging in fish export for lack of effective policies although fish production has significantly increased in a decade with the adoption of improved fish farming technology, fisheries officials said.
Fisheries officials have observed that coordination between different ministries concerned should be strengthen to help increase the export of fish and fish products.
Measures should be taken to develop fish processing industries equipped with modern technologies...
Measures should be taken to develop fish processing industries equipped with modern technologies...
WB to provide $ 600m loan for Bangladesh rural power
Bangladesh will receive a US$600-million loan from the World Bank (WB) in order to improve electricity supplies to rural areas, in order to reduce poverty and create jobs, the mulitlateral lender said in a statement on Saturday.
The loan was approved by the World Bank's board a day earlier.
The credits from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessionary arm, have 40 years to maturity with a 10-year grace period and carry a service charge of 0.75 per cent.
Mohammad Saiful Isla...
The credits from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessionary arm, have 40 years to maturity with a 10-year grace period and carry a service charge of 0.75 per cent.
Mohammad Saiful Isla...
