Corruption rose in Bangladesh with the country sliding two notches to rank the 14^th most corrupt country in the world, according to this year’s Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International. The country scored 25 points out of 100, two points less than last year’s, shows the index released globally by the Berlin-based graft watchdog yesterday. TI Bangladesh shared the findings of the global survey at a crowded press conference at Jatiya Press Club in the capital. In South Asia, Bangladesh remains the second most corrupt country a...

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of West Bengal has decided to withdraw its objection to the long-pending land-swap deal between India and Bangladesh. Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra informed the Indian Union Home Ministry last week that the state government wants to settle the enclave issue which is being dragged for over six decades now, reports Kolkata-based daily Anandabazaar Patrika on Wednesday. However, the state government wants the Indian central government to take up the issue of developing the land area that will be added t...

The European Union (EU) is going to form a European Union Business Council (EUBC) in Bangladesh, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said Tuesday. The EU expressed its interest to import medicine, ship and ICT along with readymade garment items from Bangladesh, he told reporters after exchanging views with Pierre Mayaudon, the newly- appointed ambassador of the EU at the ministry. An EU business council would be formed comprising the Ambassadors of the EU countries in Bangladesh and leaders of trade bodies concerned aiming to increase import of Bangladeshi goods an...