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Tazreen owners indicted

A Bangladesh court ordered on Thursday two garment factory owners and 11 others stand trial for causing the death of 111 workers, almost three years after the country’s worst industrial fire. Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter were formally charged over the blaze that tore rana-plaza-1jpgthrough the Tazreen factory on Dhaka’s outskirts, trapping workers who stitched clothes for Western retailers. “The court charged the 13 including Delwar and his wife with causing death by negligence,” prosecutor Khandakar Abdul Mannan said outs...

Bangladesh oil, gas outlook to 2025

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Bangladesh Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Analysis and Outlook to 2025 - Blocks, Fields, Production Outlook, SWOT, Companies and Market Structure of Bangladesh Upstream” swot analysis to their offering. Bangladesh upstream oil and gas analysis and outlook report provides complete information on Bangladesh exploration and production blocks, fields, companies and future prospects. Bibiana-gasDetails of the industry growth in the historic period coupled with future growth prospects are ...

Iran offers Bangladesh to join IP Pipeline

Tehran proposed Bangladesh to join the gas pipeline project that is due to supply Pakistan’s dire energy needs with Iran’s natural gas resources. Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Abbas Vaezi was quoted as saying the remarks by Dhaka Tribune. He voiced Tehran’s readiness to export oil and gas to Bangladesh, and added that Iran is ready Iran Oilto extend Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline to Bangladesh. He said that Iran has talked with Pakistani and Indian sides over the gas pipeline project and is prepared to negotiate with Bangladeshi officials a...

Forex hits all-time high $ 26.18b

Bangladesh’s central bank governor elected chairman of Asian Clearing Union India’s push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef Arrest warrants for 33 Bangladesh opposition members Bangladesh tightens border vigil to fight human trafficking Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader for war crimes forexBangladesh’s foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of $26.18 billion at the end of August, said a central bank official on Wednesday. A Bangladesh Bank official, who preferred to be unnamed, said foreign currency reserves reached a new mileston...

Bangladesh aims for 10pc GDP growth

In previous iterations of FinanceAsia’s Bangladesh Investment Summits, speakers sought to convince investors that their negative perception of the country was out of date with the reality. Today there is a consensus that Bangladesh is a success story. The next challenge is therefore to increase foreign investment and raise economic growth rates by developing the country’s social development, said Gowher Rizvi, international affairs Dhaka Streetadvisor to Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister. “We don’t have to apologize about our image,” Rizvi ...

Indian anti-cow slaughter stand upsets Eid in BD

Rajnath Singh’s biggest ‘achievement’ as Home Minister is badly straining ties with Bangladesh — a small neighbour which has unquestioningly pandered to India’s every whim and fancy under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2009. [caption id="attachment_19496" align="alignright" width="650"]Rajnath-AFP-new Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. AFP[/caption] Bangladeshis today are angered by skyrocketing beef prices and an acute shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Zoha on 25 September. Both problems are the direct outcome of Singh’...
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