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Thai rice exports to Bangladesh would stay at 250,000 tonnes this year, the same level as last year, as that country will enjoy a bumper harvest, but it has agreed to double two-way trade value within five years.
Bangladesh has approached the Asian Development Bank to join a four-nation gas pipeline project being funded by the bank. India and Pakistan have signed a gas sale purchase agreement with Turkmenistan last week.
Despite offering lucrative incentives and protection to investors, Bangladesh has constantly been failing to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), which is putting pressure on the country's foreign exchange reserve and balance of payments (BoP).
Bangladesh's economy is forecast to have grown at 6.32 percent in the fiscal year to June, a slowdown from last year's expansion, dragged by a "saturated" farm sector, officials said Wednesday.
Bangladesh have requested Ireland to host them for a Twenty20 series in July, instead of an ODI series as was planned earlier
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Bangladesh is asking for the refurbishment, overhaul and modification of four C-130E aircraft through the Foreign Military Sale program.
Extrajudicial execution in Bangladesh continued throughout 2011 despite a government pledge to end it, while the authorities have not committed to bringing to justice law enforcers accused of torturing thousands in custody, says Amnesty International (AI).
Bangladesh’s economy is forecast to have grown at 6.32% in the fiscal year to June, a slowdown from last year’s expansion, dragged by a “saturated” farm sector, officials said yesterday.
Bangladesh's GDP growth fell by 0.39 percentage point to 6.32 per cent in the current fiscal year, compared with the figures for last fiscal year, mainly due to sluggish growth in the agriculture sector, according to the provisional data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
The discovery has boosted morale of officials of the State-run Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla), the parent company of Bapex, who are hoping that other oil fields may be found in similar gas fields across the country.
The Bangladesh government yesterday asked the garment makers to form "participation committees" at the factory-level to curb labour unrest. Such committees will help develop the relationship between .....
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh owes $31.20m in aeronautical and non-aeronautical charges to the aviation regulator. Photo: The Daily Star The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) is facing a severe fund crisis as four local airlines have defaulted on their dues with the civil aviation regulator.
NEW DELHI, May 23 (Bernama) –- Bangladesh is seeking to increase remittanceinflow into the country by promoting the transfer of money through formalbanking channels by its citizens living in Malaysia.The Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry''s, formerpresident, Syed Moazzem Hossain said the initiative would be undertaken throughthe Second Showcase Bangladesh 2012, in Kuala Lumpur ...
By Mizan Rahman Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all Bangladeshis to work for building such a Bangladesh where every citizen will enjoy equal and basic rights breaking the vicious cycle of poverty as dreamt by National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh cabinet yesterday approved the draft of a law suggesting introduction of registration for Hindu marriages aimed at protecting rights of followers of the faith and particularly that of women.
In a bid to modernise the tactical transport aircraft fleet of the Air Force, Bangladesh will purchase four Lockheed MC-130Es aircrafts from the United States at an estimated cost of US$180 million. .....
