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Gulf Times - Sat May 26, 5:53 pm ET
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.
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Asia News Network - Sun May 27, 5:20 am ET
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).
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed May 23, 11:37 am ET
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.
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CricInfo - Thu May 24, 10:29 am ET
Bangladesh have requested Ireland to host them for a Twenty20 series in July, instead of an ODI series as was planned earlier
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UPI - Thu May 24, 3:03 pm ET
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Bangladesh is asking for the refurbishment, overhaul and modification of four C-130E aircraft through the Foreign Military Sale program.
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Asia News Network - Wed May 23, 10:50 pm ET
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).
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Gulf Times - Wed May 23, 5:39 pm ET
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.
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Asia News Network - Tue May 22, 10:08 pm ET
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.
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rediff.com - Thu May 24, 7:37 am ET
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.
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Asia News Network - Wed May 23, 1:09 am ET
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 .....
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Asia News Network - Wed May 23, 12:38 am ET
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.
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Bernama Media via Yahoo! Malaysia News - Wed May 23, 1:10 am ET
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 ...
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Gulf Times - Fri May 25, 4:37 pm ET
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.
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Gulf Times - Tue May 22, 5:37 pm ET
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.
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Asia News Network - Wed May 23, 11:24 pm ET
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. .....