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$4b deal eyed

$4b deal eyed
Bangladesh and India may sign a pact to expand Indian investment in the country when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits the neighbouring country in February. According to sources in the finance ministry, Bangladesh has primarily selected 26 projects worth over $4 billion for talks. The sources said the projects are related to the ports, airports, railways, and roads that have a link with Indian land ports. This would help boost trade between the neighbours. This will be Hasina’s first official visit since the Narendra Modi-led government assumed power in May 2014. In March, India signed a landmark agreement with Bangladesh, extending $2 billion to the country in its biggest ever overseas credit line, five years after it inked a credit…

Int’l community not doing enough for Palestinians

Int’l community not doing enough for Palestinians

Since its inception 45 years ago, Bangladesh has done enough for the causes of Palestine and its people, Charge d’ Affaires of the Palestinian Embassy in Dhaka Yousef S Y Ramadan has said, noting that both the nations can be very proud of the existing relationship. He also said Bangladesh always…
Child workers on the rise on RU campus

Child workers on the rise on RU campus

Increasing incidents of child labour on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus can be attributed to poor people sending their children to work to run their families. Shahidul Babu, 11, has been working at a tea stall at Tukitaki Chattar for about four years. “My father is ill and can’t work…
Fatalities on roads

Fatalities on roads

According to media reports seven people were killed and 12 others injured in road accidents in Cox's Bazar, Gopalganj and Chapainawabganj on Friday. Unfortunately the number of road accidents and resultants fatalities is increasing at an alarming rate. Incidents of traffic accidents can only be…
Rahul Gandhi and his catch phrases

Rahul Gandhi and his catch phrases

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi is known for his catch phrases. He had used the suit boot ki Sarkar jibe against the Narendra Modi government last year when he charged the BJP government of being one unrepresentative of the common man:  "Yours is” Gandhi said in Parliament “a government…
Bangladesh permanent mission to UN celebrates Victory Day

Bangladesh permanent mission to UN celebrates Victory Day

Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York celebrated the Victory Day-2016 in a befitting manner on December 16, reports BSS. According to a message received in the capital yesterday, the celebration began with the hoisting of the national flag on the mission premises with the playing…
Aiming for the sky

Aiming for the sky

Janata Tower, the first-ever software technology park in Bangladesh, has already started welcoming IT start-ups, software development firms, and technology service companies. The government has allocated spaces free of cost for a year to start-ups around the world at the tower in Karwanbazar. The architect…
Thousands in desperate wait for evacuation from Aleppo

Thousands in desperate wait for evacuation from Aleppo

AFP, ALEPPO: Thousands of trapped civilians and rebels waited desperately Saturday for evacuations to resume from the last opposition-held areas of Aleppo after the operation was suspended by the Syrian regime. A rebel representative told AFP that an agreement had been reached to allow more evacuations…
Liaquat Ali Lucky-directed ‘Konjush’ at BSA today

Liaquat Ali Lucky-directed ‘Konjush’ at BSA today

Loko Natyadal (Siddeswari) will stage the 686th show of its highly praiseworthy production ‘Konjush’ today at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area. Based on playwright Molière’s world famous satirical comedy,…
Dhaka Metro captain still hopeful

Dhaka Metro captain still hopeful

In the wake of the inclement weather along with BPL-4, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) tournament committee postponed the next three-round games of the 18th National Cricket League (NCL) after the end of the initial three-round games last two month back. The opening-round games amongst the three-round…
Stress on adaptation to climate change for disaster risk reduction

Stress on adaptation to climate change for disaster risk reduction

Experts at a workshop recently stressed on taking cluster-based approaches for ensuring adaptation to climate change in reducing risks of natural disasters in the flood-prone and riverine char areas, reports BSS. They were participating in the experience sharing workshop titled ‘Disaster Risk…
Ivy, Shakhawat trade blames over code violation

Ivy, Shakhawat trade blames over code violation

Just days ahead of the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls, scheduled to be held on December 22, BNP mayoral candidate Shakhawat Hossain Khan yesterday accused his AL rival of violating the electoral code of conduct and intimidation. The ruling party contestant, Selina Hyat Ivy, however, brushed…
The good, bad and ugly of warmer US-Russia relations

The good, bad and ugly of warmer US-Russia relations

The President-elect’s Russian gambit seems like a solid foreign policy goal, given that the estrangement between the rivals — owners of the world’s biggest nuclear arsenals — is deeper than at any time since the Cold War. An improvement in relations could yield gains for the…
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