Monthly Archives: October 2009

Bangladesh targets Japan intended for excessive textile exports

October 31, 2009
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Bangladesh targets Japan intended for excessive textile exports

Bangladesh garment manufacturers said Sunday they have targetted Japan as their next big market to offset a drop in orders from the United States and Europe caused by the global financial crisis. ?Bangladesh plans to raise the value of its textile exports to Japan to $1 billion over the next two years, a senior business…

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Bangladesh, Burma border line complexity Heats Up

October 31, 2009
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Bangladesh, Burma border line complexity Heats Up

The potential for conflict between Bangladesh and Burma appears to have gotten more serious after Bangladesh said it is responding to threats from its eastern neighbor, accusing it of having combined troops on the border and readied warships and fighter jets ?in preparation for a large-scale conflict.” The Burmese military brought in tanks, artillery guns…

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U.S. Govt-funded carbon financing workshop opens in Bangladesh

October 30, 2009
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U.S. Govt-funded carbon financing workshop opens in Bangladesh

U.S. Ambassador James Moriarty Wednesday said Bangladesh could use carbon financing to invest in greenhouse gas emission reduction projects to support the conservation and co-management of protected areas and other natural resources in the country. Speaking at a U.S. government-funded carbon financing workshop in the city, he said as part of a series of activities…

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Electricity Can bring the Automated Development of Bangladesh-Vision 2020

October 29, 2009
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The Government of Bangladesh aims at providing electricity to its entire rural population by 2020 to help boost social development and economic growth. In 2002, access to electricity in Bangladesh was about 30 percent. With the Rural Electrification Board connecting about 400,000 consumers every year, it would take it more than 35 years to provide…

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Bangladesh outlines first tiger plan

October 29, 2009
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Bangladesh outlines first tiger plan

? The Bangladesh government has created its first national plan to conserve the endangered Royal Bengal tiger: The Tiger Action Plan intends to save an estimated 300-500 tigers in the Sundarban mangrove forest. The area in the south-east of the country has one of the largest remaining Bengal tiger inhabitants. Experts have described the plan…

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Interest Rate On 20-Year Bonds go up In Bangladesh

October 28, 2009
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Interest Rate On 20-Year Bonds go up In Bangladesh

? The interest rate on Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTB) increased on Tuesday as commercial banks were not interested to buy longer term bonds with lower interest rates, treasury officials told AHN Media. ?The yield, generally known as coupon interest rate, of the 20-year BGTB rose to 9.100 percent on the day from 8.5900 percent…

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ZAMZAM LANDS DEVELOPMENT HITS BD RED ABASON MELA 2009

October 20, 2009
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Bangladesh picks ‘Circle’ for Oscar

October 5, 2009
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Bangladesh picks ‘Circle’ for Oscar

Country selects pic for foreign-language film race Source :www.variety.com The Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies has selected Golam Rabbani Biplob’s “Beyond the Circle” (Britter bairey) to rep the country in the Academy’s foreign-language film race. Biplob’s helming debut “On the Wings of Dreams” was the country’s 2007 choice. Released in September, pic centers on a…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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