Monthly Archives: May 2012

Sahara Group set to become Bangladesh cricket sponsor

May 31, 2012
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Sahara Group set to become Bangladesh cricket sponsor

India’s business giant Sahara Group is set to become the new sponsor of the Bangladesh cricket team after offering $9.4 million over four years in a tender process that ended on Wednesday, officials said. “We are delighted to announce that Sahara has appeared the highest bidder to become new sponsor of our national team,” Bangladesh…

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Founder fearful about future of Bangladesh’s Nobel-winning micrelender

May 31, 2012
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Founder fearful about future of Bangladesh’s Nobel-winning micrelender

Prof Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bangladesh’s Nobel-winning microcredit organisation — Grameen Bank (GB) — yesterday urged stakeholders and government of the country not to take any step to change the legal structure of the GB. In an open letter to the borrower owners of Grameen Bank, Yunus, who along with the Grameen Bank won the…

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Qatar keen to fund Padma bridge

May 28, 2012
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Qatar keen to fund Padma bridge

Qatar is keen to invest in Bangladesh’s major projects, including Padma bridge construction, a power project, airport upgrade, river dredging and a manpower training institute. A 10-member delegation led by Assistant Minister for International Cooperation Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Jabr Al Thani opened talks with Bangladesh yesterday. Bangladesh is negotiating with…

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Sahara inks deal to build Notun Dhaka in Bangladesh

May 28, 2012
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Sahara inks deal to build Notun Dhaka in Bangladesh

Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate in India has on Friday announced its entry into the housing & infrastructure sector of Bangladesh. The group’s, newly formed Bangladesh based company ‘Sahara Matribhumi Unnayan Corporation Limited’ has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Housing and Public Works of Bangladesh Government, to invest…

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Tough times ahead for Bangladesh banks:liquidity shortage!!

May 28, 2012
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Tough times ahead for Bangladesh banks:liquidity shortage!!

There is a liquidity shortage following a huge capital outflow that resulted in the stock market crash early last year. Bangladesh’s banking sector is undergoing a challenging phase due to a liquidity shortage, following a massive capital outflow that resulted in a stock market crash early last year and restricted the banking sector’s ability to…

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Bangladesh ‘keen to join gas pipeline project’

May 27, 2012
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Bangladesh ‘keen to join gas pipeline project’

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. An official source said Bangladesh has written a letter to ADB showing interest to join the project. He said there is no…

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US slates killings, torture by lawmen in Bangladesh

May 26, 2012
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The US government yesterday denounced the Bangladesh government over the latter’s “most significant” human rights problems, including killing and torture by security forces and their abuses that are responsible for disappearances and custodial deaths. “An increasingly politicised judiciary exacerbated problems in an already overwhelmed judicial system and constrained access to justice for members of opposition…

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Bangladesh seeks C-130 deal

May 26, 2012
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Bangladesh seeks C-130 deal

Bangladesh is asking for the refurbishment, overhaul and modification of four C-130E aircraft through the Foreign Military Sale program. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the contract sought by Bangladesh includes spare parts, equipment and training services and is worth about $180 million. “The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national…

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Build Bangladesh as dreamt by Nazrul, says Hasina

May 26, 2012
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Build Bangladesh as dreamt by Nazrul, says Hasina

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. “We want to fulfil the desires of these two great Bangalees. We…

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Bangladesh B’cast & Cable TV Services Severely Disrupted by Interference

May 25, 2012
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Bangladesh B’cast & Cable TV Services Severely Disrupted by Interference

Bangladesh’s broadcasting and cable and satellite TV operators, in co-ordination with the international satellite communications industry, have called for the Government of Bangladesh to take rapid action to halt the disruption of TV services suffered by millions of Bangladeshis. The industry bodies said the technical interference is being caused by wireless broadband operators using newly…

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India to enable land exchange with Bangladesh

May 18, 2012
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An amendment to the Constitution is being drafted to enable the exchange of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in the Indian territory, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said. “Government is committed to the earliest implementation of the Protocol and Land Boundary Agreement (between the two countries) that would result…

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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

May 18, 2012
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Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier Futures

If family planning and birth-spacing services were better promoted in countries with high birth rates, 32 percent of all maternal deaths and over 1 million deaths of children under 5 could be prevented. When her first child was only three months old, Laily Begum learned she was pregnant again. After giving birth, she had no…

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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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