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Bangladesh permits unlimited foreign investment in domestic insurers

March 13, 2013
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The government has issued a set of rules for facilitating investments by foreign nationals as equity partners in insurance companies in Bangladesh. Under the rules, such investments can be made without any limit. The government issued the set of rules in a gazette notification this week. According to the rules, there is now no restriction…

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With India’s leather exports overshooting the target of $4.2 billion in 2011-12, the fortunes of the industry appear to be on a rebound.

June 27, 2012
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With India’s leather exports overshooting the target of $4.2 billion in 2011-12, the fortunes of the industry appear to be on a rebound.

India’s leather industry is at tipping point today. The increasing disposable income of Indians and a wider choice to make fancy but value-for-money footwear have given it a fillip. On the other hand, the demand for leather goods is not upbeat in its traditional market in rich countries. A group of exporting countries led by…

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Bangladesh 91st peaceful country

June 23, 2012
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Bangladesh 91st peaceful country

Bangladesh has been placed in the 91st position among I58 countries in a ranking of peace by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This year Bangladesh slid six positions from 2011’s 83rd. In 2010, Dhaka’s position was 87th while in 2009 it was 90th. The world has become more peaceful for the first time since…

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Entrepreneur Latifur Rahman on receiving prestigious Business for Peace Award

May 9, 2012
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Entrepreneur Latifur Rahman on receiving prestigious Business for Peace Award

Business for Peace Foundation Chairman Per Saxegaard, left, hands over Business for Peace Award 2012 to Transcom Group Chairman and ICC Bangladesh Vice-President Latifur Rahman in Oslo City Hall, Norway. Bangladesh’s businesses must maintain globally-accepted standards and ethics no matter whether they operate in the USA or Norway, said country’s top entrepreneur Latifur Rahman. “Our…

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Bangladesh identifies Australia & NZ for CBC exports

May 8, 2012
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Bangladesh identifies Australia & NZ for CBC exports

Bangladesh has identified Australia and New Zealand as alternative markets to boost exports of its Carpet Backing Cloth (CBC). CBC is made of jute and is exclusively used in making of both woven and tufted carpets. It is used as base or backing material for the carpets. Recently, a Bangladesh Government delegation led by Md.…

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Poland remembers Tagore, sways to his music

May 3, 2012
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Poland remembers Tagore, sways to his music

Poland has been paying glowing tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary and it was an enthralling dance musical by the Nobel laureate that marked the winding down of celebrations. The dance group Taal from Chorzow, Poland, has given two outstanding performances in Krakow and Warsaw in the last…

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Business for Peace Award awaits Dr Mengi in Norway.

May 3, 2012
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Business for Peace Award awaits Dr Mengi in Norway.

IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi has become the first Tanzanians to win the annual international Business for Peace Award. It will be presented to him and six other prominent members of the world business community at a ceremony in Oslo on Monday. The award is the highest form of recognition that can be bestowed…

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Bangladesh resumes new gas connections to industries as output rises

May 3, 2012
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Bangladesh resumes new gas connections to industries as output rises

Bangladesh has started providing new gas connections to the industrial sector from this week after a lull of almost three years, Hussain Monsur, chairman of state-owned Petrobangla, told Platts Thursday. “We have started new gas connections to industries as the country’s overall gas output ramped up with the start of operations of a new Muchai…

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China may prefer cotton from US, Bangladesh instead of India

May 2, 2012
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China may prefer cotton from US, Bangladesh instead of India

China, the biggest importer of Indian cotton may look to buy the commodity from US and Bangladesh due to recent decision by India to first ban its exports and later reverse it. “China is traditionally India’s biggest buyer of cotton. China’s enthusiasm to purchase cotton from India. Besides, cotton from the US is a good…

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Bangladesh hotspot for Pakistani textile sector

April 30, 2012
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Bangladesh hotspot for Pakistani textile sector

Could be there one particular reason or multiple reasons for the Pakistani textile sector investing in Bangladesh – a country which has emerged as the second biggest exporter of apparel to the US. The number-1 reason is the rampant shortage of electricity and industrial gas, due to which units stay shut for long hours each…

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Service to people is our only goal: BD Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina .

April 28, 2012
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Service to people is our only goal: BD Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina .

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government came to power not to enjoy the benefits of power but serve the people to achieve the objective of the war of liberation for making the country self-reliant economically. “We are moving forward keeping the ideology of Bangabandhu as our guideline to make Bangladesh a secular, developed…

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South-South Trade Can Be a Win-Win Scenario – Ransford Smith

April 27, 2012
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South-South Trade Can Be a Win-Win Scenario – Ransford Smith

General Ransford Smith has described the rise of the world’s Dynamic Developing Economies (DDE) as a ‘defining period’, which could benefit both emerging economies and the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Mr Smith was speaking at a Special Event on ‘Dynamic Developing Countries and LDCs: Integrating the South’, organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and…

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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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