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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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Photovoltaic Solar Energy Gains Popularity in Pabna

April 29, 2012
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Photovoltaic Solar Energy Gains Popularity in Pabna

The demand for solar power has been increasing day by day in the district of Pabnaq following the erratic supply of electricity for a long time. A large number of people in Iswardi upazila, of the district have set up solar power panels on the roof tops of their buildings and over business centers to…

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Asian University For Women Faces Problems and Flak

March 27, 2012
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Asian University For Women Faces Problems and Flak

The Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, the dream of a U.S. lawyer of Bangladeshi origin called Muktadir Kamal Ahmad, is facing a nightmare of negative publicity. The university opened its doors in 2008 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, to offer liberal arts and science degrees to women in a region where they are often denied opportunities.…

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Business EYE : ‘Alarming’ fall in machineries imports

March 26, 2012
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Business EYE : ‘Alarming’ fall in machineries imports

Imports of capital machineries have decreased alarmingly in the first seven months till January of the current fiscal year, a situation analysts say is pushing the seven percent economic growth target into uncertainty. Analysts say a lack of confidence among businessmen and industrialists is the main reason behind the fall in import of capital machineries.…

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Gas Mafia Syndicate Makes Political Alignment in Bangladesh

October 31, 2011
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Gas Mafia Syndicate Makes Political Alignment in Bangladesh

For shortage of production from the gas fields, constraints of gas transmission system coupled with poor gas system operation cause downstream gas marketing companies suffer the most. In a very conservative estimate the coincident peak demand in gas system is now about 2600MMCFD but the production and supply in a supersaturated gas transmission grid is…

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80pc production gone with gas .

October 15, 2011
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80pc production gone with gas .

 80pc production gone with gas .Supply cut to feed Jamuna fertiliser factory; exporters of several hundred industries demand uninterrupted supply. Production in scores of industries from Konabari in Gazipur to Mirzapur in Tangail has dropped by 80 percent since last month for severe disruption in gas supply. Gas distributor Titas has drastically reduced gas supply…

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The United Air-ways has started twice a week operation on Dhaka-Rajshahi-Saidpur

September 8, 2011
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The United Air-ways has started twice a week operation on Dhaka-Rajshahi-Saidpur

United Airways Starts Flights to Rajshahi, Saidpur.The flight has fulfilled the long awaited aspiration of the people of North Ben-gal. But from initial load factor, there are reasons to be concerned about commercial viable of this service. Capt. Tasbirul Ahmed Chou-dhury, Chair-man and MD of United Air-ways said, “The people of North Bengal are lagging…

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ANALYSIS-Ship breakers set for boom time in Bangladesh

May 19, 2011
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ANALYSIS-Ship breakers set for boom time in Bangladesh

Ship scrapping to surge to multi-year highs in 2011-12 Low freight rates, high steel prices support market Four nations control 90 pct of ship recycling industry CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh/SINGAPORE, May 19 – Abul Hossen is preparing for the arrival of dozens of ships that promise to carry his family and hundreds, if not thousands, of other…

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New deadline set to offload SoEs’ shares

February 11, 2011
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Sources ;The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday extended the deadline for divestment of shares, up to 49 per cent of the equity capital, of about two dozen state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in the stock market. Three SoEs were, however, dropped from the list that was prepared a long time back, for the purpose of divestment…

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Monetary policy, capital market and inclusive growth in Bangladesh

February 1, 2011
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Monetary policy, capital market and inclusive growth in Bangladesh

Sources :Monetary policy can be both expansionary and contractionary. When the total supply of money is increased, it is expansionary. And it is contractionary when cumulative money supply is decreased. An expansionary policy is usually adopted in a situation where there is unemployment during recession by lowering interest rates. Conversely, a contractionary policy is espoused…

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Banglalink deploys mCommerce platform for Bangladesh

October 22, 2010
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Banglalink deploys mCommerce platform for Bangladesh

m-commerce As content delivery over wireless devices becomes faster, more secure, and scalable, there is wide speculation that m-commerce will surpass wireline e-commerce as the method of choice for digital commerce transactions. The industries affected by m-commerce include: ?Financial services, which includes mobile banking (when customers use their handheld devices to access their accounts and…

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Colombo Process :More efforts needed to improve this sector-overseas employment programmes

October 18, 2010
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Colombo Process   :More efforts needed to improve this sector-overseas employment programmes

As the chair of the Colombo Process, The Colombo Process is a Regional Consultative Process on the management of overseas employment and contractual labour for countries of origins in Asia. According to best estimates, over 2.5 million Asian workers leave their countries every year under contract to work abroad. A large proportion of workers from…

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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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