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Bangladesh, India sign pacts for power JV

April 22, 2013
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Bangladesh and India on Saturday signed three agreements for a joint coal-based power company project. The pacts – Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Implementation Agreement (IA) and Supplementary Joint Venture Agreement (SJVA) – were inked in Dhaka in the evening for a 1320MW coal-based Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BIFPCL) in Khulna’s Rampal. A Memorandum…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

April 13, 2013
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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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 on Bangladesh. Bangladesh has opposed the construction of two hydro-based power projects along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya until the two countries sign a water sharing agreement, Power Minister Clement…

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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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The BJP’s Bangladesh problem

March 13, 2013
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The BJP’s Bangladesh problem

SOURCES :President Pranab Mukherjee boldly declared on his visit to Bangladesh that there was a broad consensus among Indian political parties on close relations with Dhaka. But a few days before he left for this politically significant trip, the BJP had equally boldly declared it was opposed to the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, calling…

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India, China, And Bangladesh: The Contentious Politics Of The Brahmaputra River

March 11, 2013
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India, China, And Bangladesh: The Contentious Politics Of The Brahmaputra River

is one of the most significant confidence-building measures between India, China, and Bangladesh. Despite a well-functioned relationship between India and China in recent decades, the Brahmaputra River may pose new challenges to the continued supply of fresh water for both countries in the future. In addition, China’s announcement, last month, of its plans to construct…

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Pranab’s visit to Bangladesh : Beyond the sentimental vs Pranab stamps his authority

March 10, 2013
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Pranab’s visit to Bangladesh : Beyond the sentimental vs Pranab stamps his authority

The 3 day state visit to Bangladesh by Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, President of neighbouring India from March 2 to March 5 may be seen as more of sentimental value than strictly official merit. A Bangalee by birth Pranab Mukherjee, who held the post of minister for external affairs and finance of the ruling United Progressive…

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India-Bangladesh to sign MoU to connect Agartala, Akhaura

November 24, 2012
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India-Bangladesh to sign MoU to connect Agartala, Akhaura

India and Bangladesh are all set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to lay railway tracks for connecting Agartala and the southeastern city of Akhaura in the neighbouring country. Officials here on Friday said that the Centre has been pursuing the connectivity of the two places via a 15-km railway link for the past…

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What lies beyond this U-turn? INDIA – BANGLADESH POLITICS.

November 17, 2012
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What lies beyond this U-turn? INDIA – BANGLADESH POLITICS.

Sources Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s leader of the opposition in Parliament, made some significant statements during her October 28-November 3 visit to India that deserve scrutiny. As far as her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is concerned, the visit had a dual purpose: one, to establish a stronger relationship between the two countries, and two, to remove…

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Bangladesh ruling elites unhappy on Indian leaders

November 1, 2012
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Bangladesh ruling elites unhappy on Indian leaders

Former Prime Minister and currently leader of the opposition in Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia and her entire team surely looks to be totally satisfied and delighted over the outcome of their ongoing India tour, where the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) met important political figures, including Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and opposition leader Sushma…

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Bangladesh opposition leader arrives in New Delhi

October 28, 2012
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Bangladesh opposition leader arrives in New Delhi

Leader of the opposition in Bangladesh and two-times Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia arrived in New Delhi on a seven-day visit at the invitation of the Indian government. Earlier on the day, she started from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a flight of Jet Airways. Begum Zia will be meeting the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee…

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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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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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“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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