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Bangladesh – Audacity of Hope
Monthly Archives: March 2015
THE INDIA-BANGLADESH LAND BRIDGE
CONNECTIVITY THE INDIA-BANGLADESH LAND BRIDGE Kanak Mani Dixit Can a formal bilateral communiqué be a ‘game changer’, foretell a ‘paradigm shift’, in a Southasian relationship? If India and Bangladesh manage to follow through on promises to open up their economies … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, India, New Delhi, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Hasina Wajed
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MAMATA ASSURES SHEIKH HASINA OF RESOLVING TEESTA ISSUE
MAMATA ASSURES SHEIKH HASINA OF RESOLVING TEESTA ISSUE Madhuparna Das Setting the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh scheduled for the last week of March, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said that she has started a … Continue reading
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BANGLADESH AND INDIA DEPEND ON EACH OTHER
BANGLADESH AND INDIA DEPEND ON EACH OTHER Md Shariful Islam Even though Bangladesh achieved independence with the help of India, there have been ups and downs in Indo-Bangla relations over the years. Investigating Indo-Bangla relations in contemporary times, it is … Continue reading
Posted in ACHIEVEMENTS - SUCCESS, CURRENT ISSUES, DEFENCE & SECURITY, ECONOMY, FOREIGN RELATIONS & POLICY, GLOBAL INDICATORS & BENCHMARK, GROWTH & TARGET, HISTORY OF BENGAL, INDUSTRIES, INTERNATIONAL - PERCEPTION ON BANGLADESH, LIBERATION - 1971 BIRTH OF A NATION, REGIONAL COOPERATION, Regional Policy, SAARC, STRATEGY & POLICY, TRADE BODIES
Tagged India, Minister Sheikh Hasina
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ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF BANGLADESH
ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF BANGLADESH: STRONG PROMISE OF GROWTH & RESILIENCE Bangladesh is in the process of transition from a predominantly agro-based economy to a modern time-befitting one. There has been a considerable change in global flows of trade and finance … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Economic Update, Foreign exchange reserve, FY
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DHAKA APPAREL SUMMIT KICKS OFF TODAY
DHAKA APPAREL SUMMIT KICKS OFF Ibrahim Hossain Ovi It aims to brand Bangladesh and draw roadmap to achieve 2021 apparel export target A three-day Dhaka Apparel Summit 2014 will be held today at BICC The “Dhaka Apparel Summit-2014” begins here … Continue reading
EXPERTS SHOW PATH TO ACHIEVE $50BN APPAREL EXPORT
EXPERTS SHOW PATH TO ACHIEVE $50BN APPAREL EXPORT Tribune Report ‘To meet the export target, RMG sector needs lot of entrepreneurs, governance, education, workers efficiency, value-added products and above all Branding Bangladesh’ Experts at a discussion on apparel industry following … Continue reading
CALL FOR STRATEGY TO MAKE RMG SECTOR READY FOR DUTY REGIME
CALL FOR STRATEGY TO MAKE RMG SECTOR READY FOR DUTY REGIME Tribune Report ‘We are able to take challenge in future as Bangladesh has 35 years of experience’ Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Pierre Laramee urged Bangladesh to set strategy to … Continue reading
A SUCCESS TO BE CELEBRATED
A SUCCESS TO BE CELEBRATED Tribune Editorial Pharmaceuticals show the innovation and quality which can be made in Bangladesh Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Incepta is currently undertaking trials to allow it to market its anti-Hepatitis C drug overseas. Its prospects are … Continue reading
BANGLADESH RECEIVES WIP AWARD FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN, REDUCING GENDER GAPS
BANGLADESH RECEIVES WIP AWARD FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN, REDUCING GENDER GAPS Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com Bangladesh has received the WIP award for women empowerment and reducing gender gaps. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam received the award on behalf of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Minister Sheikh Hasina, Shahriar Alam, State Minister, women empowerment
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FUTURE BRIGHT FOR APPAREL EXPORTS TO CANADA: ENVOY
FUTURE BRIGHT FOR APPAREL EXPORTS TO CANADA: ENVOY Star Business Report Bangladesh’s apparel exports to Canada have been on the rise in the last five years due to duty benefits, newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoit Pierre Laramee … Continue reading
DANISH MINISTER SAYS SOLVING BANGLADESH’S POLITICAL CRISIS ‘POSSIBLE’
DANISH MINISTER SAYS SOLVING BANGLADESH’S POLITICAL CRISIS ‘POSSIBLE’ Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com The visiting Danish minister for trade and development cooperation has said the ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh can be solved, but has not said how. “It’s my hope that … Continue reading
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO BANGLADESH?
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO BANGLADESH? Mehrin Chowdhury Scenario 1: “Hartal! Hartal! — burn down everything, tear down everything!” It might sound like a regular scene where a group of people is protesting against tyranny or what they perceive as injustice, … Continue reading
MISREADING THE PEOPLE’S PULSE
MISREADING THE PEOPLE’S PULSE Farid Hossain Few are responding to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s call of indefinite blockade plus hartal. While the nationwide blockade is meant to halt long-distance transportation such as bus, train and launches, the hartal or the … Continue reading
STILL NO PEOPLE IN KHALEDA’S MOVEMENT?
STILL NO PEOPLE IN KHALEDA’S MOVEMENT? Farid Hossain In this historic month, last Tuesday (March 9) Bangladesh cricketers made history in Adelaide, Down Under. On this finest day in the nation’s cricket history the boys, led by a spirited skipper … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina
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BLOCKADE, HARTAL TURN INEFFECTIVE
BLOCKADE, HARTAL TURN INEFFECTIVE Nizam Ahmed The ongoing countrywide transport blockade and hartal have become ineffective over the past weeks as people have apparently rejected the destructive negative campaign of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party anti-government alliance. The movement … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Moulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
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BEGUM ZIA SHOULD KNOW POLITICS IS NOT CRICKET, LAW IS NOT CHILD’S PLAY
BEGUM ZIA SHOULD KNOW POLITICS IS NOT CRICKET, LAW IS NOT CHILD’S PLAY Syed Badrul Ahsan Shall we offer Begum Khaleda Zia and her party our effusive thanks for freeing us of hartals at least for a day? But, then … Continue reading
THE TERRORIST POLITICS OF PETROL BOMBS
THE TERRORIST POLITICS OF PETROL BOMBS MUHAMMAD ZAMIR Six weeks have passed and yet violence continues to rage on in the name of achieving democracy for the common man. On the plea of recovering the inherent and inalienable rights of the … Continue reading
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Tagged arson attacks, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, inalienable rights, petrol bombs, political parties
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MASSES DEFY KHALEDA
MASSES DEFY KHALEDA Farid Hossain As Khaleda Zia takes her anti-Hasina campaign into its third month the message she gets from the people is loud and clear: We want change to come through ballots, not by petrol bombs. All sections … Continue reading
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Tagged arson attacks, Khaleda Zia, petrol bombs, terrorist attacks
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