Bangladesh is a South Asian country bordered by India and Burma. It is part of the Bengal region. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated in the world. Its capital is Dhaka, which is driving economic growth in the region. See...
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Cotton joins hybrid race
Supreme Seed, Lal Teer market two varieties: HSC-4 and DM-1
Sohel Parvez
Textile industry is poised for a stronger backward linkage as farmers have started growing cotton through hybrid seeds that promise higher yield and better earnings than those from traditional high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, stakeholders said yesterday.
“The hybrid variety performs well. I am hopeful about better crop... Read Full Story
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Rajshahi BSCIC becomes profitable concern
BSS, Rajshahi
Most of the industrial units in the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) here has become profitable over the last couple of years.
Officials told BSS that more than 100 units of BSCIC were declared sick and laid off about 18 to 20 years back but the number at present came down to below 10 because of an rising trend in production and marketing of goods... Read Full Story
Malaysia has turned down a request from Bangladesh to lift an eight-month-old freeze on taking in new Bangladeshi workers, reports said Monday. Malaysia in March cancelled the work visas of 55,000 Bangladeshi workers who had not yet arrived in Malaysia, citing fears of layoffs amid the global recession. Prime Minister Najib Razak told state media he had denied Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed's request to lift the ban, at a meeting on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of... Read Full Story
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Two more submarine cables in the pipeline
Md Hasan
The telecom regulator has taken a move to connect Bangladesh with two more submarine cables through private sector initiative within one and a half years as internet-based services are often disrupted with the country’s lone undersea cable.
Entrepreneurs in the sector have long been demanding such backups with experts suggesting that the regulator should also bring... Read Full Story
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Two more submarine cables in the pipeline
Md Hasan
The telecom regulator has taken a move to connect Bangladesh with two more submarine cables through private sector initiative within one and a half years as internet-based services are often disrupted with the country’s lone undersea cable.
Entrepreneurs in the sector have long been demanding such backups with experts suggesting that the regulator should also bring... Read Full Story
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Tk 350 crore direct diesel subsidy for farmers
BSS, Dhaka
The Ministry of agriculture will disburse Taka 350 crore as direct diesel subsidy for the country’s 90 lakh farmers from January next to facilitate further agriculture production during the upcoming Boro season.
“Each farmer will get the subsidy directly to buy necessary amount of diesel through a coupon from the particular dealer. The amount of subsidy in cash will be... Read Full Story
A Bangladesh court was due to decide Thursday whether the convicted killers of the nation's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, assassinated more than three decades ago, should go to the gallows. Security has been stepped up across Dhaka ahead of the expected decision, particularly in diplomatic zones, courts and key government buildings. "We've taken special security precautions by deploying more than 10,000 extra policemen in the capital," Dhaka police chief Shahidul Haq told AFP... Read Full Story
A Bangladesh court was due to decide Thursday whether the convicted killers of the nation's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, assassinated more than three decades ago, should go to the gallows. Security has been stepped up across Dhaka ahead of the expected decision, particularly in diplomatic zones, courts and key government buildings. "We've taken special security precautions by deploying more than 10,000 extra policemen in the capital," Dhaka police chief Shahidul Haq told AFP... Read Full Story
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Monthly remittance crosses $1b mark
Star Business Report
Remittance reached $1.05 billion in November, an all-time high in a single month, Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics show.
This record inflow proved Bangladesh’s capacity to receive “extraordinary” remittance, beating forecasts that it might fall due to global recession, BB officials said.
The previous monthly record was $938 million in August.
BB officials... Read Full Story
The first of thousands of Bangladeshi border guards accused of staging a deadly mutiny in February will go on trial this week, an official said Monday. The rebellion centred on a 33-hour standoff at the Bangladeshi Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the capital Dhaka during which 74 people, including 57 senior army officers, died. Their bodies were later found stuffed in sewers and buried in shallow graves. About 3,500 men face charges related to the mutiny, which spread across 40 posts throughout... Read Full Story
