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Thaindian.comDeep sea oil clogs India-Bangla tiesHindustan TimesNew Delhi is hoping for a “political solution†to a maritime boundary dispute when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in India for a visit on Sunday. The Bangladesh Navy has been used by Dhaka to interfere in oil and gas surveys ...Dhaka, Delhi conclude water talks amid optimismThe HinduIndia, Bangladesh narrow down differences on Teesta sharingZee NewsIndia...  

A scale, the election symbol of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, is seen during an election campaign rally in Dhaka December 27, 2008. Jaamt-e-Islami, an extremist political party is the collaborator of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the general election which will be held on December 29 in Bangladesh.DHAKA: All religion-based political parties in Bangladesh will be forced to drop Islam from their names and stop the use of faith while...  

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India have agreed to resolve outstanding issues relating to water sharing and decided that they will jointly start work for the protection of banks of the common rivers. The consensus came at the end of the two-day ...  

Shamim JahangirBangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought Tk 600 crore to the Ministry of Finance as subsidy to minimise its liquidity crisis for importing petroleum products to meet local demand. BPC has also placed a proposal to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources to increase prices of petroleum products to reduce its loss, a concerned source said. Due to increase of crude oil price in the international market...  

Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Bangladesh will begin work on a permanent fair centre in the national capital for which most of the financial assistance will come from China. China will provide Taka 2.22 billion ($32 million approx) from out of Taka 2.65 billion, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Tuesday, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news [...]  

Agencies Dhaka, Jan 3 - A Dhaka court Sunday issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the assassination of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, court officials said. District and sessions judge Mohd Abdul Gafur signed the warrants against five former military men - Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan - after receiving the final...  

Staff ReporterThe long march to Tipaimukh Dam of Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) yesterday turned into a mammoth gathering when several thousand participants joined a rally at the Sylhet Alia Madrasha ground.Thousands of people attended the rally from different places of Sylhet and its neighbouring districts to express their solidarity with the marchers.Our staff reporter Ehsanul Haque Jasim, who is accompanying the long march caravan...  

UNB, DhakaBangladesh Bank Housing Refinance Scheme (BBHRS), a popular housing project in the public sector, is likely to get the formal approval for a Tk 200 crore fresh fund as its entire amount of Tk 500 crore has exhausted."The government is going to inject Tk 200 crore into the Bangladesh Bank Housing Refinance Scheme (BBHRS) to flourish home ownership among the middle-income group and its formal approval might come from tomorrow's (Sunday...  

Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint arrived in the capital, Dhaka on Monday to lead his country's delegation at the foreign secretary-level talks, officials said. "Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint and two other ...  

[...] the local people. Online campaigns were launched to protest the construction of the dam. Bloggers questioned the transparency of the process of negotiation between the two governments regarding Tipaimukh and discussed about hidden [...]  

Thursday, December 31, 2009 DHAKA: Bangladesh hopes to send more wage earners abroad in 2010, despite manpower exports falling nearly 50 per cent to some 450,000 in 2009 following the global slowdown...  

Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Mauritius has withdrawn its decision to deport Bangladeshi workers after Dec. 31 this year, a foreign ministry announcement said in the capital, Dhaka on Tuesday. The assurance came when a Bangladesh delegation led by ...  

Dhaka: The prestigious Asiatic Society of Kolkata has chosen Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque 2009. Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, during his farewell call on Hasina as he moves to ...  

Dhaka, Dec 21 (bdnews24.com)—Bangladesh and Mauritius on Monday signed an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion, says a foreign ministry press statement. Foreign minister Dipu Moni and her Mauritian counterpart Arvin Boolell ...  

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