Dhaka unveils long-term plans to build deep sea portDHAKA - Bangladesh will begin construction of a new deep sea port by 2010-end that it says will boost the country’s economy and help the entire South Asian region gain access to the sea. Bangladesh team to visit Indian dam site July 29DHAKA - Bangladesh will send a team of lawmakers and water resources experts to India July 29 to visit the site of the proposed Tipaimukh dam project in Manipur state in the northeast. Opposition leaders and environmentalists here allege the dam poses a threat to the climate, ecology and drinking water supply of Bangladesh. Coordinate border patrolling, India tells BangladeshDHAKA - India has proposed coordinated patrolling of its border with Bangladesh to curb trespassers who cross over at night, leading to many of them being shot by the Border Security Force (BSF) - the bone of contention at talks between the top brass of the border guards of the two countries. Dhaka postpones team’s visit to Indian dam siteDHAKA - Bangladesh has postponed the visit of a team of lawmakers and water resources experts to the site of the Tipaimukh dam project in India as it awaits the finalisation of the tour dates after their leaders meet during the NAM summit. Crowded Dhaka is Bangladesh’s `most attractive’ city: SurveyDHAKA - Despite bursting at the seams and poor civic amenities, Dhaka, the four centuries-old city that is now the capital of Bangladesh, remains the country’s “most attractive” city, says a survey. Border killings: Dhaka calls them murder, New Delhi cites self-defenceDHAKA - Trespassers being killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) is the latest bone of contention at the ongoing talks between the top brass of the two neighbours’ border guards. Hasina to discuss controversial dam with Manmohan SinghDHAKA - The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India are expected to meet this week on the sidelines of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit to discuss New Delhi’s plan to construct the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur, a move that has triggered protests in Dhaka. Dhaka, Delhi hold border management talksDHAKA - India is expected to demand the deportation of top leaders of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), a militant outfit that it says operates from Bangladeshi soil, as top brass of the border guards of the two neighbours began talks here Sunday. Dhakas trade deficit with Delhi, Beijing to cross $5.5 bnDHAKA - Bangladeshs trade deficit with its principal partners India and China will cross $5.5 billion this fiscal, keeping up the pattern of higher imports and lower exports. BNP to take up Tipaimukh issue with foreign governmentsDHAKA - Bangladesh’s main opposition party will write to foreign governments and international organisations to protest the proposed Tipaimukh dam in northeastern India on grounds that it will hurt the environment. Analyst who served in India is Sheikh Hasina’s new adviserDHAKA - A US-trained political scientist and security analyst who has served in India has been appointed adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. I want to return home, Taslima Nasreen tells Sheikh HasinaDHAKA - Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants. She has not yet received any response. Dhaka to develop two ports as regional trade hubsDHAKA - Bangladesh will offer Chittagong and Mongla ports for use to its South Asian neighbours, developing them as regional trade hubs, a minister has said. Bangladesh MPs irked by claim they waste moneyDHAKA - Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has come under fire in parliament for its report claiming that lawmakers waste public money by arriving late or staying away, causing disruptions in the functioning of the house. South Asian trade pact becoming redundant, warn expertsDHAKA - The preference shown by South Asian nations for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) may lead to the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) eventually becoming redundant, trade analysts from the region have said. Tipaimukh dam could benefit Bangladesh, says ministerDHAKA - India’s plan to build the Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river could benefit Bangladesh, a minister has said, urging a patient approach by all concerned as Dhaka prepares to send a team to visit the project site. Bangladesh parliamentary panel wants ex-speaker expelledDHAKA - An all-party probe committee of the Bangladesh parliament has recommended that former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar be stripped of his membership of the house for financial irregularities. Mujib’s portrait to adorn all Bangladesh currency notesDHAKA - Bangladesh plans to have the portrait of its founding father, slain former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on all currency notes, its finance minister said Sunday. Dhaka protestors, police clash over Indian project, 10 hurtDHAKA - At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured Sunday when the members of a rights body clashed with the police outside the Indian high commission here, protesting the construction of Tipaimukh dam in India’s Manipur state. We didn’t try to poison Sheikh Hasina: Former officialsDHAKA - Advisors of Bangladesh’s former caretaker government have denied the charge that they were responsible for serving ‘poisoned’ food to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she was in jail and have demanded a fair probe. 500,000 marooned in flood ravaged Bangladesh, six killed in landslidesDHAKA - At least six people have died in landslides triggered off by heavy rains in Bangladesh’s Habibganj District. Bangladesh government faces political furore over Indian dam projectDHAKA - The Bangladesh government is coming under increasing pressures from its own ministers and ruling Awami League lawmakers to hold urgent bilateral talks with India, which is planning to build a dam on the Barak river the two neighbours share, a media report here said Saturday. Dhaka nabs militant who set up terror unit in IndiaDHAKA - Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat who played a key role in strengthening the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in bordering districts of India’s West Bengal state has been arrested, the police said. No impropriety by Indian envoy: Bangladesh ministerDHAKA - The Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh has not committed any diplomatic impropriety while speaking ‘frankly’ during a discussion on the Tipaimukh dam project, a minister has said. Reduce taxes on hilsa fish, say Bangladesh, Indian tradersDHAKA - Bangladesh’s exporters have made common ca use with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine products it exports to other countries. Don’t start building Tipaimukh dam before our visit: DhakaDHAKA - Asking India not to start work on the Tipaimukh dam project, Dhaka said it was sending a team of lawmakers and experts next month to visit the site before taking up the contentious issue with New Delhi. 3 Dhaka officials siphoned off $285,000: Parliamentary panelDHAKA - A former speaker of Bangladesh parliament and two former officials may be asked to return Taka 17.1 million ($285,000) that a parliamentary committee has said were “misappropriated” by them. 2,000 jobs lost due to workers’ agitation: Bangladeshi ministerDHAKA - Over 2,000 jobs were lost as a garment factory was burnt down in a workers’ agitation for which instigation came from “a certain quarter”, a Bangladeshi minister has said. Bangladesh may give gas exploration contracts to foreign firmsDHAKA - The Bangladesh government may award offshore gas exploration contracts to multinational companies in the Bay of Bengal while excluding blocks that may fall in the territories under dispute with neighbours India and Myanmar. We will solve Tipaimukh issue through talks with India: HasinaDHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed confidence over resolving the controversy over the Tipaimukh dam project in India’s northeast through talks with New Delhi. |
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