Bangladesh News

DHAKA: The FBCCI yesterday commissioned a task force comprising top traders, ministry officials concerned and members of the joint forces to monitor the price situation. via South Asian Media Net

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“We submitted it in 2006 and it's now 2008. Obviously there are some changes. The government may have some issues. We'll evaluate the changing scenario after we meet”

The logo of Tata shines on the boot of a car. Bangladesh's military-backed government will reopen negotiations with Indian conglomerate Tata on Sunday on the group's record three-billion-dollar investment plan, ... via TurkishPress.com

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“Some barriers have already gone. Bangladeshi battery is already being exported to India. The country can also export quality leather products to India”

From correspondents in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 02:00 PM IST Bangladesh is happy at its improving trade relations with India and wants its entrepreneurs to grab opportunities that were not available to them earlier. via India eNews

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“This tax is tremendously affecting our business”

Marks one year of operations Star Business Report Muneer Farooqui, chief executive officer of Warid Telecom, speaks at a press briefing in Dhaka yesterday to mark the company's one year operations in ... via The Daily Star

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“Rice is the staple. It will take ten years for all people to get habituated with potatoes”

Some of the nation's many impoverished people have turned to potatoes - which they eat seasoned with chilli and salt to make them more palatable - only as a last resort. via Daily Times

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“Having a sense of crisis, we will strengthen inspections at chicken farms and arrival points of migrant birds”

Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, a minister said today. via New Straits Times

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“The government has to take immediate decision on the Tata investment proposals as many other potential investors feel shaky to start negotiation”

Talks on $ 3b investment proposals resume May 11 Jasim Uddin Khan The government is to inform Tata that the country right now is unable to ensure required gas supply to its proposed $ 3 billion investment in ... via The Daily Star

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“We'll be monitoring the situation. All of these proceedings need to be on track.”

Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Richard A Boucher yesterday said the United States would not accept any deviation from the path to parliamentary polls here by this year-end. He also observed that "good ... via The Daily Star

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Agence France-Presse MANILA - Asia's response to tightening global grain supplies has aggravated food price inflation and uncertainty, according to an Asian Development Bank report released here Friday. via ABS-CBN News

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Bangladesh's military-backed government should lift emergency rule to facilitate open elections that it has promised to hold by the end of the year, a State Department official said Friday.

Richard A. Boucher, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, said Washington will not accept any 'deviation' from the path of a credible vote and establishment of democracy.

'I would expect it (lifting of emergency rule) would happen ... certainly we think that you can't have an open election under strict emergency,' he told a news conference. Read more

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