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Indian onion selling at Rs 45 in Bangladesh

New Delhi: Though onion prices have shot through the roof in India, it is selling at much cheaper price in the neighbouring Bangladesh. As per a national news daily, onions are selling at Rs 45 in Bangladesh, while onion prices continue to reign at as much as Rs 100 a kg in major cities in […]

Bangladesh politics focused on 2 moms, and 2 sons

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press, DHAKA, Bangladesh—The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don’t live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation’s most powerful political dynasties. One is a technology consultant who lives in the U.S. with his American wife and young daughter. The other is reportedly studying for a law […]

Bangladesh PM calls opposition for dialogue, withdrawal of 60-hour strike

DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian and her arch rival Khaleda Zia held phone talks on Saturday, the first direct conversation between the two leaders of the South Asian country’s politics since January, 2009 when her cabinet took oath of office. They held talks to pave the way for dialogue between […]

Bangladesh’s Grameenphone Q3 revenue up nearly 10 pct

DHAKA, Oct. 26 (nsnewswire) — Grameenphone Ltd. (GP) reported BDT 25.0 billion revenues for the 3rd quarter of 2013, 9.4% increase from the same period of 2012. GP managed this growth amid competition, sluggish economic activity, apprehension of political unrest and respite from strong tailwind of EID festivity. The growth is attributed to increase in […]

Bangladesh’s ruling, opposition chiefs likely to talk on phone

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called Opposition leader Khaldea Zia this afternoon to invite her to a dialogue over polls-time government “but failed to reach”, PM’s press secretary said. “The prime minister called the opposition leader at her red phone at 1:15pm but could not talk with her as no-one picked up the phone for […]

Emerging from Rana Plaza ruins: ILO helping survivors develop new skills, find jobs

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — When Minu’s limp body was piled onto the mass of corpses after Rana Plaza collapsed, she prayed that someone would notice that she was still alive. Too weak to call out, she had been smothered under dead bodies in the rubble without food or water for three days. As they […]

Bangladesh opposition calls three-day hartal, violence leaves 3 dead

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia party has called a three-day nationwide dawn-to-dusk non-stop strike form Sunday morning to press home its demand for restoration of a non-party caretaker government system to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Khaleda Zia, main opposition party chief, announced the strike at a grand rally in capital Dhaka Friday evening, slapping […]

Second Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket Test also drawn as play abandoned

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — The second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw on Friday on Day 5 as peristent rain since morning washed out the fifth and final day’s play without a single ball being bowled, t. The two–match Test series, however, ended 0-0 after the first Test at Chittagong also ended […]

Bangladesh commemorates tragedy victims, survivors seek compensation

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Survivors and their loved ones on Thursday marked the six-month anniversary of Bangladesh’s worst- ever industrial tragedy, while many families express anger and annoyance due to lack of proper aid. Rana Plaza, an eight-story building housing five garment factories crumbled into a cement grave on April 24 in Savar on […]