Bangladesh Location Intelligence

Representatives of related international bodies such as IOM, ICRC, ILO and UNHCR, and expatriates joined the seminar organised by the Bangladesh embassy in Bangkok.

Ambassador Saida Muna Tasneem reaffirmed the Bangladesh government’s commitment to play a “leadership” role in globally promoting “safe and orderly migration with dignity”.

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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal claims that while many countries have failed to control militancy, Bangladesh hasn’t. Do you also think the government has been successful?

Bangladesh is joining the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia to combat terrorism and militancy. Do you find the government’s move correct on the backdrop of recent terror attacks worldwide?

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Telecom regulator Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will block their SIM cards after the expiry of the six-month period.

The beginning and the end of that time frame will vary for subscribers of different service providers.

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For those who haven’t seen Mritunjay Devvrat’s fantastic film ‘Children of War’ on the atrocities committed by Pakistani forces during Bangladeshi’s 1971 Liberation Struggle should pencil it in their schedule.

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Basu, who is on a four-day visit on the invitation of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated an international workshop and met Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday.

He arrived in Dhaka on Dec 12 and joined an international workshop on economic stability, private sector development and growth.

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Bangladesh observes December 14 as the Martyred Intellectuals Day in memory of those bright minds that had fallen victims to a brutal military regime staring at defeat.

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in paying their respects at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Dhaka’s Mirpur on Sunday morning.

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Kamal said on Monday, “Islami Bank can spend money in illegal deeds. So I thought if I used the money from them in good deeds, the figures that are spent in bad things will decline.”

The minister’s statement came in the wake of criticism over accepting money for the World Cup from Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), in which the Jamaat-e-Islami is believed to have a big stake.

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The credit, which charges 0.01 percent interest, will have to be repaid in 40 years with a 10-year grace period.

Japanese Ambassador Masato Watanabe says it is the biggest loan in Yen the country is giving to Bangladesh.

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She was addressing a rally at the project site on the bank of the Padma river in Shariatpur’s Jajira on Saturday.

Referring to the ‘false allegations’ of the World Bank and other hurdles that got in the way of constructing  this ‘dream bridge’, she said she wanted to go ahead with the project to prove that Bangladesh did not always need foreign assistance for big projects.

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