(MENAFN) Trade deficit in Bangladesh fell to USD7.01 billion last fiscal year which ended June 30 registering a 25 percent drop, Xinhua reported.The country"s exports soared 10.74 percent hitting USD26.56 billion. Meanwhile, imports increased by about 0.8 percent up to USD33.57 billion.The trade deficit in the South Asian country was USD9.32 billion in the 2011-2012 [...]

Thirty expert panels led by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology will start inspection of garment factories from September 15 to check structural flaws and ensure worker safety, a government official said yesterday. The teams will inspect around 2,000 garment factory buildings in three months under a tripartite agreement between the government, trade unions [...]

Mahbubul Alam have confirmed that they are among the nine individuals accused by the ICC after ACSU's investigation on alleged corruption during this season's BPL. Mahbubul met BCB officials in Mirpur on Wednesday after which he spoke to the media, while Mosharraf is in the UK, playing league … [Read More]

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At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound [...]

In an act that stretches the limits of political rivalry, Bangladesh opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia chooses to celebrate her ‘birthday’ on August 15, which is the same day on which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had lost almost her whole family 38 years ago in a bloody military coup. According to the BBC, Begum Khaleda [...]

The 67th Independence Day was celebrated by the personnel of the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) deployed along the Bangladesh border by exchanging sweets and greetings with their counterparts from Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday. At the Indo-Bangladesh border post in South Dinajpur in West Bengal, the Commandant of 96th Battalion of BSF, Bal [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-two U.S. lawmakers have urged Bangladesh to preserve the independence of the Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank, saying changes proposed by a government-appointed commission would be "disastrous."The senators and House representatives, mostly Democrats, publicized their letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.They lauded the micro-lender for helping … [Read More]

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Former chief justice of Bangladesh's Supreme Court, Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury, will chair the 10-member disciplinary panel that will help conduct the disciplinary proceedings against … [Read More]

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Nottinghamshire 293 for 6 (Tillcock 97*, Franks 75, Naeem 2-42) beat Bangladesh A 292 for 7 (Ziaur 104*, Shamsur 52, Franks 3-56) by four … [Read More]

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England's Darren Stevens hits a shot during a cricket sixes match against India on October 31, 2009 at the Kowloon cricket club in Hong Kong. Stevens on Wednesday admitted to being charged by the International Cricket Council with failure to report attempted corruption in the Bangladesh Premier … [Read More]

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