The Bangladesh government has gone ahead in approving the commercial release of the pesticide-eliminating Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant even as Filipino farmers press government for Bt eggplant's commercialization. Bangladesh's National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) has approved the propagation of Bt eggplant so that seeds may be available to farmers for planting, reported the … [...]

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 [...]

Bangladesh's volatile politics today took an interesting turn as the ruling Awami League and main opposition BNP held a secretive meeting overnight amid a deadlock over upcoming polls. Awami League general secretary and local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam held a 45-minute meeting with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul [...]

A hearing was underway in Bangladesh on Sunday against nine cricketers and officials charged with match-fixing offences involving the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), officials said. The disciplinary hearing convened by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) involves seven people charged with match-fixing including former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, who made a tearful confession on … [...]

Amari Dhaka is owned by Karishma Services and will be managed by ONYX under their upscale Amari brand. Located in the Business District of Gulshan, Amari Dhaka is scheduled to open in … [Read More]

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Bangladesh is getting 82m loan from The European Investment Bank (EIB) to support a project that aims to enhance the country s power generation, transmission and distribution capacity. The loan will back two precise projects under the program that comprise conversion of the Baghabari and Shagibacar gas-fired plants to combined-cycle power plants. This will lead [...]

Garment makers in Bangladesh will get a pay rise of 77 per cent, with a government-appointed wage board approving the increase following a wave of protests by factory … [Read More]

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One year after the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh, many retailers that sold garments produced there or inside the Rana Plaza building that collapsed last spring are refusing to join an effort to compensate the families of the more than 1,200 workers who died in those disasters.
The International Labor Organization is working with Bangladeshi officials, [...]

Between Dhyan Chand and Tendulkar, India is now a nation that celebrates activists - to one that recognises the feats of those who give us hope and … [Read More]

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WASHINGTON - An influential Democratic senator says Bangladesh has yet to meet benchmarks set by the U.S. government for restoration of trade benefits suspended after a garment factory collapse that killed more than 1,100 people. A report released Friday by Robert Menendez, chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, says Bangladeshi authorities need to [...]