Advisor for Shipping and Textiles and Jute, Brigadier General (Retd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hossain, has urged the country to launch direct cargo shipping between Norway and Bangladesh. He said that if a direct shipping connection is established in Norway, it is possible to reach goods from Chittagong to any port in Norway within 15 days. […]
Read MoreThe remittance inflow for the same period in October was $739.8 million, indicating a decrease in this November’s remittance figures. Bangladesh received remittances totalling $655 million in the first nine days of November, according to the latest report of the Bangladesh Bank. This amounts to an average daily inflow of around Tk72.8 million in foreign […]
Read MoreDonald Trump often says that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is his friend. Modi also claims that Trump is his friend. About a month and a half ago, in September, when Narendra Modi went to the United States to attend the Quad Summit at the invitation of President Joe Biden, Trump had announced that he […]
Read MoreRMG orders are increasing as economies in major export destinations recover and previously shifted orders return, now that the situation has stabilised. Bangladesh’s merchandise exports experienced positive growth for the second consecutive month, increasing by 20.6% year-on-year in October, primarily driven by readymade garment shipments despite production disruptions from prolonged labour unrest. According to data […]
Read MoreIndia alleges that Khalistanists are carrying out separatist activities against Delhi sitting in Canada. Canada has never admitted this allegation. This time, a different tone is heard from the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Khalistanists. India-Canada relations have been at their lowest point since the murder of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. After this, […]
Read MoreFor almost two and a half years, many countries in the world’s major economies have brought inflation rates under control by increasing central bank policy interest rates. As a result, they have started reducing policy interest rates. Many countries have already reduced policy interest rates by one point. They have announced to reduce them by […]
Read MoreIndia, the world’s third largest oil importer and consumer, has become the top buyer of discounted Russian sea-borne oil shunned by Western countries. Global oil prices “would have hit the roof” if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India’s oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where […]
Read MorePakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in its northwest. At least 26 people were killed and more than 60 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, reports Dawn. Pakistan is grappling with a surge […]
Read MoreStudent Direct Stream was launched in 2018 to ‘provide faster processing for eligible post-secondary students’. In the latest measure targeting international students planning to study at a Canadian institution, Ottawa has announced that it is immediately ending the Student Direct Stream (SDS) initiative. According to a notice from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on […]
Read MoreThe US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has addressed issues such as governance, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue’s laws, international relations, and security in Afghanistan in its quarterly report. Quoting the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, SIGAR reportes that over the past three years, officials of the Afghan interim government have […]
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