Bangladesh News [25.04.2011]

Bangladesh probe clears Yunus' Grameen Bank of wrongdoing DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh government probe cleared micro-lender Grameen Bank of financial irregularities, the finance minister said on Monday, but the finding will not change the decision ... General Sources - Comment on this Bangladesh Thai Aluminium serves notice on probe chief A major suspect in Bangladesh’s recent stock market fraud has served a legal notice upon the committee investigating the debacle and filed an appeal with a court seeking to scrap parts of ... General Sources - Comment on this Indian entrepreneurs planning to invest US$3.5 bil. in Bangladesh DHAKA -- Indian private entrepreneurs have planned a US$3.5 billion investment to tap market potential in Bangladesh, a senior Indian minister visiting Bangladesh ... The China Post - Comment on this India, Bangladesh to have rail links New Delhi, April 24 : India and Bangladesh have agreed to restore railway links in a bid to enhance people-to-people contact and boost bilateral trade ... New Kerala - Comment on this

Wary of green concerns, Dhaka waits on fresh JVs with Indian firms Muhammad Faruk Khan said on Saturday. Khan, who held talks with an Indian delegation led by commerce & industry minister Anand Sharma here, told TOI after the meeting that Dhaka is ... Times of India - Comment on this

Ferry sinks in Bangladesh; 28 dead, more missing A relative reacts after a ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized in River Meghna, in Brahmanbaria district about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 21, ... General Sources - Comment on this

Anand Sharma for better ties with Bangladesh — PHOTO: PTI Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a meeting in Dhaka ... General Sources - Comment on this

Establishment ministry may be renamed today The government is set to change the name of the establishment ministry and redefine its role and vision as part of its administrative reform initiatives.A proposal suggesting three prospective ... The Daily Star - Comment on this

Govt not interfering in Yunus issue Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said the government is not interfering in any matter related to Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank.She told this to Martin Hirsch, the special ... The Daily Star - Comment on this

'Measure women's role to prepare budget' Ayesha Khanam, second from right, addressing a discussion on upcoming national budget and gender equality organised by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad at the Jatiya Press Club in the city ... The Daily Star - Comment on this

14 domestic helps tortured to death in four months A total of 14 domestic helps, mostly children, were tortured to death while eight were severely tortured by their employers in the last four months in the country, said human rights ... The Daily Star - Comment on this

Info sought mostly by the underprivileged Uneducated and underprivileged people are the ones mostly seeking information under Right to Information (RTI) Act as educated urban people seem to be less interested in applying it, ... The Daily Star - Comment on this

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