As part of the visit, the TechBridge project of the Uzbek-American IT association, aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of information and communication, was launched. Photo: MFA On September 3-7, the delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov visited the USA. According to the MFA, the Minister of Foreign Affairs…
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The Panama Canal could further reduce the maximum number of authorized daily vessel transits if this year’s drought continues, the waterway’s administrator said on Tuesday. A backlog of ships is waiting to pass through the trans-oceanic canal, which handles an estimated 5% of world trade. It began restricting vessel draft and daily passage authorizations this…
According to data from the Bangladesh Competition Commission, local manufacturers can fulfil 50% of the demand in the capital and only 30% of the demand outside TBS Illustration Libra Infusions Ltd, the largest saline manufacturer in the country, has slashed its production by 75% due to what it claims is a capital shortfall, just as…
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) – a Washington DC-based think-tank that focuses on illicit financial flows – has published a number of reports on money laundering in Bangladesh. These reports found that Bangladesh is a major source of illicit financial flows, with billions of dollars being laundered out of the country each year. The main methods of…
The Copyright Bill 2023 was passed in Parliament today providing a penalty of Tk 5 lakh for publishing, serving, or performing any work of others without having copyright of such content. For the violation of copyright of films, the maximum punishment is five years of imprisonment and Tk 10 lakh in fine. State Minister for…