The land that is now Uzbekistan was once at the heart of the ancient Silk Road trade route connecting China with the Middle East and Rome. The country came under Russian control in the 19th Century, and emerged as an independent state when Soviet rule ended in 1991. Under authoritarian President Islam Karimov, who ruled…
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Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) will hold the next round of strategic dialogue in Dhaka in September’s second week. Officials from the both sides are now working on the agenda of the dialogue and an inter-ministerial meeting is likely to be held on August 27, reports UNB. The strategic dialogue is likely to be…
15 candidates from Sammilito Baboshayee Parishad panel and eight candidates from Baboshayee Oikyo Parishad panel were elected directors of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). The 23 candidates were elected directors from association group for 2023-25 tenure during the biennial election of the apex trade body held on Monday, according to…
The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has extended $20 million long-term loan to Dhaka RAD Elevated Expressway Company Limited (DREECL), an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) formed to implement a PPP project, says a press release. The project is designed to improve Hatirjheel (Rampura Bridge)-Shekherjaiga-Amulia-Demra Road (with link to Tarabo and Chittagong Road). A loan agreement…
Non-basmati white rice, which India has banned for export, is mainly purchased by Senegal, Benin, Togo, Bangladesh, and Cote d’Ivoire. Labourers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India’s main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, on 2 September 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS Indian rice exporters have been…