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Written by admin on 09 December 2012
Dhaka, Dec 9 (IANS/CMC) Captain Darren Sammy was left defending under-performing opener Chris Gayle after the West Indies slid to a 2-3 defeat in the five-match One-Day International series against Bangladesh here.
The left-handed Gayle, one of the finest limited overs batsmen in the contemporary game, managed just 72 runs from five innings in the series as the Caribbean side’s batting struggled throughout.
Sammy contended, however, that the team’s performances did not centre around one player.
“I would like to see all my players perform. Things don’t always go the way you want them to. Obviously Chris is a very experienced player and I know he will come back good anytime,” Sammy told a media conference Saturday night.
“Credit to the Bangladesh team for the way they bowled at him throughout this series. They had a plan and they stuck to it. The team doesn’t revolve around one person, it’s a collective set of people to go out there and do what is necessary for us to win.”
He added: “I don’t blame people, I’ve always said that cricket is a team sport. We’ve got to pull together as a team. It’s not every day the same people will perform and today we got a performance from (Kieron) Pollard and (Darren) Bravo and Kemar (Roach) got five wickets. We just need more performances from the team and that would make us more successful.”
The West Indies entered the series with their batting as their strength but failed to live up to expectations. They were dismissed in the opening ODI in Khulna for 199 to lose by seven wickets and crashed for a paltry 132 in the second game, chasing 293 for victory.
Even when they chased a moderate 228 to win the third game, they needed Marlon Samuels’ century in order to triumph after the batting struggled again, and they mustered just 211 off 50 overs in the fourth game before their bowlers defended well.
Saturday, Pollard emerged from poor form to slam a stroke-filled 85 while Bravo, perhaps the most consistent batsman in the series, scored 51.
The pair added 132 for the fourth wicket to repair the innings after the Windies had slumped to 17 for three.
“The difference between the two teams is that we lost. We have not played our best cricket but we still put ourselves in a position to win the series,” Sammy pointed out.
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Written by admin on 03 December 2012
Dhaka, Dec 3 (IANS) India would adopt a liberal visa policy to boost economic partnership and encourage Indian business to invest in Bangladesh to address the imbalance in trade and reap mutual benefit.
“As a step towards showing India’s commitment to joining hands with Dhaka in giving a boost to the economic prosperity of Bangladesh and its people, we have decided to adopt a liberal visa regime,” High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said at the start of the India Show here.
India is attaching greater importance to its ties with Bangladesh as a strategically and economically key element in the furtherance of its “Look East” policy.
It also believes Bangladesh can become a hub for its Northeast region. India intends to help develop ports, waterways and alternate roadways to boost trade and investment.
There is no formal agreement between India and Bangladesh on the visa regime.
“Earlier, businessmen and other categories would get five days’ visa with single-entry condition. This was making it very difficult for even those people who have been dealing with the Indian corporate world for the last two to three decades.
“Now we are granting six-month multi-entry visa and even longer term visas to various categories including artists from Bangladesh that is going to make things smooth and easy,” Saran added.
Bangladesh is seeking more Indian investment in the country.
“We have an open business-environment in the county and Indian businessmen are welcome to invest in any kind of establishment they want to,” Bangladesh Commerce Minister Ghulam Muhammed Quader said, inaugurating the Show.
Bangladesh’s liberal investment policy allows equal treatment for local and foreign investors, legal protection against nationalisation and expropriation, guarantee of repatriation of capital and dividend, corporate tax holidays up to seven years, concessionary duty on the import of machinery, export incentives, allowing 100 percent equity, and unrestricted exit policy.
India’s Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao said the balance of trade in favour of India could be addressed by investing in Bangladesh.
Indian companies can also have access to western markets like EU and the US where Bangladesh enjoys zero duty especially for textiles.
Deputy High Commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty said Indian companies may look for collaboration in power generation, IT and tyre manufacturing.
“Indian investment is suitable for Bangladesh. Indian entrepreneurs understand Bangladesh’s business climate. Bangladesh’s export to India won’t rise unless the Indian investors come here,” he said.
Bangladesh had been demanding since long increased market access for its products to India.
Rao said he hoped that business people in the two countries would fully utilise the duty and quota-free access facility.
India slashed its sensitive list under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) for less developed countries and granted duty-free access to Bangladesh especially for textiles.
The two-way trade stood at $4.3 billion in 2011-12. India sold goods worth over $3.5 billion to Bangladesh whose exports were worth around $0.6 billion.
Chakravorty said export diversification and investment by Indian companies to produce products here and re-export those to Indian market could help Bangladesh boost its export volume to India.
Bangladesh and India will have secretary-level talks Tuesday. Various trade-related issues will come up for discussions at the meeting.
Bangladesh commerce joint secretary Shawkat Ali Wareshi said since Bangladesh’s export basket is fragile, the India Show would be an opportunity for entrepreneurs to know what type of products India wants and it will help them diversify their products to boost exports to India.
The India Show has been organised by the commerce ministry, India Brand Equity Foundation and FICCI to explore joint venture possibilities and cooperation to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
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Written by admin on 30 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) Four people were beaten to death by an angry mob in Bangladesh after they allegedly tried to extort Taka 20,000 from a villager, a media report said Friday.
The incident took place at Kaliani Beell area of Faridpur sub-district in Pabna Thursday night, the Daily Star reported citing police.
Three of the dead were identified as Mohammad Khalil, 25, a leader of the Janajuddha faction of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party, Liton Hossain, 22, and Akkas Ali, 26. The identity of the fourth was not known.
A gang of 10 to 12 people led by Khalil went to the residence of Md. Abul Kalam Thursday night to extort money, locals told the daily.
Villagers of the area organised themselves and chased the miscreants. The mob managed to catch four of them and beat them to death, police said.
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Written by admin on 30 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) Former Indian prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who died Friday, was a “true friend of Bangladesh”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said.
In a condolence message, Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of the 92-year-old Indian leader, the Daily Star reported.
Hasina recalled Gujral’s contribution to the Ganges water-sharing treaty and strengthening of relations between Bangladesh and India.
Hasina prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and conveyed her deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
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Written by admin on 30 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) A 53-year-old politician from the Awami League party has been hacked to death by unidentified men, a media report said Friday.
Sujanur Rahman Sujan, the youth and sports secretary of the party’s Bogra district unit, was killed Thursday night, the Daily Star said.
Police said the attackers swooped down on Sujan while he was returning home and hacked him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically wounded.
Locals took him to a hospital where a doctor declared him dead.
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Written by admin on 30 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) A smuggler of animal parts was Friday arrested in Bangladesh and 40 live turtles and 200 dried turtle shells were seized from him.
Farid Ahmed, 40, was held by forest department officials, and turtles of three species — spotted flat-shell, Assamrup turtle and soft-shell turtle — were found in his possession in Narayanganj, the Daily Star reported.
Bangladesh’s wildlife law strictly prohibits poaching, capturing, trapping and trading of wildlife. Breach of the law carries a penalty of minimum one year in jail or a fine of Taka 50,000.
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Written by admin on 29 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh Thursday signed an agreement for $300 million loan to help the country stabilise its financial market, making it safer and more attractive to invest.
The assistance will help meet the long-term financing requirements and thereby address the current infrastructure investment gap in Bangladesh, Xinhua quoted the Manila-based lender as saying in a statement.
Iqbal Mahmood, senior secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division, and M. Teresa Kho, country director of ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission, signed the agreement.
The ADB loan will be used to help the securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, do a better job of independently overseeing activities, and to set up specialized tribunals to deal with financial cases.
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Written by admin on 29 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) Climate change in Bangladesh will force the displacement of over 95 million people by 2040, says a new report by a local think tank.
The report titled “The Tempest of Exodus: The Case of Climate Change−induced Displacement in Bangladesh and International Negotiations” has been prepared by think tank Unnayan Onneshan, Xinhua reported.
The study said flood may displace 5.25 million by 2020, 11.02 million by 2030, and 23.16 million people by 2040 based upon the historical trend.
Likewise, if radical actions are not taken, 1.58 million may be displaced due to cyclone by 2020, 6.46 million by 2030 and 26.39 million people by 2040.
In addition, riverbank erosion could displace 11.62 million by 2020, 26.15 million by 2030 and 40.67 million by 2040. Drought may also lead to the exodus of 3.92 million, 4.64 million and 5.5 million people by 2020, 2030 and 2040.
Taking into account all these situations, the research group estimated that climate change−induced migration in Bangladesh may reach 22.37 million, 48.28 million and 95.72 million by 2020, 2030 and 2040.
The Unnayan Onneshan said that on an average, 2.5 million people are displaced permanently by every major flood.
A new World Bank report published Nov 18 said the sea level would rise by up to three feet in Bangladesh where water scarcity and falling crop yield exacerbate hunger and poverty.
The report titled “Turn Down the Heat” said all nations would suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world’s poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought.
It also said some of the most highly vulnerable cities are located in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mexico and Venezuela.
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Written by admin on 27 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) National flags across Bangladesh flew at half−mast Tuesday as the country observed a national mourning day for over 100 people who lost their lives in a devastating fire at a garment factory and in a flyover collapse.
Flags were flown at half−mast at offices of all government, semi−government and autonomous and academic institutions as well as in other important buildings, Xinhua reported.
The fire at the factory in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka claimed at least 111 lives and 12 others perished in the flyover collapse in the southeastern port city of Chittagong, according to official figures.
The government also declared a day off at all ready−made garment factories across the country Tuesday.
The decisions were taken at a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Special prayers were offered Tuesday at mosques, temples, pagodas, churches and other places of worship.
Thousands of garment workers in Dhaka and other places in the country took part in mourning processions, demanding punishment to the owners of the garments factory where the tragedy occurred.
Officials said samples were collected from the severely burnt bodies for DNA tests so as to identify them.
The unidentified bodies will be buried at a graveyard in Dhaka by Anjuman−e−Mofidul Islam, a charity arranging funerals for unidentified deceased.
Hasina Monday night said the fire at Tazreen Fashions Ltd. was set in a planned way.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Association also spoke about plots to set the factory ablaze in an attempt to create anarchy.
Some workers who escaped by jumping from windows said factory authorities had barred them from running to safety after the fire alarm went off.
Some survivors said they found two of the three staircases leading to the ground floor were locked.
Prime Minister Hasina said police captured a woman trying to set a factory ablaze at Ashulia.
Sumi Begum was paid 20,000 taka (about $250) for torching a building.
The man who paid her has been arrested, Hasina said.
“It is not an accident, (it was) planned. The incident takes place when it is the time for (global) buyers to come and sign contracts,” she said.
Bangladesh has about 4,000 garment factories which employ approximately three million people, 80 percent of whom are women.
In the last fiscal year (July 2011−June 2012), Bangladesh earned about $20 billion from exports of garments.
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Written by admin on 27 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Tata Motors Tuesday entered the Bangladesh passenger car market, introducing two sedans and a hatchback.
“Bangladesh’s customers for new cars demonstrate high discernment. They will see that reflected in our cars. Our service will be easy−to−reach and prompt,” said Johnny Oommen, head, international business, passenger cars, Tata Motors.
The company launched its Tata Indigo eCS compact sedan and Tata Indigo Manza, a luxury sedan, as well as Tata Indica Vista hatchback.
The company said its passenger cars will be available in Dhaka through one showroom and by 2013, three other cities will be covered, with a showroom each.
Tata Motors holds a 70 percent market share in the country’s commercial vehicle segment. The company first set shop in Bangladesh way back in 1972.
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Written by admin on 26 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has declared Tuesday, Nov 27, to be a day of national mourning for all those who lost their lives in Saturday’s devastating garment factory fire and in a flyover collapse.
At least 123 people were killed in the garment factory fire in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka and in a flyover collapse in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. The factory fire claimed 111 lives and the 12 others perished in the flyover collapse, according to official figures.
The government has also declared a day off at all ready−made garment factories across the country Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
The decisions were taken at a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Cabinet Secretary M. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said that as part of the mourning, national flags will be flown at half−mast at the offices of all government, semi−government and autonomous and academic institutions as well as in other important buildings.
Special prayers will be offered at mosques, temples, pagodas, churches and other places of worship Tuesday, he said.
Yet another fire broke out Monday morning in a 12−storeyed garment factory near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, a day after the deadly blaze in Ashulia, but no casualty was reported.
The blaze at the Euro−Bangla Garment building started around 10 a.m., fire service official Nazma Akter told Xinhua.
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Written by admin on 26 November 2012
Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) A fire broke out Monday morning in a 12−storeyed garment factory near Dhaka airport, a day after over 100 people died in a deadly blaze in another factory on the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital, officials said.
The blaze at the Euro−Bangla Garment building started around 10 a.m., fire service official Nazma Akter told Xinhua.
Fire fighters were trying to douse the blaze which swept through several floors of the building near the Hazral Shahjalal International Airport.
No casualty has so far been reported.
Xinhua said hundreds of workers were feared trapped, but the report could not be confirmed.
A devastating blaze in a garment factory in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka that broke out Saturday night and continued till Sunday morning left at least 112 people dead and dozens of others injured.
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