Delhi ignores Dhaka's request for trade talks, businesses pay
India continues to cold-shoulder requests for holding talks to resolve accumulating trade-related disputes, officials say, while Bangladesh businesses have to pay for abrupt shipment restrictions in particular. In recent months, calls from Dhaka went unheeded for lifting the ban on trade carriage through land ports, holding bilateral commerce secretary-level meeting,...
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Economic outlook of BD stable: S&P
S&P Global Ratings affirmed Bangladesh's credit rating at B+/B on recent improvements in the country's official foreign-exchange reserves.It also said Bangladesh's outlook is stable, which reflects the real growth rate per capita will remain very strong compared to that of the country's peers."We affirmed our long-term sovereign credit ratings on...
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Two more Milestone students die, death toll now rises to 33
Two more schoolchildren succumbed Friday to their fatal burn injuries suffered in the air-force jet crash into Milestone School and College while six remained in critical condition, medical sources said. Meanwhile, foreign specialist physicians are engrossed in providing lifesaving medication for burn survivors admitted into different hospitals in the capital,...
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Bottled water prices of some brands rise despite case pending
Some companies have raised further their bottled-water prices even though legal cases against them remain pending with Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) in this regard.Recently, the prices of "Mum" brand of bottled mineral water of Partex Beverages' and that of "Fresh" brand of Meghna Group have gone up in the market.Earlier,...
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Aid groups warn of rising starvation among Gaza children
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, July 25 (AFP): Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that a quarter of the young children and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers it had screened at its clinics last week were malnourished, a day after the United...
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