Tipaimukh dam, trade to top Delhi-Dhaka talksSeptember 6th, 2009 DHAKA - A "congenial ambience" between Bangladesh and India would be of help when issues like Tipaimukh dam, trade and transit are taken up during the visit of Foreign Minister Dipu Moni to New Delhi in the coming week. Political and diplomatic observers see a congenial ambience in place with an Awami League government in Dhaka and a Congress-led government in Delhi.
Dhaka not to recognise Kosovo: officialAugust 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has decided not to recognise Kosovo as an independent Balkan state, rejecting a request from the US. Dhaka has made it clear that it would like to keep away (from the Kosovo issue), New Age newspaper said Sunday quoting Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes.
Dhaka downpour shatters 53-year recordJuly 29th, 2009 DHAKA - At least 10 people died and large parts of the national capital were inundated in a heavy downpour that broke a 53-year record, an official said. Dhaka ended its relatively dry spell, thanks to a delayed monsoon wherein 333 mm rain fell Monday and Tuesday.
Dhaka gets record rainfall after 60 years, nine killed, life hamperedJuly 29th, 2009 DHAKA - Record rainfall in Bangladesh capital Dhaka has claimed the lives of at least nine people, besides disrupting normal lifeb extensively. Reports in several Bangladeshi dailies, including the Daily Star and The Independent quoted the Met Office as saying on Tuesday that Dhaka received 290 mm of rainfall over a six-hour period.
Dhaka opposition parties keep out of team to inspect Indian damJuly 26th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's opposition parties have opted out of a team that will visit the site of the Tipaimukh dam in India's Manipur state. While Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has conveyed that their two lawmakers would not join it, a lone member of its Islamist ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Saturday said he had met with an accident and was unlikely to join.
Crowded Dhaka is Bangladesh's `most attractive' city: SurveyJuly 14th, 2009 DHAKA - Despite bursting at the seams and poor civic amenities, Dhaka, the four centuries-old city that is now the capital of Bangladesh, remains the country's "most attractive" city, says a survey. Dhaka gets 7.3 points in a scale of 10 -- well below the international criteria of competitiveness of a city in terms of cost of doing business, dynamics of local economy, human resources and training, infrastructures, and quality of life.
500,000 marooned in flood ravaged Bangladesh, six killed in landslidesJuly 4th, 2009 DHAKA - At least six people have died in landslides triggered off by heavy rains in Bangladesh's Habibganj District. Flash floods have stranded 500,000 people, officials said on Saturday.
Confident India will do nothing harmful on river project: BangladeshJune 20th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has expressed confidence that India would do "nothing harmful" on a proposed river dam in Manipur state in north-eastern India, a minister has said. Dhaka would do "everything possible if the dam proves to be a threat to Bangladesh's environment", Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters Friday.
Bangladeshi experts to visit controversial Indian dam projectJune 16th, 2009 DHAKA - A Bangladeshi team of parliamentarians and water experts is to visit an Indian dam construction project to assess its possible ecological effects on the country, a parliamentary panel said Tuesday. "We have decided to send a delegation to India to witness its Tipaimukh project," said Abdur Razzak, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Water Resources Ministry.
Bangladesh launches campaign to save riversJune 2nd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's lawmakers, media and industry leaders have launched a campaign to 'save' the rivers around the national capital by evicting encroachers and improving the environment. Called "Save rivers, Save Dhaka" campaign, the programme was launched Monday by parliament Speaker Abdul Hamid with the participation of The Daily Star newspaper and 'i'TV channel.
Dhaka seeks foreign aid to dredge silted riversMay 7th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has sought foreign aid to dredge all its rivers and has told prospective donors that funds provided would be properly used. The assurance came from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who met envoys of different countries and heads of international agencies, The Daily Star newspaper said Thursday.
Dhaka firm to ask three nations' help to design Ganga barrageApril 10th, 2009 DHAKA - A Bangladeshi consultancy firm will seek assistance from China, Pakistan and Australia to design a barrage over the Ganga river that holds the key to economic prosperity of its vast south-western region. A purchase committee headed by Finance Minister A.M.A.
River water sharing needs regional approach: Bangladeshi expertsMarch 22nd, 2009 DHAKA - A regional approach to river water sharing, rather than a bilateral one, would help solve the sticky issue with neighbour India as well as Nepal and Bhutan, Bangladeshi experts have said. Speaking on the eve of World Water Day 2009, they said the water issue should be clubbed with multilateral trade while engaging with the South Asian neighbours.
22 people missing as trawler capsizes in BangladeshJanuary 18th, 2009 DHAKA - At least 22 people were missing as a trawler capsized early Monday in a river in Bangladesh's southeastern Chandpur district, police said. Chief of Police in the district Krishna Pada Roy told Xinhua by phone that the earth-laden trawler capsized with about 50 labourers on board in Meghna river, one of the country's three biggest rivers, after being hit by an empty cargo vessel at about 3 a.m.
Delhi, Dhaka to resume river water sharing talksJanuary 12th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh will resume after more than three years talks with India on sharing of river waters in order to augment water availability and prevent erosion. The talks will take place 'soon' under the aegis of the Joint River Commission (JRC), Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said Tuesday, Star Online reported.
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