Bangladesh foreign relations

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Dhaka to host 9th global forum on migration meeting

Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2014-10-22 14:26:59.0 BdST Updated: 2014-10-22 16:29:45.0 BdST


Bangladesh has won a bid to host the meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).



The foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the decision had been taken in both the steering committee and troika meetings of the global forum in Geneva on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will host the 9th meeting in 2016 for which the country was campaigning, the ministry said in a media statement.

Turkey will host next year’s meeting.

This is the first time that Bangladesh is going to host this “important” Forum meeting began in 2007.

Every year, the Forum is usually attended by hundreds of representatives from around 150 countries of the world.

“This election reaffirms Bangladesh's lead role in incorporating migration in the post 2015 development agenda,” the foreign ministry said.

“As a Chair Bangladesh would be in a position to effectively pursue and further promote the rights and well-beings of the migrant workers and their families in the global migration discourse”.

Bangladesh has a particular interest is in protecting the rights of migrant workers because it has millions of them working abroad and their remittances are the second biggest source of foreign exchange for the country.

Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva M Shameem Ahsan represented the country in the Geneva meeting.

During the 30 member Steering Group meeting of this UN initiative, the foreign ministry said Canada had strongly supported Bangladesh’s bid “setting the tone of the Group in favourable terms”.

US, the Netherlands, Australia, India, Tunisia, Mexico, Mauritius and the Philippines also supported Bangladesh’s bid and congratulated Bangladesh for becoming the Chair to host the 9th meeting, the foreign ministry said.

Haque thanking all said Bangladesh would try its best “to uphold the trust bestowed upon the country by the Steering group members by taking the Forum to a new height during its chairmanship”.

He said Bangladesh would put the issue of migration and development in its 'due place' in the post 2015 Development Agenda.

Winning this bid to host the global forum is “a clear demonstration of the international community’s recognition to Bangladesh’s leadership in the international discourse of migration”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/10/22/dhaka-to-host-9th-global-forum-on-migration-meeting

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Kuwaiti military personnel visit the BIPSOT ( Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training) a prestigious institute of Bangladesh dedicated to training of peacekeepers for employment in all types of UNPSO i.e. UN Peace Support Operations.

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Head of the Sri Lankan army in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[ghumbasa]

Thanks.

Some of the reasons why it is useful for a Bangladeshi to be posting in a Pashtun forum include:

1. Bengalis were part of the same state/federation that most Pashtuns are now resident in i.e. Pakistan.

2. Bengalis had problems with the Pakistani centre (despite being the majority) that Pashtuns and others now face.

3. Bengalis like Afghans face covert destabilization of their country by Pakistan, though in Bangladesh it is to a much lesser extent but involves the use of the Jamaat e "Islami" and other groups. Even the very normally reticent Bangladesh army made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani involvement a year or two ago when it thwarted an attempt to organize a coup within the Bangladesh army.

4. There are also so some cultural and historical similarities and ties with Pashtuns and Afghans.

- Both Bengal and Afghanistan had Farsi as a state language in the not so distant past. In Bangladesh in terms of old land titles and records they are all in Farsi - the Mughal state language.

- There is a Farsi/Mughal influence in both languages and also the culture e.g. in Bengali we have words such as "zindagi", "namaz" etc. Dhaka itself used to be called "Jahangir-nagar" and Sylhet was "Jalalabad".

In Sylhet there is a military base called the "Jalalabad" cantonment.

Quite a few things in Sylhet contain the name "Jalalabad".





A Sylheti newspaper.




- We have had Afghan/Pashtun conquerors in the past including in northern Bangladesh (Mymensingh) and in the south (Chittagong).

There are many other similarities which mean that Pashtuns and Bengalis have more in common with each other than Pashtuns and Malaysians, or Pashtuns and Moroccans. However the average Afghan does not have any particular affinity with Bangladesh and just sees it as a relatively far off country that happens to be Muslim and has an affinity with it as a fellow Muslim state (just like Turkey or Egypt) and it just stops there.

The success of Bangladesh since its freedom from Pakistan is also of relevance to Pashtuns as some Pashtuns (not the majority) would also like to opt out of Pakistan, so Bangladesh is the only place which gives any sort of indication what life after independence and freedom from Pakistan would look like.

I dont think so there are similarities between bangladesh and pashtuns other than that both have muslims....and in past some hindu rulers were driven out by afghans in past while they were oppressing the original inhabitants...


Majority of your posts are an indication themselves that you are pro indian and anti pakistan....Pakistan may have deficiencies...or the policies of govts and army is such that no one agrees but that doesnt mean every sindhi or punjabi should be blamed for our own failures...Many among the are also suffering at the handz of corrupt rulers nothing to do with being anti or pro pakistani....

This seed of nationalism of bangladesh you are promoting on one side while anti pakistani......and in
other threads you are promoting pics of islam and peace bla bla...i d say hypocrisy reeks from your every post...or may be you are one of those indians or bangalis who ve this habit of interfering in other matters while they themselves have big problems at hands to handle...likr there are whole villages in india involved sex slavery...rohingya muslims suffering ,been driven out of banglsdesh and their women are sold by indian pimps...they are smuggled by thai dealers...i see nothing is done for them.So whats the need of la la land propaganda...poverty is on rise in bangladesh.

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http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/myanmar-exodus-idINDEE96G01I20130717

ttp://www.thestateless.com/2013/12/human-trafficking-muslim-women.html
This is the harsh reality that needs to be exposed as much as some here try to degrade pashtuns or islam.
Reality is that major resources are not in the hands of states ..small states but in the hands of uncle sam...

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I dont think so there are similarities between bangladesh and pashtuns other than that both have muslims....and in past some hindu rulers were driven out by afghans in past while they were oppressing the original inhabitants...


Majority of your posts are an indication themselves that you are pro indian and anti pakistan....Pakistan may have deficiencies...or the policies of govts and army is such that no one agrees but that doesnt mean every sindhi or punjabi should be blamed for our own failures...Many among the are also suffering at the handz of corrupt rulers nothing to do with being anti or pro pakistani....

This seed of nationalism of bangladesh you are promoting on one side while anti pakistani......and in
other threads you are promoting pics of islam and peace bla bla...i d say hypocrisy reeks from your every post...or may be you are one of those indians or bangalis who ve this habit of interfering in other matters while they themselves have big problems at hands to handle...likr there are whole villages in india involved sex slavery...rohingya muslims suffering ,been driven out of banglsdesh and their women are sold by indian pimps...they are smuggled by thai dealers...i see nothing is done for them.So whats the need of la la land propaganda...poverty is on rise in bangladesh.

Racist Pakistani Pathan, stay out of my threads. I am not going to waste my time educating your nonsense-filled brain with facts but here are some important pieces of information for a "dil dil Pakistan", Pakistani Pathan for you to understand and also for any being mislead by your lies.

1. I am Muslim and Bangladeshi. East Bengal/Bangladesh is where the project for a Muslim homeland first began in south Asia.

However we were always betrayed by the northern Indian Muslims even before the creation of Pakistan and they never liked us. Jinnah himself in his early days spoke against the creation of a separate majority Muslim east Bengal state in 1905.

Later the Pakistani politicians made sure that east Pakistan was small and lost Murshidabad, Calcutta and other Muslim majority areas which are now part of west Bengal. We also did not receive Arakan.

The west Pakistani politicians wanted to keep the eastern wing territorially small.

2. In 1971 the west Pakistanis chose their ethnicity above Islam. For decades we majority Muslim Bengalis put up with the oppression of the western wing for the sake of Muslim unity, this came to an end when their army attacked us (they started the war) and we defended ourselves, our families, our homes and thus modern Muslim Bangladesh was created.

The 6 point plan which Mujib advocated was related to issues of governance and administration and had nothing to do with religion or had nothing against Islam.

We accepted rule by west Pakistani politicians though we were the majority, the west Pakistanis could not accept rule by an east Pakistani government in 1971 i.e. they chose ethnicity above religion.

3. Bangladesh does not interfere in Pakistani affairs while it is Pakistan's government constantly commenting on our internal affairs including trials of war crime suspects even passing national assembly declarations on them as well as the ISI sponsoring terrorism in Bangladesh.

4. We have the highest number of Rohingya refugees in the world, around 0.8 million. If we had officially said that Rohingyas should come to Bangladesh during the recent Burma crisis that would give the Burmese junta exactly what they want i.e. for all Rohingyas to be ethnically cleansed in to Bangladesh.

Your beloved Pakistan is the one which is supplying the anti-Muslim Burmese army with fighter planes and submarine training.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/burma-to-purchase-chinese-pakistani-jf-17-fighter-jets/

5. You are a liar.

Bangladesh's economy is growing in many ways in terms of GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and also HDI performance which is the second best in south Asia after Sri Lanka as well as a reduction of poverty.

You are a racist Pakistani Pathan who has been raised to hate India and Hindus so therefore think I too - as a Muslim Bengali - must hate India and Hindus, I do not. In Bangladesh we regard it as extreme and uncouth to hate other religions. We are not Pakistan.

You are also anti-Afghan and have been spamming my Afghanistan Focus thread with your Pakistani Pathan B.S. criticizing Afghanistan.

Stay out of my threads. I come to this forum to speak to Pashtuns not "Pathans".


I am now placing you on ignore.

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RECENT IMAGES FROM BANGLADESHI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE UAE.

















Bangladeshi prime minister with UAE's minister for social affairs.

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Kuwait’s KPI Mulls Construction Of ‘Large’ Refinery In Bangladesh

Feasibility Study On Project Completed

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 2: Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), which is affiliated to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), is currently looking into the possibility of constructing a crude oil refinery in Bangladesh with a capacity of 10 million tons per year at an estimated value of US$6.0 billion, says a high-ranking oil sector official.


It has been reported that a KPI delegation headed by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bakheet Al Rashidi visited Bangladesh last week where they met top officials of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), Board of Investment (BoI).

According to sources, the KPI delegation’s visit is aimed at presenting details of requirements for constructing the crude oil refinery. KPI intends to demand from the Bangladeshi government all the required infrastructure in the project site such as land and its development, electricity, fresh water, roads and communication.

KPI will also request for tax holiday and 100 percent profit repatriation benefit for the project and its foreign employees.

Another reliable source revealed the existing international regulations state that investment of at least $6.0 billion is necessary to construct a refinery with capacity of 0.2m barrels or 10 million tons per day.

Meanwhile, BPC Chairman Md Eunusur Rahman has been quoted as saying, “KPI informed us that a 0.3m barrels per day crude oil refinery would be of a standard capacity refinery it wants to build and it should not be less than 0.2m barrels per day capacity for its economic viability.”

“We have informed KPI about the benefits of foreign direct investment in Bangladesh, which include tax holiday for a certain period, 100 per cent profit repatriation etc. The Kuwaiti firm is eyeing to build a complex refinery having arrangements to convert less valuable petroleum output to valuable ones,” the chairman revealed.

He went on to say, “KPI also wants that the refinery must have options for future expansions to cater to the needs of growing petroleum demand in the country as well as the region. The refinery project might be of a joint venture with BPC or KPI alone could build it with its international partners, while the modality of the project would be decided later.”

“We shall send the outcome of the discussion with the KPI to the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) for future action. Everything depends on the decision of the government. We shall inform KPI the government’s feedback on its investment proposal after getting feedback from the government,” he added.

On the other hand, sources disclosed that prior to the meeting, KPI conducted a feasibility study on the construction of the refinery; covering Bangladesh’s oil import trend, demand- supply status, source of imports and other aspects. It also looked into the South Asian region’s oil import and consumption pattern to see whether the planned refinery could serve the regional demand.

If the project pushes through, it will be considered the second refinery in Bangladesh which currently has one - the Eastern Refinery Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPC. It has 1.5 million tons per year crude oil refining capacity plant which actually can refine 1.4 million tons at its de-rated capacity.

Earlier in March 2012, BPC sent letters to KPC and KPI inviting them to set up an oil refinery plant in Bangladesh.

Sources disclosed Bangladesh currently imports around 6.0 million tons of refined and crude oil combined every year to meet the growing domestic demand.

BPC imports a total of 1.4 million tons of crude from Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Saudi Aramco and ADNOC supply 700,000 mts of crude each.

It imports refined petroleum products from KPC, Petco - the trading arm of Malaysia’s Petronas, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), PetroChina, Vietnam’s Petrolime, Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) of Egypt, Philippines National Oil Company (PNOC), Bumi Siak Pusako of Indonesia and Unipec Singapore under term deals.

Bangladesh’s oil imports have been increasing steadily over the past several years in order to meet the rising demand, especially for oil-fired power plants.

Amid fast-depleting natural gas resources, Bangladesh in 2010 launched a drive for more oil-based power plants and nearly three-dozen of those plants most of which have already come online.

The new oil-fired power plants alone require over 2.0 million mts of oil products — around 1.2 million mts of fuel oil and 0.8m mts of gasoil — to generate electricity, BPC statistics spells out.

— The Financial Express

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/210569/reftab/96/Default.aspx

1. The article says Bangladesh (BD) imports 6 million barrels of oil a year.

2. It says this new refinery might produce 0.2 million barrels a day.

Now, unless my maths is wrong 0.2 million barrels x 30 would mean in just one month, Bangladesh would produce 6 million barrels of oil a day.

6 million barrels a month = 72 million barrels a year.

However there might be something more than this.

[Bengal_Tiger]

Bangladesh wants gender equality a ‘stand-alone’ post-MDGs goal

Nurul Islam Hasib from Bangkok, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-11-19 16:08:23.0 BdST Updated: 2014-11-19 16:08:23.0 BdST




Bangladesh has called upon the UN Asia-Pacific regional countries to raise a strong voice for keeping ‘gender equality and women’s empowerment’ a ‘stand-alone’ sustainable development goal.



State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki made the call on Wednesday while speaking at the ‘Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 review’ at UN regional headquarters in Bangkok.

The conference began ahead of next year’s 20-year celebration of the adoption of the global agenda for gender equality –the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

The Asia-Pacific region is home to two-thirds of world’s population, including nearly two-thirds of the world’s poor.

Violence against women is widespread here.

Chumki presented Bangladesh’s progress and challenges in achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment before the Asia-Pacific member states.

She said Bangladesh came a long way based on the 1997 women development policy that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had devised.

“We have already broken many glass ceilings,” she said giving examples of woman participation in judiciary, vice-chancellors, armed and police services, highest administrative and diplomatic assignments including the first woman permanent representative to the UNESCAP.

She mentioned the name of the newly appointed ambassador to Thailand who is also a woman, Saida Muna Tasneem.

“Holding our flag high, Bangladesh sent the first ever all-women-police-unit to UN peacekeeping missions in Haiti and DR Congo,” she said.

She said Bangladesh today perhaps the only country in the world that can boast of women Prime Minister, Speaker in the parliament, Leader of the Opposition, and Deputy Leader of the House.

“Bangladesh’s gender-ratings remain higher than many comparable countries of the region,” she said.

However, she said Bangladesh remained “conscious” of national and global challenges in sustained implementation of the Beijing commitment.

Violence against women, child marriage, women trafficking, rights of women migrants, and climate change impacts would continue to remain Bangladesh’s priority focus, she said.

And to pursue those target, she said, Bangladesh’s conviction in democracy, secularism and countering extremist forces would remain the “biggest strength”.

She thanked the UNESCAP for organising the conference that offered the member states of the region to talk before the expiry of MDGs in 2015.

“Let us raise a strong Asia-Pacific voice to champion greater regional cooperation and partnerships for our women, including ‘gender equality and women’s empowerment’ as a stand-alone and cross-cutting goal across the post-2015 development agenda”.

The conference is expected to adopt a declaration at the end on Thursday which will be placed along with other UN regions in next March’s global review meeting.

The global report will be placed in the September UN General Assembly when world will embrace a new set of development goals for the next 15 years.

UN Under Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka earlier called upon countries to work together to make 2030 “an expiry date for gender inequality”

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/19/bangladesh-wants-gender-equality-a-stand-alone-post-mdgs-goal1

Meher Afroz Chumki, right, Bangladesh's minister for women's affairs.

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Wartsila plans big in Bangladesh

Star Business Desk

Wartsila Bangladesh plans to increase its business operation in the country in the next 15 years.

The Finland-based energy solution provider is also set to contribute to generating 500 MW power.
Bangladesh offers huge investment opportunities as an emerging market, said Bjorn Rosengren, president and CEO of Wartsila Corporation, who is now visiting the country.

Rosengren put forward a set of his company's future plan at a press briefing at Radisson hotel in the city recently.
“Currently, our company makes up 5 percent business in Bangladesh, out of total 4.8 billion euro in 70 countries across the globe. It is witnessing consistent growth since the beginning of its business in Bangladesh in the early 90s,” Rosengren said.
At present globally, Wartsila Corporation have 70-75 percent market share, he said, adding that the company has established around 55,000 MW power generation capacities at 200 locations in 70 countries.
He said around 2,200 MW power generation capacities have been installed by the company in 40 power plants in Bangladesh.




“We know that there is a crying need for power in Bangladesh. Power is a sensor for any emerging countries like Bangladesh, who has an ambition to grow by doubling its existing power generation capacity by 2020.”
Without power, no emerging countries like Bangladesh will be able to achieve its desired growth, he said.
He said the company's technology is suitable for liquid fuel and gas-based power plants of Bangladesh, which are the special features of the company.
“We have well established ourselves in Bangladesh over the last decades through providing all kinds of supports, including complete lifecycle solutions, technical support, field service, up-gradation, conversion, safety and monitoring solutions.”
The company has set up two workshops: one at Chittagong and another at Gazipur, he said.
The goal of the company is to be a globally recognised leader in heavy fuel oil and dual-fuel power plants by enhancing its value proposition and by influencing and actively developing selected target markets, he said.
“In the next 10 years, we will have a huge amount of investment for establishing LNG terminals across the world.”
Rakesh Sarin, president (power plants) and executive vice president of Wartsila Corporation; Marco Wiren, chief financial officer of Wartsila Corporation; and Jillur Rahim, managing director of Wartsila Bangladesh, were present at the briefing.





Wartsila is a Finnish company and wants to do more business in Bangladesh.

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Racist Pakistani Pathan, stay out of my threads. I am not going to waste my time educating your nonsense-filled brain with facts but here are some important pieces of information for a "dil dil Pakistan", Pakistani Pathan for you to understand and also for any being mislead by your lies.

1. I am Muslim and Bangladeshi. East Bengal/Bangladesh is where the project for a Muslim homeland first began in south Asia.

However we were always betrayed by the northern Indian Muslims even before the creation of Pakistan and they never liked us. Jinnah himself in his early days spoke against the creation of a separate majority Muslim east Bengal state in 1905.

Later the Pakistani politicians made sure that east Pakistan was small and lost Murshidabad, Calcutta and other Muslim majority areas which are now part of west Bengal. We also did not receive Arakan.

The west Pakistani politicians wanted to keep the eastern wing territorially small.

2. In 1971 the west Pakistanis chose their ethnicity above Islam. For decades we majority Muslim Bengalis put up with the oppression of the western wing for the sake of Muslim unity, this came to an end when their army attacked us (they started the war) and we defended ourselves, our families, our homes and thus modern Muslim Bangladesh was created.

The 6 point plan which Mujib advocated was related to issues of governance and administration and had nothing to do with religion or had nothing against Islam.

We accepted rule by west Pakistani politicians though we were the majority, the west Pakistanis could not accept rule by an east Pakistani government in 1971 i.e. they chose ethnicity above religion.

3. Bangladesh does not interfere in Pakistani affairs while it is Pakistan's government constantly commenting on our internal affairs including trials of war crime suspects even passing national assembly declarations on them as well as the ISI sponsoring terrorism in Bangladesh.

4. We have the highest number of Rohingya refugees in the world, around 0.8 million. If we had officially said that Rohingyas should come to Bangladesh during the recent Burma crisis that would give the Burmese junta exactly what they want i.e. for all Rohingyas to be ethnically cleansed in to Bangladesh.

Your beloved Pakistan is the one which is supplying the anti-Muslim Burmese army with fighter planes and submarine training.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/burma-to-purchase-chinese-pakistani-jf-17-fighter-jets/

5. You are a liar.

Bangladesh's economy is growing in many ways in terms of GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and also HDI performance which is the second best in south Asia after Sri Lanka as well as a reduction of poverty.

You are a racist Pakistani Pathan who has been raised to hate India and Hindus so therefore think I too - as a Muslim Bengali - must hate India and Hindus, I do not. In Bangladesh we regard it as extreme and uncouth to hate other religions. We are not Pakistan.

You are also anti-Afghan and have been spamming my Afghanistan Focus thread with your Pakistani Pathan B.S. criticizing Afghanistan.

Stay out of my threads. I come to this forum to speak to Pashtuns not "Pathans".


I am now placing you on ignore.

Focus on your bongoli then rather than bashing pathans or pashtuns.Pathan word comes from pithon a grandson of taloot...an acestor of qais AbdurRasheed.So pashtuns or pathans are same....

You wanna create distance between lar and bar pashtuns but posing as if you care for our nation nice try but artificial.What goes around comes around.rember this!

Keep on your nationalistic ideas while claiming to be a muslim at the same time and blaming pakistanis for being nationalistic.Double standards eh?

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ghumbasa
This message is hidden because ghumbasa is on your ignore list.

1. Stay out of my threads and do not ruin threads insulting users and expressing your hatred for Bangladesh, the 3rd largest Muslim country in the world.

2. I do not post in your threads or read them so reciprocate this.

Bye.

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Canada's Alberta province seeks business ties with Bangladesh

Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-11-18 22:11:47.0 BdST Updated: 2014-11-18 22:11:47.0 BdST




The Canadian province of Alberta is keen to develop business links with Bangladesh’s agro-food companies.





Senior Director of the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Department Grant Winton on Tuesday said the province was “proud” of its production of “premium” food products.

Speaking at a seminar in Dhaka, he said he looked forward to developing business links with the key players in Bangladesh’s agro-food industry.

Canadian High Commission in Dhaka organised the seminar, styled “Bangladesh – an Emerging Market for Alberta’s Agriculture and AgriFood Products”.

High Commissioner Heather Cruden also spoke at the seminar held in a hotel. She particularly mentioned ‘Canola oil’, which, she said, was considered the world’s “healthiest oil” for the heart, as certified by the US FDA and Health Canada.

“It is also a source of high-quality feed and bio-fuel feedstock. Bangladesh can import Canadian canola seed to produce the oil locally,” she said.

Besides canola, she said, Canada was one of the world’s top three wheat exporters, and the world's largest producer of high-protein milling wheat.

“Canada is a leader in innovation in agricultural commodities, which is also of benefit to Bangladesh,” she said.

The two-way trade between Canada and Bangladesh is worth nearly Canadian $2 billion with Bangladeshi exports amounting to over $ 1.2 billion.

Bangladesh mostly exports clothes and imports wheat and lentils, according to the Canadian High Commission.

President of the Canadian Chamber (CanCham) Bangladesh Masudur Rahman, and President of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammad Shahjahan Khan were present among others at the seminar.

http://bdnews24.com/business/2014/11/18/canada-s-alberta-province-seeks-business-ties-with-bangladesh

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Russia’s GS Group to launch Bangladesh DTH next year

November 19, 2014



Sergey Dolgopolsky

Russian technology firm and set-top maker GS Group is due to launch national DTH satellite TV services in Bangladesh for the first time in the opening half of next year as part of a joint venture.

Discussing the firm’s plans at the GS Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, GS Group’s head of foreign broadcasting projects, Sergey Dolgopolskiy, said it had struck a deal with Bangladesh-based conglomerate Beximco to offer DTH in the country and said that test broadcasts will commence shortly.

“We hope to have more than 1. 5 million subscribers after five years. But this is a pessimistic figure in my opinion – I think that the market potential is much bigger than this,” said Dolgopolskiy, claiming the launch will mark the first national Bangladesh DTH project to go live in the country.

GS Group holds 45% in the DTH joint venture with Beximco, which has interests in a wide range of industries including textiles, pharmaceuticals, ceramics, real estate and financial services.

GS Group is a technology provider for Russian satellite provider Tricolor and is also increasing its focus on foreign TV opportunities.

In 2012 GS Group launched a digital TV service in Cambodia, called One TV, with local partner Royal Group. The firm also has plans to launch TV services in Pakistan and Myanmar, with more markets under consideration across regions including Africa, Europe and Latin America.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/280381/russias-gs-group-to-launch-bangladesh-dth-next-year/

[ghumbasa]

1. Stay out of my threads and do not ruin threads insulting users and expressing your hatred for Bangladesh, the 3rd largest Muslim country in the world.

2. I do not post in your threads or read them so reciprocate this.

Bye.

lol...admit it you are nationalist.Hatred for bogoli should come only if i would ve been a nationalist...but i am not.Bangladesh is as much a brit created country as pakistan.