Miscellaneous Bangladesh News

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Navo
Something that may have slipped under the radar, given the ongoing political turmoil:

"Bangladesh faces tough questions"



The USTR hearing obviously raises some valid and pressing concerns regarding the conditions of our garments and shrimp industries, in the context of evaluating whether to continue, suspend or cancel our GSP facility. At the same time, if such a chain of horrifying incidents had not occurred over the past couple of years, would it still not have been worthwhile to consider whether to continue with this GSP facility or not? After all, as the article indicates, only 0.54% of our total exports to the US are even under this scheme!

Why continue under a scheme, which only yields $26 million/annum, but allows for the US to summon another sovereign country's bureaucrats, businessmen and civilian experts at will to appear in front of a quasi-judicial commission?

These bureaucrats, businessmen and civilian experts should be answering these very questions in front of our OWN courts and commissions.

Unless there is a massive business interest of the sovereign burocrats themselves in the GSP quota trade...why would they even respond; conventional wisdom says, they even don't care to respond on a billion $ national benefit, if there is no self interest. No wonder, garments businessmen hardly cares for GSP Quota.

I hope you know he nature of Quota trade in Ministry & BGMEA. 26m is a lot of money for some individual pockets.

[Navo]

^ Of course! And now these bureaucrats and politicians and civil society people are playing to the tune of the Americans that this GSP facility is oh-so-important, as its existence purportedly creates a favorable impression on investors about the country. I believe more private investors would be impressed if we were able to mend and repair our creaking bureaucracy, inefficient justice system and the like rather than giving alibis and excuses in front of some trade board in DC.

[reverse_swing]

Bangladesh embarks on £1 billion Yak deal
DHAKA, Bangladesh, April 4 (UPI) -- Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Russian-made Yak-130 Mitten jet combat trainers from Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport.

The deal comes after Rosoboronexport showcased the twin-engine subsonic Yak-130 at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition last month, a report by the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti said.

Detailed negotiations for the deal involving $1 billion of credit to Bangladesh will take place this spring, said Rosoboronexport Deputy Chief Viktor Komardin.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Sec...#ixzz2PUGaCBSY

[reverse_swing]

Ban slapped on lungi clad rickshaw-pullers

A lungi clad rickshaw-puller stopped at the entry of Baridhara in the capital yesterday. Security workers do not let rickshaw-pullers in lungi into the posh neighbourhood following instructions from the association of Baridhara home owners. Photo: Star

Rickshaw-pullers in traditional Bangalee outfit, lungi, are barred from entering the capital’s Baridhara, one of the country’s most posh neighbourhoods where diplomats and affluent people live.
Baridhara home owners’ association, Baridhara Society, has instructed security personnel not to let in rickshaw-pullers in lungi, requiring them to be in trousers to enter Baridhara, particularly Block K, said security men and local commuters.
As The Daily Star correspondent arrived at the lakeside entry of Baridhara at 11:45am yesterday, he found that the security man on duty Abdul Kader had stopped a rickshaw- puller for wearing lungi and forced the two passengers on board to get down.

http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/ne...kshaw-pullers/

[ammark]

Originally Posted by reverse_swing
http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/ne...kshaw-pullers/

I am ashamed and saddened by the moral and ethical poverty of all the people with any power in Bangladesh. Rickshawallah goreeb holeo, shey tar jibone morjada rakhte cheshta kore. Ar Baridhara'r boro lok ra chhocha-chamarer manoshikota bohon kore.

[Zunaid]

This is being discussed in the lungi thread.

[Zunaid]

PS: I hate one size fits all threads. Might as well merge all thread into one 'anything of relevance or not to banglacricket members'