Ambassador Ashfaqur Rahman Chairman‚ Centre for Foreign Affairs Studies (CFAS) Please Check Against Delivery 37 years is a relatively long time to build up a viable economic relationship between two neighboring countries- Bangladesh & Myanmar. Let us take stock of what we have institutionally done so far1. Before independence (in 1966)‚ an agreement to demarcate land boundary was signed with Myanmar; 2. In 1980‚ border agreement for cooperation was signed; 3. In 1988‚ an agreement for demarcation
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Chernobyl Disaster Today‚ I am going to discuss about the biggest nuclear disaster that happened in the Worlds History. It’s called as Chernobyl disaster. This Disaster happened in Ukraine which was part of Soviet Union by then. It happened at the Chernobyl site between Pripyat and Chernobyl. The reason of this disaster is mainly human negligence and lack of knowledge. 25 April 1986... It was a beautiful Friday night with cool breeze blowing with a slight humidity. People were in their homes
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Environmental Disasters For the purpose of this article an environmental disaster is defined as a specific event caused by human activity that results in a seriously negative effect on the environment. Sometimes a natural disaster can become an environmental disaster‚ but that is a topic to be discussed elsewhere. In most cases environmental disasters are caused by human error‚ accident‚ lack of foresight‚ corner cutting during industrial processes‚ greed‚ or by simple incompetence. In other
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MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS The Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry contributes to the Bangladesh economy in a distinctive manner. The last 20 years witnessed unparalleled growth in this sector‚ which is also the largest exporting industry in Bangladesh. It has attained a high profile in terms of foreign exchange earnings‚ exports‚ industrialization and contribution to GDP within a short span of time. The industry plays a significant role in terms of employment generation. Nearly two million workers
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hillsborough disaster The Hillsborough disaster was an incident that occurred on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield‚ England‚ during the FA cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest soccer clubs. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police. The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world’s worst soccer disasters. soccer clubs
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Foreign Direct investment: impact on sectoral growth in BanglaDesh iftekhar ahmed robin introDUction Until the1980s‚ most developing countries viewed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)1 with great suspicion. In recent years‚ however‚ FDI restrictions have been significantly reduced. Most countries offer incentives to attract FDI‚ such as tax concessions‚ tax holidays‚ accelerated depreciation on plants and machinery‚ export subsidies‚ import entitlements‚ etc. Many theoretical and empirical studies
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The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shanty towns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official
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Bangladesh launches national tree plantation movement 0 CommentsPrint E-mail Xinhua‚ June 2‚ 2010 Adjust font size: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday inaugurated a three-month National Tree Plantation Movement-2010 and one-month National Tree Fair-2010 with a call to plant at least three saplings by each individual on all open spaces to protect environment and biodiversity. "I call upon you all including the people’s representatives‚ government officials and people from all
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Bangladesh: Would Rana Plaza be a game-changer? Majyd Aziz Cupidity. Cronyism. Corruption. These blend into a lethal Molotov Cocktail that if exploded‚ brings about pain‚ misery or death. There is enough empirical evidence accumulated to substantiate this premise. The unashamed misuse of power or callously exploiting access in the corridors of power‚ are black spots on governance‚ on accountability‚ and on humanity. One such gruesome and shocking symbol is the crumbling edifice known as Rana
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The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3‚ 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was
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