A two-day 'road show' of Bangladesh for attracting the foreign direct investment (FDI) to the power and energy sector started at Marriott Marquise Hotel in New York yesterday. Bangladesh organized the show titled "Bangladesh Investment Conference and Road Show on Power and Energy Projects" for encouraging the participation of the private sector in the power and energy sector.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina vowed Sunday that she would banish militancy from Bangladesh at any cost, making it a "country of peace" in South Asia. "There is no place for militancy in Bangladesh," she told journalists from ethnic Bangladeshi community in New York.
US President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to join a meeting with him in New York on September 23.
The government has appointed AK Abdul Momen, an economics teacher based in the US, as the next ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
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Observing samples from the thousands of Bangladeshis in New York City told me that they were not giving a hoot of what's going on in BD due to their uncertain economic future in NYC.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the "banker to the poor" for making small loans in impoverished countries, is now doing business in the center of capitalism -- New York City.
New Age: Dhaka is trying to capitalise on the falling prices of real estate in the US by purchasing three flats at a cost of Tk 57.96 crore in the state of New York to house its permanent mission there, said a senior government official on Sunday.
US-based company First Multipurpose Services and Bangladeshi communication agency Mattra, in association with the Export Promotion Bureau, will organise a trade show ‘Made in Bangladesh 2009’ in New York of the USA in October 2-6.
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I love this city. Or maybe I should put it this way, "I have grown to love this city". Back when I moved to New York in 1999 I was heartbroken to leave my family and home. The year that I came in and then the years that followed, made it a very significant time for me to live in this city.
A three-day real estate fair organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has began at Hotel Hilton here on Saturday.
Consul General of Bangladesh consulate in New York M Shamsul Hoque inaugurated the fair. A total of 57 real estate and housing companies have been participated in the fair.
