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We all can get mired in the GDP battle easily. (actually the term City GDP is murky....one shell company dispensing profits can add hugely to a city) Unilever changing its HQ from CTG to DAC would have radically changed the "City GDP" (eventhough one doesn't have city based figues for BD) A...

India is quite capable of sending a rocket to Mars and fighting poverty at the same time By Leo Mirani @lmirani November 5, 2013 AP Photo/Arun Sankar K This morning, India successfully launched a rocket to Mars. Christened Mangalyaan, or Mars vehicle, the rocket is part of a scientific mission...

Most of my Bangladeshi gen Y colleagues who are highly patriotic.... refuse to believe that India had a role to play other than aiding the multi Mukti Bahini in some small way! The option I would have wanted to vote for is not there!

I'm assuming you know how even you can undertake a hawala transaction from Bangladesh. and FYI the minimum amount is Tk. 1000 and no one else apart from the people involved in the channel would be able to state the amount transacted!....and you are quoting the Govt....Meh!:hitwall:

Dhaka is big....mind mindbogglingly big! Too many cars. I pity my local colleagues who travel to & from Paltan, Shantipur, Dhanmondi. They waste around 3-4 hours on roads. The best part is the roads are mostly 6 lanes+. Every elite family has 1+ car..and there are too many elites in...

I would share a personal experience of mine. I have worked with Rotary club on both sides of the border (Nadia and Chuadanga) on Malaria awareness and prevention. The conditions are unfortunately the same on both sides:(. People lack basic access to sanitation, huge number of landless labourers...

Bangladesh is a country which despite its increasing foreign reserves (and a positive BOP:woot:) forces its citizens to "endorse" USD on their passports to spend it :crazy: So basically on has to take the Govt.'s permission to spend their own money abroad (to ensure the Govt.s foreign reserve!)...

Because most of our so called "indigenized" arms/armaments/weapons etc. still have a lot of foreign components. We have a loooooong way to go. Even private armed vehicle manufacturers like Mahindra use a lot of imported parts (I've been there for a project)! But seriously...we need NaMo!