Direct link to scholarships offered by  Govt. of India

List of Private NGOs offering scholarships

Abu Marwan Abdal Malik Ibn Zuhr: ‘Avenzoar’

Abu Marwan Abdal Malik Ibn Zuhr, known in the west as Avenzoar, was

Ummid Assistant

IDB Scholarship Program: Application form can be downloaded from here

Welcome Guest! You are here: Home » Business & Economy

Disused railway lines between India, Bangladesh to be restored

Sunday April 24, 2011 07:30:02 PM, IANS

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh have agreed to restore railway links in a bid to enhance people-to-people contact and boost bilateral trade and investments.

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka Sunday to discuss the issue.

"Both sides agreed that serious efforts are needed to restore the railway lines that went into disuse after 1965 war," a statement from the Indian commerce and industry ministry said here.

The rail services was suspended after the 1965 India-Pakistan war when Bangladesh was then Pakistan's eastern wing.

The two sides propose to build a 13-km railway line between Agartala (India) and Akhaurah (Bangladesh).

Of the 13-km proposed link railway line to connect with the Bangladesh railway network through Akhaurah railway station, 5.4 km falls in Indian territory and the remaining portion in Bangladesh.

Sharma, who is on a two-day official visit to Dhaka, offered financial assistance in the form of buyer's credit for Indian projects in Bangladesh which would enhance competitiveness of Indian investors.

India has also offered to renew export of 300,000 tonnes of par-boiled rice, rice boiled in the husk, to Bangladesh and finalise options for lifting of the grain at the earliest.

Shrama said private sector investment from India to Bangladesh to the tune of $3.5 billion was in the pipeline.

"Increased Indian investments in Bangladesh will provide employment and value addition for Bangladesh exports to the rest of the world," he said.

India has offered many trade concession to Bangladesh. It include, enhanced tariff-free quota of 10 million pieces of apparel exports from Bangladesh, marking an increase of 25 percent over previous years, lifting of countervailing duties on Bangladesh Jute items, strengthening of infrastructure at borders, including construction of Land Custom Stations and Integrated Check Posts, particularly at Petrapole and Agartala such that trade is facilitated.


 


 

 

 

 

  Bookmark and Share                                          Home | Top of the Page

Comments

Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the terms and conditions of www.ummid.com

Comments powered by DISQUS

 

 

 

Top Stories

Judiciary needs 'more accountability', 'restraint' in activism

As eminent jurists here recommended more accountability for the judiciary, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said a   »

'Judiciary in India seemingly working beyond its constitutional limits'

‘Judicial Activism in Personal and Customary Law’

 

  Most Read

Hindu Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba dies

Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba who has thousands of followers in India and abroad died Sunday of cardiac and respiratory failure  »

Sathya Sai Baba: A village boy who became demi god

Top Gujarat cop questions integrity of riot probe team

Top Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt, who has openly challenged Chief Minister Narendra Modi by  »

Former Gujarat top cop rebuts Sanjiv Bhatt's 2002 claim

 

  News Pick

Years roll on, the legend of Sachin Tendulkar goes on

Sachin Tendulkar will turn 38 Sunday -- and his international career 21 years, five months and nine days old. Yet, he continues to amaze with the enthusiasm of a new   »

Govt. conspiring to grab Waqf lands, says Mulayam

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government of attempting to grab waqf properties across the country through an executive order and vowed to oppose »

Hegde not to resign, members to stay focused

After consultation here Saturday among the civil society members of the joint committee formed to draft the Lokpal Bill, it was announced that Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde will not   »

Hegde bows to pressure, for the second time within a year

57 Indian firms in Forbes Global 2000 list

As many as 57 Indian companies including Reliance Industries, State Bank of India and Oil & Natural Gas Corp. figure in The Forbes Global 2000 list of public companies based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and market   »

Two decades on, varsity topper to get gold medal

An engineering graduate who topped his course in 1992 is likely to get his gold medal now, with the Punjab and Haryana high court directing Panjab University here to honour him. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, a civil engineering graduate   »

 

Picture of the Day

A free blood testing camp at “Bharat Nirman Lok Mahiti Abhiyan”, at Shahada, District Nandurbar, Maharashtra on April 22, 2011.

 

 
 
 
 
 

RSS  |  Contact us

| Quick links

News

 

Subscribe to

Ummid Assistant

 

National

Religion

RSS

Scholarships

About us

International

Culture

Twitter

Government Schemes

Feedback

Regional

History

Facebook

Education

Register

Politics

Opinion

Newsletter

 

Contact us

Business

Career

     

Education

       

 

 

Ummid.com: Disclaimer | Terms of Use | Advertise with us | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of the Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and conditions mentioned.

© 2010 Awaz Multimedia & Publications. All rights reserved.