India-Bangla ties are time-tested, written in blood: Bangladesh minister

The relation between Bangladesh and India are tied with the blood-stained history of the 1971 Liberation War, and the neighbouring countries are tested friends, Bangladesh Minister Obaidul Quader said

The relation between Bangladesh and India are tied with the blood-stained history of the 1971 Liberation War, and the neighbouring countries are tested friends, Bangladesh Minister Obaidul Quader has said. Quader, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said if relations with neighbouring countries become friendly and strong, it will be easier to make mutual progress and resolve unsettled bilateral issues,

He said this on Tuesday while interacting with the reporters after Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das paid him a courtesy call at his secretariat office. The minister extended his thanks to the High Commissioner for her cooperation in taking ahead of the road infrastructural development projects in Bangladesh.

During the meeting, they discussed the progress of the under-implementation projects in road infrastructural development and public transport in Bangladesh under the Indian Lines of Credit, he added.Bangladesh and India are now maintaining stronger, friendly, warm, and development-oriented relations than any previous time, added Quader, the general secretary of the ruling party of B’desh Awami League.

Brazil prez causes outrage over Amazon fires; Europe threatens to end trade

Brazil prez causes outrage over Amazon fires; Europe threatens to end trade

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country’s 1964-1985 dictatorshipYet nothing has rallied more anger at home and criticism from abroad than his response to fires raging in parts of the Amazon region.

The far-right populist leader initially dismissed the hundreds of blazes and then questioned whether activist groups might have started the Amazone rain forest firesin an effort to damage the credibility of his government, which has called for looser environmental regulations in the world’s largest rainforest to spur development.

In response, European leaders threatened to end a trade deal with Brazil and other South American nations. Thousands of people have demonstrated in cities across Brazil and outside Brazilian embassies around the world. #PrayforAmazonia became a worldwide trending topic. Pope Francis added his voice to the chorus of concern, warning that the “lung of forest is vital for our planet.”

Bolsonaro finally took a less confrontational approach Friday and announced he would send 44,000 soldiers to help battle the blazes, which mostly seem to be charring land deforested, perhaps illegally, for farming and ranching rather than burning through stands of trees. Some say it’s not enough and comes too late….