Tag «Dhaka»

Bong Curry for the traveller’s Soul – Chawm Ganguly

The myriad influences and their subtle hints in Bengali Cuisine. What do the exiled descendants of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, the family of Tipu Sultan, the Anglo-Indians, the repressed Hindu widows of yore, the Jewish fortune hunters, the Chinese settlers, British Memsahibs and Marwari traders have in common? The answer is simple …

Jesuits: the Global Educationists to Discuss Climate Change

  St.Xavier’s Global Earth Summit IV, with the conference theme “Global Climate Change and Water Disasters” will be held on March 27-29, 2015 at DhyanAshram, Konchowki. The Conference is being organised by the Department of Environmental Science, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in association with the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES), Rome, Kolkata Metropolitan Development …

Delegation from The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry visits Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka, to attend Celebration of 110th anniversary

16th October, 2014:   Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) in celebration of its 110th anniversary on the 17th and 18th October 2014, had extended an invitation to The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry.   The Chamber delegation will be led by The Chamber President Dr. Alok Roy along with the Director …

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL – CALL ON CLOTHING COMPANIES TO TACKLE CORRUPTION, FACTORY SAFETY

PULL-OUT FOLLOWING FACTORY COLLAPSE WON’T SOLVE SECTOR’S PROBLEMS, ASIAN NGOS FROM THREE COUNTRIES WARN Dhaka/Phnom Penh/Jakarta, 11 June 2013 – Global clothing companies must work with governments and local groups to improve factory safety and working conditions, the Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia chapters of anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI) said in a joint statement today. Media …