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India’s RITES to supply 120 passenger carriages to Bangladesh Railway

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — An Agreement was signed between RITES Limited, India and Bangladesh Railways on January 21, 2015 for procurement of 120 Broad Gauge Passenger Carriages from India under the Indian Line of Credit. The carriages will start arriving in Bangladesh from July 2015 and the delivery will be completed in two years, […]

Revised Indian visa procedures in Dhaka, Khulna

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — With effect from Sunday, 1st February 2015, applications for all categories of Indian visas, except Tourist (T) visas, will be accepted on a walk in basis without an online “Appointment Date” at Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs), located at Gulshan, Motijheel and Dhanmondi in Dhaka and IVAC, Khulna. According to […]

NOVOAIR becomes Partner of Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament

DHAKA, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR Tuesday announced that it has become the Airline Partner “Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament 2015” which will be held from 29thJanuary 2015 to 8th February 2015 at Bangabandhu National Stadium & Sylhet District Stadium. Total Six Country will take part the tournament from Bangladesh, Bahrain, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka […]

Bangladesh fuel oil imports to rise 15 pct in 2015

DHAKA, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s fuel oil imports are expected to grow 15 percent to 1.5 million tonnes in 2015, supported by increased demand for power generation, energy officials said on Tuesday. The trend contrasts with Asia as a whole, where fuel oil demand is in structural decline. State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) will […]

China denies being world’s No.1 economy

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Claims that China has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest economy were denied by the head of China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. “The NBS does not countenance these claims by some scholars and media organizations,” said bureau head Ma Jiantang at a press conference in […]

BRAC official receives “World Toilet Organization Hall of Fame Award”

DHAKA, Jan. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Akramul Islam, Director of BRAC WASH Programme has received “World Toilet Organization Hall of Fame Award” on behalf of BRAC in the 14th World Toilet Summit in Delhi, India from Subramanian Swamy, MP & Former Minister of India and Jack Sim, Founder of World Toilet Organisation for significant contribution to […]

Myanmar president responds to parliament motion on holding six-party talks

YANGON, Jan. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar President U Thein Sein has responded to the parliament’s motion on holding six-party talks for amending the state constitution, said a press release from the government information team published Tuesday. Expressing welcome of the request, U Thein Sein, however, advised that “it would be better if arrangements are made […]

SWITZERLAND, ADB TO SUPPORT SKILLS TRAINING IN BANGLADESH

DHAKA, Jan. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed an agreement for a $10 million grant to help scale up skills training for young workers to boost income and productivity. The grant is provided by the Government of Switzerland and will be administered by the ADB. This […]

Viber banned in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi telecoms authorities have shut down smartphone messaging service Viber, which had become a popular communication medium for anti-government protesters. The Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission closed down the app “for the time being” on orders from law enforcement and security agencies, a commission spokesman told AFP. He did not […]