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Chinese language proficiency competition for secondary school students held in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — A Chinese Proficiency competition for secondary school was held in Bangladesh on Tuesday. A total of 90 students applied to attend the competition from a number of institutions including Bangladesh’s top Dhaka University and North-South University, reports Xinhua. Fifteen of the applicants were selected through initial processes to join the […]

a2i honored with Bangladesh’s prestigious “Public Administration Award 2016”

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Access to Information (a2i)” program, an UNDP and USAID supported project having its office at the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Public Administration Award 2016’ for its innovative initiatives in leveraging ICTs in public service delivery. On behalf of a2i, its Director General Kabir Bin Anwar […]

BugsBD offers low cost cyber security in Bangladesh

There has been burgeoning growth of internet users in Bangladesh which has reached up to 58.31 million in February 2016 as per BTRC. Due to change in client’s behavior, almost all sectors in Bangladesh are making their efforts to provide the online transactions facility in line with traditional system. Online facility creates new opportunities for […]

Bangladesh gets 2nd Confucius Institute at prestigious University of Dhaka

DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — Second Confucius Institute in Bangladesh will begin its activities early next year at the country’s leading University of Dhaka here. Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka AAMS Arefin Siddique and Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Bangladesh Chen Shuang Monday cut the ribbon to inaugurate the construction of […]

Ceremony held in Bangladesh in memory of 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — A memorial function was held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday in memory of the the 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar Srijnan from China to his country of birth. Dozens of academics, politicians and and leaders of various religions have gathered in the memorial function to […]

Tahmima Anam: ‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh’

There’s a moment in Tahmima Anam’s latest novel when her protagonist, Zubaida, realises that she may never be as fulfilled as her parents, who lived through the war in Bangladesh. “The war was fundamental, a kind of birth not just for the country but for all the too-young people who had willed the country into […]

Chinese Bridge contest held in Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — A large number of college and varsity students representing a number of educational institutions participated in the 15th Chinese Bridge contest held recently at the Chinese embassy in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. The contestants competed in three segments featuring poetry recitation, Q&As, and artistic performances. The Chinese embassy here conducted the […]

Robi observes World Thalassemia Day

DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Robi, as part of its Corporate Responsibility initiative has observed ‘World Thalassemia Day’ on May 8, 2016 by organizing a blood donation camp and awareness session on Thalassemia at its corporate office. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes excessive destruction of red blood cells, leading to anemia. In […]

China to have more Tagore readers than India: Chinese diplomat

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — Indian bard Rabindranath Tagore will soon have more readers in China, where his works have been part of middle-school curriculum for decades, than in his home country, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu was quoted as saying by Indian daily DNA India. “We will soon have more Tagore […]