Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Fornebu, June 14 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has today appointed Michael Foley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telenor Bulgaria and Irfan Wahab Khan as CEO of Telenor Pakistan. The new appointments will be effective from 1 August 2016, and both Foley and Khan will be members of the Group Executive Management team. “I am […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is making transformational shift to its public procurement environment with exponential growth of electronic government procurement, known as e-GP, covering four key government agencies: Roads and Highways Department, Local Government Engineering Department, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, and Bangladesh Water Development Board. These agencies together spend about half the country’s […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 8 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has observed the World Environment Day by organizing a session on “Green Dhaka” initiative at the company’s corporate office recently. The Robi employees were urged, in the session, to plant trees to ensure a greener and cleaner environment as well as contributing in combatting the adverse impacts of the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $10 million in additional financing to help Bangladesh scale up its electronic government procurement system to meet higher demand for more effective and efficient use of public funds. This additional financing to the Public Procurement Reform Project II will help set up a new state-of-the-art […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone in collaboration with Telenor Health has launched “Tonic,” a new digital health service for its millions of consumers. Tonic was launched on Sunday night in capital Dhaka in the presence of the Health Minister Mohammad Nasim MP, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and partners from […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank on June 3, 2016 approved $213 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve weather and climate information services and to strengthen college education provided through affiliates of the National University. The $113 million Weather and Climate Services Regional Project will help Bangladesh provide reliable weather, water […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 31 (NsNewsWire) — Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) organized its Inception Workshop on “Quality Assurance in Higher Education” held on 31 May 2016 in ASA Conference Room. This workshop is a part of the ongoing quality assurance process implemented at ASAUB by its IQAC, under Higher Education Quality […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 31 (NsNewsWire) — Benham Pharma has unveiled their new logo with the commitment to conduct their business with responsibility in the growing pharmaceuticals market. On Sunday night, Major General Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, Director General of Drug Administration Department, unveiled the logo in the Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka. At the time of this event, he […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 31 (NsNewsWire) — Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, yesterday resumed its Dhaka flight after four years. The airline will operate five flights every week. The maiden flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International in the morning yesterday with 80 percent passenger on board. To celebrate its flight resumption, Gulf Air organised an […]
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