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Four Young Entrepreneurs clinch Professional Fellowship to USA

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at BRAC University announce the names of the four Bangladeshi young entrepreneurs who will be visiting the United States from April 30 to June 3 under the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Professional Fellows Exchange Program […]

JABBARER BOLI KHELA AND BOISHAKHI MELA IN COOPERATION WITH GRAMEENPHONE STARTS TOMORROW

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — In line with previous years, Jabbarer Boli Khela and Boishakhi mela will kick off in Chittagong tomorrow. The Late Abdul Jabbar Smriti Kusti Portijogita o Boishakhi Mela committee, in association with leading telecom service provider company Grameenphone, is arranging the event this year. Thousands of visitors and spectators will gather […]

Introducing Rural Women to Formal Employment in Garments Sector

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative (NARI) project economically empowers poor and vulnerable women from the northwestern region of Bangladesh by facilitating their access to jobs in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. The project offers training, transitional housing, counseling and facilitates formal employment in garment factories for around 10,800 women from […]

Xi stresses joint battle command for military reform

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected the Central Military Commission (CMC) joint battle command center on Wednesday, calling for building a joint battle command system with Chinese characteristics, reports www.xinhuanet.com

Clarification on a news from Grameenphone

DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full unedited text of Grameenphone’s clarification on a news: “It has came to our attention that a section of media has been publishing unsubstantiated news regarding a Mobile Financial Service fraud by a group of fraudsters and claiming that 5 of them are employees of Grameenphone […]

Malaysian Axiata Group’s Robi embarks on massive Wifi project in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian Axiata Group’s Robi in Bangladesh has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hot-spots across the country, reports Xinhua. Over the next six months, the company Tuesday said it will provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets, 100 educational institutions, […]

Robi goes big on internet access

DHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hotspots across Bangladesh. Over the next 6 months, the company is to provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets; 100 educational institutions; 10 public places (airports and railway stations) and over 350 […]

Grameenphone holds 19th AGM

DHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — The 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Grameenphone Ltd. was concluded successfully at the Bashundhara Convention Center Tuesday. Members of the Board, and Grameenphone CEO, Rajeev Sethi were present on the occasion, along with other senior officials of the Company. Mr. M Shahjahan, Director of the GP Board, chaired the […]

New generation learning: midwives get online master’s degree

DHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — UNFPA, the Directorate of Nursing Services and the Swedish Dalarna University kicked-off the first ever online master’s programe in sexual and reproductive health at Dhaka Nursing College on the 19th of April 2016. The one year master’s programme, supported by the Swedish Government, is targeted at midwives who are already […]