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Grameen Shakti signs MoU with SureCash

DHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Grameen Shakti (GS) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SureCash. Under this MoU, 1.6 million GS customers living across the remote areas will use mobile-phone based SureCash automated payment platform to pay their installments for its Solar Home Systems. Managing Director Nurjahan Begum, Chief Operating Officer Sohel […]

bKash payment accepted at Grameen UNIQLO stores

DHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — bKash Limited, the country’s leading mobile financial service provider, has recently signed an agreement with Grameen UNIQLO, a social business initiative in Bangladesh of Japanese as well as Asia’s No-01 clothing brand UNIQLO, to facilitate the customers pay through bKash while purchasing clothes from Grameen UNIQLO stores. Rezaul Hossain, chief […]

edotco Unveils Strategic Goals for Empowering Communications in Myanmar

DHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — edotco Group Sdn Bhd (“edotco”) has today unveiled its strategic goals for empowering communications in Myanmar at the official launch of edotco operations in Myanmar. Together with its local partner, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (“Yoma”), edotco is committed to the growth of its business in Myanmar, combining Yoma’s local market […]

ADB President Nakao Congratulates the Opening of AIIB

MANILA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — On the occasion of the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with the Opening Ceremony to be held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China today, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao sends his congratulations to the AIIB founding members, Mr. Jin Liqun, who was just officially made […]

P&G products available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — On 14th January 2016 Daraz Bangladesh Ltd. and International Brands Ltd (IBL), the authorized distributor of Procter and Gamble products in Bangladesh organized a press conference inGulshan, Dhaka, where they announced that P&G is bringing their entire product portfolio online with daraz.com.bd. P&G products will now be available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/ […]

Yuan devaluation may be boon for Bangladeshi businesses: experts

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Recent devaluation of Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar may be a boon for Bangladesh businesses, Bangladeshi experts said on Thursday. Ahsan H Mansur, executive director at the country’s leading think-tank Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI), said Bangladeshi importers will have benefit from yuan devaluation following cheaper import of […]

ADB APPROVES RECORD $27 BILLION IN 2015 TO MEET ASIA’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

MANILA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) operations—comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance, and cofinancing—reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015, an increase of about 19% over the $22.89 billion in 2014, according to provisional figures released recently. ADB’s approvals of loans and grants, sovereign (governments) and nonsovereign […]

Tripura’s Palatana to supply power to Bangladesh at Rs. 5.50/unit

AGARTALA: The price of 100 MW power to be exported to Bangladesh from Tripura’s Palatana power station has been fixed through signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh. As per the decision, the cost for the power is Rs. 5.50 per unit. If everything goes right, export of the 100 MW […]

land Customs station inaugurated at Srimanthpur, Tripura on Bangladesh-India borde

DHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (IC) for Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Tripura inaugurated the Land Customs Station (LCS) at Srimantapur on 6 January 2016. This LCS is located at Sonamura, Sepahijala District, Tripura on the India-Bangladesh border. The corresponding LCS on […]