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Youth and Sports Ministry signs communication solutions deal with GP

DHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Ministry of Youth and Sports has signed an agreement with Grameenphone to avail complete communication solutions under the leading cell phone operator’s Business Solutions package for next five years. Shirajul Hoque, Deputy Secretary of The Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Sajjad Alam, Head of Direct Sales of Grameenphone […]

Bangladesh missions receive 10000 requests for workers

DHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladesh missions have received 10,000 job orders for the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to the Kingdom, the country’s Ambassador Golam Moshi told Arab News on Wednesday. Moshi said the flood of job orders came following the Kingdom’s announcement to issue work visas to Bangladeshi workers last Monday. The new […]

Rana Plaza Tragedy: Survivors Still in Desperate Conditions

by Jasim Katabi DHAKA, April 22 (NsNewsWire) — Two years after the tragic Rana Plaza incident, a rather gloomy picture has been captured in a research survey conducted by the ActionAid Bangladesh. Most of the survivors are not in a good shape, be it their physical, mental and economic condition. The survey shows that 61.2 […]

GRAMEENPHONE’S 18TH AGM HELD

DHAKA, April 22 (NsNewsWire) — The 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Grameenphone Ltd. was concluded successfully at the Bashundhara Convention Center Tuesday. Chairman of Grameenphone Board, Sigve Brekke and Grameenphone CEO, Rajeev Sethi were present on the occasion, along with other Board members and senior officials of the company. The AGM was conducted […]

GDP growth forecast for Bangladesh cut to 6.1% for 2014-15

DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s economic and social progress notwithstanding, the country still faces a number of medium- to longer-term challenges. GDP growth in FY2015 is projected at 6.1%, lower than the 6.4% forecasted by the Asian Development Outlook 2014 Update, launched in September 2014. However, growth is expected to rise to 6.4% in FY2016, […]

Banglalink teams up with leading online hotel booking website

DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s second largest operator Banglalink has teamed up with a leading online booking website to help its customers, who love to travel worldwide, get more exclusive discount offer. Banglalink is the first telecom operator to offer this kind of exclusive partnership offer for its Priyojon subscribers with one of […]

Nepal-Bangladesh trade talks slated to start on Wednesday

KATHMANDU, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Trade talks between Nepal and Bangladesh are scheduled to start on Wednesday in Kathmandu . During the meeting, Nepal has planned to ask for easy visa facility for Nepalis, preferential treatment for a number of Nepali goods, access to Bangladeshi ports for exports to third countries and determination of the […]

Bangladesh guardedly welcomes Benetton’s $1.1M pledge for 2013 factory disaster victims

Bangladesh guardedly welcomes Benetton’s $1.1M pledge for 2013 factory disaster victims Waterloo Region Record DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi garment industry leader on Saturday guardedly welcomed Italian retailer Benetton’s pledge of more than $1 million to victims of a factory collapse that killed 1,100 people two years ago, saying it had come late but was […]

International Labour Organization (ILO) Assistant Director General and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific visits Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific arrived in Dhaka Sunday 19 April, ahead of the second-year Rana Plaza commemoration. She is due to meet with the Hon’ble State Minister Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Minister for Labour and Employment as well as Hon’ble Minister […]