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KAFCO contributes nearly 12 mln taka to labor welfare foundation

DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — Karnaphuli Fertilizer Co. Ltd. (KAFCO) has contributed nearly 12 million taka to the Sramik Kalyan Foundation. Industries Secretary Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, also a KAFCO board director, handed over the cheque amounting to 117, 32,479 taka , 0.5% of KAFCO profit for the financial year 2013-14 , to Md […]

Grameen Intel teams up with RRF to provide e-agro services to farmers

DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd and Rural Reconstruction Fundation (RRF) have teamed up to provide e-agro services to thousands of farmers in a rural Bangladesh district. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , concerning collaboration for Information Technologies transfer to Bangladesh rural farmers, has been signed between Grameen […]

Bangladesh’s mobile phone users reach nearly 122 mln in January

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached nearly 122 million at the end of January with addition of 1.514 million new users in the first month of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Tuesday. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission ( BTRC) data, the number […]

Japan hints interest in China-led AIIB, earmarking 1.5 bln USD as contribution

TOKYO, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Japan has indicated that it remains interested in joining the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with local media reporting Wednesday that the government had earmarked 1.5 billion U.S. dollars as its contribution. The government here has prepared a draft document on the possibility of its joining the AIIB, which […]

Ericsson’s Radio Dot System to bring cell signal everywhere

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Ericsson has introduced its Radio Dot System in Bangladesh, which is designed to bring cell phone signal to hard-to-reach places, such as the inside of a big building. The world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to the telecom operators introduced and showcased the cutting edge technology at a press […]

Thousands attend Main Street Square’s Eggstravaganza

The Easter Bunny came to Rapid City a day early to stop by the Eggstravaganza event at Main Street Square Saturday afternoon. The grand opening of the Legacy Commons Playground kicked off the Eggstravaganza events with an Easter Egg hunt. Then the festivities moved over to Main Street Square. Main Street Square Executive Director Megan […]

Secretary of India’s Ministry of External Affairs to visit Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 2 (NsNewsWire) — Sujata Mehta, Secretary (Multilateral & Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, will be visiting Bangladesh from April 5-7, 2015 to review and discuss the ongoing India-Bangladesh development partnership and economic cooperation, as well as ways to strengthen and deepen it further. She will be accompanied by Mr […]

Central Bank of Bangladesh Announces $500 Million Green Fund for Textile Sector

DHAKA, April 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has the world’s second largest textile industry, generating around $24 billion in 2014 and employing 4 million workers, 80 percent of whom are women. Washing, dyeing, and finishing (WDF) activities are a key pillar of the country’s economy: 1,700 WDF units and 200,000 workers contribute a net value added […]

World’s largest solar-powered plane arrives in Chongqing

The Solar Impulse 2, the world’s biggest solar-powered plane, lands at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing, southwest China, March 31, 2015. The plane, after a 19-hour flight from Myanmar, made its debut in China on Tuesday morning, on the fifth leg of its round-the-world journey to raise awareness of renewable energy and environmental protection. […]