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United Commercial Bank Limited receives ‘Brand Excellence’ award in the Golden Globe Tigers’ Award 2015

DHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — United Commercial Bank Limited was awarded with Brand Excellence award in Banking & Financial Services category in the Golden Globe Tigers’ Award 2015 held on 25 March 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Muhammed Ali, Managing Director of UCB, received the award. Mirza Mahmud Rafiqur Rahman, Additional Managing Director of […]

edotco inks deal with Qubee

DHAKA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Country’s first infrastructure service company edotco Bangladesh Ltd. has signed an addendum of existing tripartite agreement with Qubee, one of the country’s leading Wireless Broadband service providers using WIMAX technology and telecom operator company Robi Axiata Ltd. at its corporate office Sunday. According to a press release, the agreement will […]

Japan Supports Three Grass-roots Human Security Projects

DHAKA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Japan has extended grants to three Bangladeshi NGOs. Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima Sunday signed ‘Grant Contracts’ for Grass-roots Human Security Projects atEmbassy of Japan with the representatives of these NGOs: Dr. Sk. Akhtar Ahmad, President of AsiaArsenic Network (AAN), Mr. Rasel Ahmed Liton, Chief Executive of SKS Foundation, […]

Spain’s state secretary for foreign affairs arrives in Dhaka

DHAKA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybáñez Rubio arrived in Dhaka early Sunday to further strengthen and rejuvenate the existing bilateral relations between the countries. Hours after arriving in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka Ybanez Rubio held bilateral talks with the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday afternoon […]

China welcomes Denmark, Australia to AIIB

China’s Ministry of Finance Sunday welcomed the decisions of Denmark and Australia to apply to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, reports Xinhua

China eyes more maritime cooperation with ASEAN

BOAO, Hainan, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — China hopes all-round maritime cooperation with the ASEAN will become a model for building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Chines State Councilor Yang Jiechi said here on Saturday. Yang made the remark at a ceremony launching the maritime cooperation year between China and the ASEAN, held on the […]

Bangladesh central bank governor says banks to be investigated for militant financing

DHAKA (Reuters) – The Bangladesh central bank governor said on Saturday all commercial banks would be investigated for links to Islamist militants and warned lenders would be shut down if found to be involved in funding such organizations. Bangladesh Bank’s Atiur Rahman said the emergence of Islamic State (IS), the militant group active in Iraq […]

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2015) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has become the first multilateral development bank accredited to receive financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in its developing member countries. The […]

Resilient Livelihoods and Disaster Preparedness in Coastal Areas

DHAKA, March 25 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has been supporting the Government of Bangladesh through the Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP) to restore the livelihoods of people affected by the Cyclone Sidr (2007) and Cyclone Alia (2009), and to build long-term disaster preparedness. ECRRP has been constructing new cyclone shelters, repairing […]