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Apparel summit for 50 bln USD garment export roadmap kicks off

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) – Bangladesh’s 1st ever apparel summit kicked off in capital Dhaka on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the three-day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The summit aimed at discussing roadmap to nearly double the country’s garment export income which stood at over 24 billion US dollars in 2013-14 fiscal year […]

Dhaka Bank DMD Neaz Mohammad Khan expires

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Bank family deeply mourns the sad demise of Mr. Neaz Mohammad Khan, Deputy Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Limited. He breathed his last at Square Hospital, Dhaka on December 7, 2014 at the age of 57 (Inna Lillah he wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun) (Truly, to Allah we belong, Truly, […]

UNR students head for med study in Bangladesh

Reno-based medical students are studying disease in Bangladesh and bringing the knowledge home, thanks to a Reno nonprofit. DuWell Medical will announce more programs at its Monday fundraiser, Curry for Kids. The nonprofit, started by Reno’s Kowsar Khan, sends students from University of Nevada, Reno to DuWell’s Bangladesh clinic, reports RGJ. DuWell also hopes to […]

Bangladesh exports 25,000 tons of rice to Sri Lanka

DHAKA, Dec. 4 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh will export 25,000 metric tons of rice to Sri Lanka. In this connection, Sarwar Khan, director general of Bangladesh’s Directorate of Food, and Nalin Fernando, chairman of Lanka Sathosa Ltd, signed the agreement on be half their respective sides on Wednesday in capital Dhaka. Bangladesh exported rice at 450 U.S. […]

Robi Career Carnival held at Islamic University of Technology (IUT)‏

DHAKA, Dec. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Robi Axiata Limited, one of the leading mobile phone operators has organized a day long program named “Robi Career Carnival” at Islamic University of Technology (IUT) today. Robi organized this program to make the students of IUT aware of the career opportunities available with the company and the industry at […]

Malaysian companies secure more projects in Bangladesh

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian companies have secured several large infrastructure projects in Bangladesh worth about 11 billion Malaysian ringgit (about 3.43 billion U.S. dollars), an official said here Monday. Malaysia’s Special Envoy for Infrastructure to India and South Asia S. Samy Vellu said among the projects were a power plant in Cox’s […]

Labour Inspectors trained on follow up to BUET inspections in RMG sector

DHAKA, Nov. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The need for systematic and comprehensive follow up of fire and structural inspections of ready-made garment (RMG) factories by the Department of Inspections of Factories and Establishments (DIFE) was stressed at a workshop held in Dhaka yesterday (25 November 2014). The workshop on case management and follow up to the […]

C&A agrees deal to aid Tazreen disaster factory fire victims in Bangladesh

London, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Dutch retailer C&A has agreed to pay compensation to victims of the Tazreen disaster two years after a fire at the Bangladeshi clothing factory killed more than 120 people. C&A Foundation, a charitable group linked to the retailer, pledged to contribute a “significant amount” towards full compensation for those injured […]

Center to serve shrimp farmers inaugurated in southwestern Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — A ‘SaFaL (Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages) Shrimp Service Centre’ was inaugurated at Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district on Sunday. The centre will be operated by ‘SaFaL Bagda Lead Farmers Associations’ of Debhata sub-district under Shatkhira with the support from SaFaL programme of the Solidaridad Network Asia and facilitated by […]