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DHAKA, March 1 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update reveals that fall in growth in collection of revenue, rising per capita debt burden and shrinking public sector investment may contract expansion of gross domestic product (GDP). The think tank’s observation came in the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Febr. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank Board approved today US$ 600 million in concessional financing to improve the quality of electricity supply in the rural areas in the eastern part of Bangladesh. The Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution Project aims to reduce system losses and enhance capacity in the electricity network in rural […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 28 (NsNewsWire) — After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers’ safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W. UW has 447 licensees producing university branded clothing around the world, and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Febr. 27, (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of fastest growing telecom operators of the country, has recently organized an event called ‘Airtel Service Center Meet’ for their valued Airtel Service Center (ASC) owners at Asian SR Hotel, Station Road in Chittagong. Airtel has 1700 ASCs in Bangladesh out of which 475 are located […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has been awarded the prestigious Green Mobile Award by GSMA for its extensive Climate Change Program. The Climate Change Program was initiated by Grameenphone in 2010, with the objective of minimizing the negative environmental impact on the community through CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Initiatives within the Program […]
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DHAKA, Febr. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh signed today a US$ 265 million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project. The financing will help annually 4.5 million poor rural children in 215 upazilas across the country […]
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DHAKA, Feb. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Tamara Hasan Abed, senior director of BRAC Enterprises, was honoured with the Outstanding Women Leadership Award by the World Women Leadership Congress on 14 February in Mumbai, India. “I am truly privileged to receive this award and to be considered among successful women leaders. I would like to accept this […]
Read Moreআজ সকালে যোগাযোগমন্ত্রী ওবায়দুল কাদের এমপি’র সাথে বাংলাদেশে নিযুক্ত শ্রীলংকান হাইকমিশনার ঝধৎধঃয শ. ডবৎধমড়ফধ সৌজন্য সাক্ষাৎ করেন। সাক্ষাৎশেষে উপস্থিত সাংবাদিকদের মন্ত্রী জানান, যোগাযোগ মন্ত্রণালয়ের অধীন পিপিপি’র আওতায় যে সব প্রকল্প রয়েছে সেগুলোতে অংশ নেয়ার জন্য শ্রীলংকান সরকার ও বেসরকারি কোম্পানিগুলোকে আহ্বান জানানো হয়েছে। তিনি বলেন, শ্রীলংকার মানুষের জীবন যাত্রা, ঐতিহ্য ও সংস্কৃতির সাথে আমাদের মিল […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The first meeting of the Joint Working Group for Textile Cooperation will be held in Dhaka on 27th February 2014. An MOU on Textile Sector collaboration was signed between India and Bangladesh in August, 2013 when Mr. Abdul Latif Siddique, the then Hon’ble Minister for Textiles and Jute of Bangladesh […]
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