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Coca-Cola renews Bangladesh cricket sensation Mustafizur Rahman as brand ambassador

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh cricket sensation Mustafizur Rahman recently signed a 2 years renewal agreement with Coca-Cola Bangladesh Ltd. He has been the brand ambassador of Coca-Cola in Bangladesh for the last two years. Once again Coca-Cola has appointed him to be the brand ambassador of their company. National Cricketer Mustafizur Rahman and […]

Bangladesh Women Making Progress But Still Face Gender Gap

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s women have made progress in various aspects of health, education, and work, but still face sizable gender gaps, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), prepared in collaboration with the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development. The report, the Bangladesh Gender Equality Diagnostic of Selected Sectors, […]

Bangladesh’s monetary policy focuses on government’s sustainable development agenda

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The central bank of Bangladesh rolled out its monetary policy on Monday for the second half of the current fiscal year ending June 2018 with a focus on government’s sustainable development agenda, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh Bank (BB) said the half-yearly Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) outlines recent domestic and external economic […]

Muhammad Yunus urges to make society equitable by creating more entrepreneurs, during events in three cities in India

DHAKA, Jan. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited and spoke in three major cities of India – Kolkata, Delhi and Jaipur – last week. He was invited to Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, which was held in association with The Telegraph. The setting of the talk was with the backdrop of the […]

Bangladesh PM unveils foundation stone plaque of 1200-MW power plant

DHAKA, Jan. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday unveiled the foundation stone plaque of a 1200-megawatt coal-based power plant at Matarbari island in the country’s Cox’s Bazar district, reports Xinhua. Hasina unveiled the foundation plaque of the power plant, located some 292 km southeast of capital Dhaka, through video-conferencing from her […]

Interview: ADB eyes more cooperation with AIIB to boost development of Asia-Pacific

DHAKA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects more cooperation with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in future co-financed projects and other related areas to boost the development of the Asia-Pacific region, a top official of the Manila-based lender said here. In a recent interview with Xinhua at the ADB resident […]

Global unions reach $2.3 million Bangladesh Accord settlement with multinational brand

GENEVA, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union have reached a US$2.3 million settlement with a multinational apparel brand to remedy life-threatening workplace hazards. The settlement, reached through an arbitration process under the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety, represents one of the largest payments made by a brand […]

Facebook Introduces New Feature in Bangladesh to Help Increase Blood Donations

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Today, Facebook is launching a blood donations feature in Bangladesh to make it easier for people to sign up to be blood donors and to help people and organizations in need. Bangladesh, like many countries, has a shortage of safe blood. In some cases, this shortage causes patients and their […]

AIIB’s power sector project hailed by millions in rural Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered as a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh, elating the country’s millions of people who live in areas which were earlier without any access to the national power grid, reports Xinhua. The AIIB-financed 165-million-U.S. dollar Power […]