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Bangladesh: World Bank Helps Microenterprises Access to Clean Energy, Green Technologies

Dhaka, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed a financing agreement with the World Bank to help microenterprises adopt cleaner technologies. The $110 million Sustainable Enterprise Project will help about 20,000 microenterprises adopt environmentally friendly practices in the manufacturing and agribusiness sectors. It will provide loans to microenterprises for innovative, environmentally sustainable technologies and practices. “Around the globe, […]

Look to India for Returns, Not China’s Belt-and-Road, Funds Say

By Matthew Burgess and Alyssa McDonald me of Asia’s biggest infrastructure investors are seeing plenty of opportunities in India. In China’s mammoth Belt-and-Road initiative, however, not so much, Bloomberg. India is a key market for Macquarie Group thanks to strong economic growth and state asset sales, said Frank Kwok, co-head of Asia Pacific at Macquarie […]

Canberra’s China policy justly under fire

In his column in Australian Financial Review, former Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby slammed Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for not having visited China in more than two years while angering Beijing with “the most strident public comments on the South China Sea” and an “utterly bizarre speech” questioning Beijing’s regional leadership. “China relations […]

Chinese president meets BFA Chairman Ban Ki-moon

BEIJING, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, hoping that the forum would provide new methods for solving development issues and improving economic governance, reports Xinhua. As the host country, China will support the work of the Board of Directors […]

Facebook reports increased posts of graphic violence in Q1 2018

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Xinhua) — Facebook on Tuesday unveiled for the first time a transparency report that shows an increasing number of posts identified as containing graphic violence in the first of quarter of 2018. “Of every 10,000 content views, an estimate of 22 to 27 contained graphic violence, compared to an estimate of […]

Roundtable on “Bangladesh-China Capital Markets” held in Dhaka

DHAKA, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — A roundtable discussion on “Bangladesh-China Capital Markets” was held in capital Dhaka on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. The Roundtable, which has been designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences in the field of share market matters, was attended by high-level participants from the government, regulators, representatives from Bangladeshi and […]

Bangladesh FM visits atomic bomb survivors in Japan

DHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) –‘Peace and love above all’, said the atomic bomb survivors to Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali during his visit to Hiroshima. On the second day of his tour to Japan, Minister Ali visited Yano Orizuru En, a nursing home in Hiroshima, that is taking care of 100 survivors of the […]

Standard Chartered Bank signs agreement with Pan Pacific Sonargaon

DHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) — Standard Chartered Bank has recently signed an agreement with Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka. Mr. Makam E Mahmud Billah, Head, Retail Products & Segments, Standard Chartered Bank and General Manager of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Mr. Paul Flett have exchanged the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations. On behalf of […]

Bangladesh strongly condemns the use of force by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinians

DHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh strongly condemns the use of force by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinians which left scores of Palestine civilians dead and several thousand injured. While expressing deep condolences and sympathies to the Palestinians, we call on international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the atrocities immediately. Bangladesh also […]