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DHAKA, April 2 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Japan last week to speak at important conferences. On 1st day of his visit, he delivered special lecture commemorating the publishing of “A World of Three Zeros on the occasion of Bijuku’s 13th anniversary” at Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto where eleven hundred trainee make-up […]
Read MoreGold Coast, April 1 (NsNewsWire) — The clash between India and Pakistan will be one of the most anticipated contests of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games men’s hockey event. Both countries have a long and proud hockey history, with this emotionally charged clash never failing to entertain. Indian coach Sjoerd Marijne learned early in his tenure this was not just […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 1 (NsNewsWire) — The leading digital service provider of the country, Robi has won the Best People Management and the Most Improved Financial Performance award from its parent company based in Malaysia- Axiata Group Berhad. The awards were given for the company’s performance in these two categories for the year 2017. Robi won […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its monthly publication of the ‘Bangladesh Economic Update’ March 2018, reveals that persistently increasing outstanding debt along with high debt-service payment every year is likely to lower development finance and escalate intergenerational debt burden. The research organisation notes that at the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has elected Michael Foley, Chief Executive Officer of Grameenphone, as its President. He is replacing AMTOB’s outgoing President and CEO of Banglalink Erik Aas. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director and CEO of Robi has been reelected as Vice-President of the association. […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/3/29 23:11:55 The Canadian Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday that the government is bringing forward new regulations to crack down on countries that dump their steel and aluminum in foreign markets at unfairly cheap prices. Western media indicated China will be on the crackdown list. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently named […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) —Sajal Zahid Islam, senior reporter of The Daily Star, and Samir Kumar Dey, senior correspondent of the daily Ittefaq, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Telecom Reporters’ Network of Bangladesh or TRNB on Friday for the 2018-19 term (April 2018-March 2019). The other office-bearers include Treasurer Md. Shamim Jahangir […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $560 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve reliable power supply and help microenterprises become environmentally sustainable. “The World Bank is helping Bangladesh overcome barriers to higher growth. Unreliable power supply and environmentally-unstainable enterprises hinder a county’s competitiveness and poverty reduction efforts,” said Zahid Hussain, World Bank Acting Country Director for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Despite children’s massive online presence, too little is done to protect them from the perils of the digital world and to increase their access to safe online content, UNICEF and Facebook have launched a year-long mass awareness campaign today. More than 10,000 students from 100+ schools, teachers, parents, key policy makers, […]
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