Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
The government of Bangladesh today signed a $100 million financing agreement with the World Bank to ensure improved water supply, sanitation, and drainage system in selected 30 municipalities, benefitting about 600,000 people. The Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project will provide safe piped water to residents of selected municipalities that currently do not have piped […]
Read MoreForeign Minister of Greece Nikolaos Dendias agreed to lead a Greek business delegation to explore trade and investment opportunities in Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Dr. Momen invited Greek Foreign Minister, who is also responsible for Greek investments, to visit Bangladesh with a group of Greek businessmen, an invitation that the Greek Minister readily accepted. Dr. Momen […]
Read MoreThe following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued here Thursday: “It is a matter of utter dismay to witness persistent campaign on the part of the Government of Myanmar to mislead the international community with fabricated information, misrepresentation of facts, unsubstantiated claims and undue accusations […]
Read MoreAce all-rounder cricketer, Shakib Al Hasan, has joined forces with Grameenphone as the Brand Ambassador. Shakib will work together with Grameenphone to inpsire and build an empowered digital society. On this occasion, Yasir Azman, Deputy CEO and CMO of Grameenphone, said, “Shakib Al Hasan has long established himself as a reliable cricketer and a national […]
Read MoreGrameenphone Ltd. reported total revenues of BDT 107.5 billion for the first nine months of 2019, a 9.5% growth from the same period last year. The operator’s subscriber base grew by 6.0% to 75.7 Million during the same period. The company acquired 0.4 million new subscribers during the third quarter, registering a 6.0% growth from […]
Read MoreAt least 104 people have died of Dengue fever across Bangladesh so far this year, health department figures showed Monday, reports Xinhua. According to the latest figure reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, the deaths included two in April, six in June, 35 in July, 57 in […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s tax collection body, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has reduced the source tax on export proceeds for all sectors from 1.0 percent to 0.25 percent to boost mainly ready-made garment (RMG) export competitiveness. A senior NBR official told Xinhua Tuesday that the tax collection […]
Read MoreA two-day language festival has kicked off in Bangladesh’s top leading North South University (NSU) in capital Dhaka with around 1,000 school, college and varsity students participating in various competitions in three languages — Bangla, Chinese and English, reports Xinhua. The NSU organized the national festival titled “Language League 2019” to promote language learning. Bangladeshi Planning Minister […]
Read MoreThe inaugural session of two days long the National Language Festival “Language League 2019” held at North South University (NSU) on Friday, October 18, 2019 The first private university and the number one ranked private university of Bangladesh, North South University (NSU) organized the inaugural session of two days long the National Language Festival “Language […]
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