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DHAKA, Jan. 18 (NsNewsWire) — An official Indian delegation is currently in Dhaka for promotion of the 12th South Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Guwahati and Shillong from 05 to 16 February, 2016. A press conference is planned for the Indian delegation. The Indian delegation and Bangladesh Olympic Association will jointly interact with […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Grameen Shakti (GS) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SureCash. Under this MoU, 1.6 million GS customers living across the remote areas will use mobile-phone based SureCash automated payment platform to pay their installments for its Solar Home Systems. Managing Director Nurjahan Begum, Chief Operating Officer Sohel […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — bKash Limited, the country’s leading mobile financial service provider, has recently signed an agreement with Grameen UNIQLO, a social business initiative in Bangladesh of Japanese as well as Asia’s No-01 clothing brand UNIQLO, to facilitate the customers pay through bKash while purchasing clothes from Grameen UNIQLO stores. Rezaul Hossain, chief […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — edotco Group Sdn Bhd (“edotco”) has today unveiled its strategic goals for empowering communications in Myanmar at the official launch of edotco operations in Myanmar. Together with its local partner, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (“Yoma”), edotco is committed to the growth of its business in Myanmar, combining Yoma’s local market […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — On 14th January 2016 Daraz Bangladesh Ltd. and International Brands Ltd (IBL), the authorized distributor of Procter and Gamble products in Bangladesh organized a press conference inGulshan, Dhaka, where they announced that P&G is bringing their entire product portfolio online with daraz.com.bd. P&G products will now be available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/ […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — The foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan have been cancelled, India’s official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Thursday. The talks were scheduled to take place on Friday. “Pakistan today said that there would be no foreign secretary-level talks tomorrow between India and Pakistan,” the broadcaster said. AIR […]
Read MoreJakarta, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, followed by reports of continuing gunfire and at least three people were killed, reports BBC. Blasts hit several locations, including the Sarinah shopping centre, near the presidential palace and UN offices. A BBC reporter at the scene said police […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Two suspected militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been killed in a shootout in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, said a senior police official on Thursday. The official at the Detective Branch of the Bangladesh Police said on Thursday morning that Abdullah alias Noman, 35, national operations commander of […]
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MANILA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) operations—comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance, and cofinancing—reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015, an increase of about 19% over the $22.89 billion in 2014, according to provisional figures released recently. ADB’s approvals of loans and grants, sovereign (governments) and nonsovereign […]
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