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UNDP and Citi Foundation honour youth-led social enterprises for achieving SDGs

Dhaka, Sept. 8 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation awarded three top performing social-enterprises led by young people for their innovations as startup ecosystem, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, at an event held on 07 September at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. The event titled “Accelerator Bangladesh: […]

Trade data shows US economy rejects trade war

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/6 22:18:41 According to data released by the US Commerce Department on Wednesday, the US trade deficit increased 9.5 percent to $50.1 billion in July, widening for a second straight month and surging to a five-month high since the trade war started. Ironically, the US trade deficit with China swelled 10 percent […]

WFP country director in Bangladesh presents credentials

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Mr. Richard Ragan, Country Director of World Food Program (WFP) in Bangladesh has presented his credentials to Hon’ble Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 06 September 2018. The new WFP Representative Mr. Richard Ragan, an American national, had a long working experience with WFP prior […]

Bangladesh’s literacy rate stands at all-time high of 73 pct

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh now enjoys an all-time high literacy rate of about 73 percent, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman said on Thursday. “The country’s current literacy rate is 72.9 percent,” the minister told a press briefing on the occasion of International Literacy Day, which falls on Saturday. The current figure […]

BIPSS’s “Belt and Road Initiative” conference to kick off in Bangladesh capital on Sept. 12

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) will hold an Asian Regional Conference on ”Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Challenges” on September 12 and 13, 2018, at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden. Eminent experts on regional connectivity, members who include the members of academia and diplomatic core will […]

Indian rupee hits all time low against USD

NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian rupee Wednesday slipped to a new low as it hit 71.80 against the U.S. dollar during the early trade, reports Xinhua. “The Indian rupee today plunged to an all time low of 71.80 against U.S. dollar during the early trade today,” a market analyst said. On Tuesday […]

Nauru mars image of Pacific Island nations

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/5 22:28:43 Nauru, host nation of The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), tried to stop the Chinese delegation from entering the country and obstructed their speech at the forum. These tricks had nothing to do with the forum. Nauru is one of Taiwan’s “diplomatic allies” while the Chinese mainland is a dialogue partner […]

Bangladesh researchers announce technology to detect cancer in 5 minutes

DHAKA, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Researchers in Bangladesh Wednesday said they have discovered a technology that takes five minutes to detect cancer, reports Xinhua. The team of researchers of Bangladesh Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) located in the country’s northeastern Sylhet region said the technology they discovered will take just five minutes to […]

Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, New York, UNHQ.

DHAKA, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — The first session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) begins on Tuesday, 4 September 2018, at UN Headquarters in […]