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Women know less about financial matters than men on average: study

BERLIN, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — In most countries of the world, women know less about financial matters than men do on average, the findings of a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) showed on Monday. “Cultural factors play a key role in addition to income, education and experience,” noted DIW Berlin […]

Uber teams up with Grameenphone to launch in Dhaka

DHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Uber, the smartphone app that has transformed urban mobility for millions across the world, has teamed up with Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone to launch its operation in Dhaka. The world’s largest on-demand mobility platform will be available in Dhaka from (today) Tuesday to offer safe, reliable and affordable […]

Obama says U.S. president-elect Trump committed to NATO despite campaign rhetoric

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday his successor Donald Trump, a frequent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) critic on the presidential campaign trail, was committed to NATO, reports Xinhua. “In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships,” said Obama here […]

Business and Trade Reforms can Make Bangladesh an Export Powerhouse

Dhaka, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh can become an export powerhouse at the level of its East Asian neighbors by improving its business competitiveness and trade regime, which will help firms compete globally, says a new World Bank Group report launched jointly with the Policy Research Institute today in Dhaka. South Asia will be home […]

7 killed in Bangladeshi road accident

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A head-on collision between two trucks in Bangladesh’s Bogra district, some 197 km northwest of Dhaka, left at least seven people including five policemen dead and six others injured early Sunday, a local police official said, reports Xinhua The Bogra district police official who did not like to be named […]

Nearly 400 children still die daily from Measles, UN-backed report says

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A report on measles by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners said that despite a 79 percent worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day and progress has been uneven, a UN […]

Smart City Hackathon to start tomorrow

DHAKA, Nov. 10 (NsNewsWire) —The first ever Smart City Hackathon will began tomorrow at GPHouse, the corporate head office of Grameenphone. Arranged by Preneurlab and White Board, an initiative of Grameenphone, the hackathon aims to find digital solutions for many problems of Dhaka. The capital of Bangladesh is the one of the largest mega cities […]

Bangladesh central bank team in Manila to retrieve cyber heist funds

MANILA – A Bangladesh central bank team arrived in Manila on Monday to work on moving back part of the $81 million stolen from its account in the New York Federal Reserve in February and sent to the Philippines, reports reuters. A Philippine court in September adjudged that Bangladesh Bank was the rightful owner of […]

Three-million scholarship set up to attract ASEAN students in E China

NANJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — A three-million yuan (442,451 U.S. dollars) scholarship has been made available to students from ASEAN interested in studying in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, according to an official from the local education bureau on Tuesday. The Jasmine ASEAN scholarship is part of a wider initiative to boost educational cooperation […]