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DHAKA, Jan. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Mr. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh will be visiting Rajshahi and Natore on 29-30 January 2017. On January 29, the High Commissioner will first visit the Nagar Bhaban, Rajshahi where a Memorandum of Understanding between Indian and Bangladesh is scheduled to be signed for the ‘Sustainable […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Over 170,000 low-income households in rural Bangladesh will have access to hygienic sanitation under the Output-Based Aid (OBA) Sanitation Microfinance Program. The World Bank, in partnership with the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), is supporting this program with a $3 million grant from the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has unveiled its first Global Impact Report quantifying the socioeconomic impact of the Group’s contributions in 13 markets across the world, including six in Asia with Bangladesh being one of its major Asian markets. Developed by KPMG, the report launched recently, includes a detailed study of the socioeconomic […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to each other via phone Tuesday night, during which they discussed global terrorism and the security situation in South and Central Asia, apart from swapping invitations. In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Modi said the telephonic conversation […]
Read MoreMOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared on Tuesday the eastern side of the city of Mosul was fully liberated after more than 100 days of fighting against the militants of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. Following the liberation of eastern Mosul, al-Abadi promised to retake the western part […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — The Australian city of Sydney has been named the second most expensive city for housing in the world on Tuesday, only behind Hong Kong. Research group Demographia rated 29 cities as being “severely unaffordable” in this years Housing Affordability Survey, and five of those cities can be found in Australia. […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Former head of the main opposition party in South Korea widened his lead in a recent presidential poll over former UN chief who returned back to his home country about 10 days ago. Moon Jae-in, former Minjoo Party chief, gained 29.1 percent in approval rating as next president, according to […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — The inter-Syria meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan would help maintain truce and pave the way to find a political solution for Syria crisis, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday. Reinforcing truce is considered as the main topic to be discussed during the two-day meeting in Astana, Qasemi said […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will not accept a review of its international nuclear deal, reported local media on Wednesday. The international nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), resolved Tehran’s decade-long controversial nuclear issue. “Renegotiation (of the deal) is totally meaningless, and a return […]
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