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Workshop on Delivering Digital Financial Services to Women

DHAKA, Oct. 22 (NsNewsWire) — a2i, SHIFT programme of UNCDF and Women’s World Banking with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation organized a workshop on “Making Finance Work for Women” focusing on women’s participation in digital financial services for public and private stakeholders in the financial inclusion space, to address the issue of […]

US warning to Latin America disrespectful

US warning to Latin America disrespectful Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/21 22:23:39 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Panama and Mexico last week. During his stay in Panama, he warned President Juan Carlos Varela about doing business with China and criticized Chinese State-owned enterprises that engage in “predatory economic activity.” First of all, Pompeo’s accusation […]

China’s Hexing signs deal to produce smart electricity meteres

DHAKA, Oct. 22 (NsNewsWire) — An agreement has been signed by Mr. Abdul Motaleb, Company Secretary, West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL), Bangladesh on behalf of WZPDCL and Mr. Zhou Liangzhang, Chairman, Hexing Electrical Company Ltd, China for implementation of a joint venture company (JVC) named “Bangladesh Smart Electrical Company Limited (BSECL)” at Bidyut […]

Confidence key to coping with China’s downward pressure

Data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday showed that the country’s economy grew 6.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter. It expanded 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent in the first and second quarter respectively, showing a trend of gradual decline. An NBS spokesperson said at the release of the data that […]

Bangladesh election schedule to be announced in 1st week of November

DHAKA, Oct. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladesh Election Commission said on Thursday that it will announce the schedule for the upcoming parliamentary polls in the 1st week of November, reports Xinhua. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed made the statement while talking to journalists after a program on Thursday in capital Dhaka. He had earlier […]

China’s development offers growth opportunities amid protectionist trend: Bangladeshi expert

DHAKA, Oct. 18 (NsNewsWire) — After 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has become an economic powerhouse providing a lot of new opportunities through its development initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative which will be of global benefit, a Bangladeshi expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. Professor of economics at Dhaka University […]

Khashoggi case tests Washington’s attitude to human rights

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/16 23:41:54 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday. One day before his visit, Turkish police investigators entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. As the US and Turkey are strengthening communication with Saudi Arabia, the tension over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reportedly killed inside the consulate, is […]

COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM COURSE ALUMNI NETWORKING EVENT

DHAKA, Oct. 16 (NsNewsWire) — On 15 October the Australian High Commissioner, H.E. Ms Julia Niblett hosted a networking event to celebrate the achievements of nearly 80 alumni who have completed courses on Countering Violent Extremism under the Australian Government’s Australia Awards program. The government officials, from a range of agencies including the Bangladesh Police, […]

Gunshots heard as suspected militants hideouts cordoned off in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Sporadic gunshots were heard Tuesday morning as law enforcers cordoned off two houses suspected to be militant hideouts in Bangladesh’s Narsingdi district, some 51 km east of capital Dhaka. Members of Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT), an elite tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, surrounded the houses early Tuesday, […]