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Bangladesh reduces traveler stress with advance ticket sales ahead of Eid festival

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 23 (Xinhua) — Long queues usually herald the start of Eid-related tickets sales to holiday makers in Bangladesh. Though large numbers of people were seen at the counters of Central Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka on Wednesday morning to secure their ride, as with other occasions, there were not massive crowds, […]

British PM makes last minute plea, calling EU decision “irreversible”

LONDON, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a direct appeal to the British public Tuesday urging them to vote Remain in the upcoming historic referendum on EU membership, reports Xinhua. Speaking outside the No. 10 official residence, the somberly-addressed Cameron urged his own generation not to condemn their children and grandchildren to […]

Grameenphone pledges to educate about online bullying

DHAKA, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — With an estimated half billion youth in Telenor Asia’s markets of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand accessing the internet for the first time in the next five years, Grameenphone and its parent company, Telenor Group, hope to educate young users on the benefits of connectivity, as well as […]

Helping Smooth and Reliable Electricity Supply in Rural Bangladesh

DHAKA, June 21 (Xinhua) — Access to grid electricity in rural areas is rapidly increasing with more than 300,000 new connections every month in Bangladesh. However, rural households often suffer from power cuts due to electricity supply constraints, network congestion, and over-loading. Through the Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Project, the government is addressing […]

High interest rates, low financial literacy amongst barriers to RMG remediation: IFC/ILO Study

DHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — High interest rates and a lack of financial literacy are highlighted as major obstacles to factories in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector from obtaining remediation financing according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka today. According to the […]

Youth hooked on mobile messaging but preference varies, says Telenor research

Fornebu, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — The Facebook family is strengthening its position amongst digital frontrunners globally. While most time is spent on messaging apps, today’s young consumers still rate SMS and mobile calls as intrinsic to their communication habits. And there’s a new challenger on the market: watch out as internet calls gain momentum in […]

Cyclone Roanu: one month on, thousands in Bangladesh remain in need of urgent help-IFRC

DHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — One month after Cyclone Roanu struck Bangladesh, leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds of others injured, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is warning that thousands remain in need of urgent help as the monsoon season hits. In a statement received here on […]

Bangladesh Signs $130 Million World Bank Loan for Economic Zones

DHAKA, June 19 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed a $130 million additional financing agreement with the World Bank to scale up support for the recently licensed and new economic zones to attract foreign and domestic investment as well as to create more jobs in the manufacturing sector. The additional financing to the […]

Huge arms cache recovered in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka

DHAKA, June 19 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a channel on Saturday in capital Dhaka, reports Xinhua At least 108 pistols, 1,000 bullets, 189 magazines and 10 bayonets from the canal in Uttara of northern part of Dhaka were recovered, a Dhaka Metropolitan Police official said. The […]