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DHAKA, May 17 (NsNewsWire) — Agriculture is a leading contributor to poverty reduction in Bangladesh since 2000, a new World Bank report said. The country now needs to shift towards high-value agriculture, including horticulture, livestock, and fisheries as well as greater value addition to improve farmers’ income and household nutrition. The report launched […]
Read MoreThere’s a moment in Tahmima Anam’s latest novel when her protagonist, Zubaida, realises that she may never be as fulfilled as her parents, who lived through the war in Bangladesh. “The war was fundamental, a kind of birth not just for the country but for all the too-young people who had willed the country into […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 17 (NsNewsWire) — Zhong Mian, Senior Adviser (Ministerial level) of Yunnan Government of China and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China – Yunnan Province, has held a meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Leading a delegation of 6 members, Zhong […]
Read MoreDhaka, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, announced its results for the first quarter of 2016. Serving over 31.6 million customers, Banglalink has reported continued growth in revenue and Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA). Banglalink is a part of VimpelCom, an international communications […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 16 (Xinhua) — With around 130 million mobile phone subscribers, the digital technologies are spreading rapidly in Bangladesh. Yet, Bangladesh has the fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet. Bangladesh can accelerate growth, create more jobs and deliver better public services by enhancing access to digital technologies, said […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — A high-ranking leader of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s largest opposition party was arrested on Sunday in Bangladesh capital Dhaka for his alleged involvement in a oust-government plot, reports Xinhua. Maruf Hossain Sorder, a spokesman of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told journalists that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Aslam Chowdhury along with […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) — A High-level South-South Exchange on Population Policy and Reproductive health between Bangladesh and Sahel countries in Francophone Africa kicked off on Saturday afternoon at the Lake Shore Hotel, Dhaka. The week-long international knowledge sharing conference will end on May 20. The South-South knowledge exchange between Bangladesh and Sahel countries […]
Read MoreAn Indian woman who gave birth at the age of 70 said Tuesday she was not too old to become a first-time mother, adding that her life was now complete, reports AFP. Daljinder Kaur gave birth last month to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in the northern state […]
Read MoreDhaka, May 12 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has recently launched “Robi Traveler”, a mobile app for roamers for the first time in Bangladesh. The app gives control to the roaming subscribers by letting them know their local & roaming bill, usage, rates of the destination they are planning to visit and many more features on the […]
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