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Chinese funded Bangladesh’s largest-ever ICT project connects 20,000 gov’t offices

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with China Machinery Engineering Corporation ( CMEC) has implemented the country’s largest-ever ICT project which brought nearly 20,000 government offices across the country under a nationwide connectivity. Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on July 3, 2013 approved the China-financed 13.33 billion taka project […]

UNHCR: Release Roghingya refugees from detention

The Rohingya refugees who arrived in Malaysia after being stranded in the Bay of Bengal a year ago must be released from detention, says United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR Malaysia representative Richard Towle said the refugees needed to be looked after properly and this could not be done effectively or fairly in […]

Robi promotes trees on Environment Day

DHAKA, June 8 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has observed the World Environment Day by organizing a session on “Green Dhaka” initiative at the company’s corporate office recently. The Robi employees were urged, in the session, to plant trees to ensure a greener and cleaner environment as well as contributing in combatting the adverse impacts of the […]

Bangladesh gets 2nd Confucius Institute at prestigious University of Dhaka

DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — Second Confucius Institute in Bangladesh will begin its activities early next year at the country’s leading University of Dhaka here. Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka AAMS Arefin Siddique and Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Bangladesh Chen Shuang Monday cut the ribbon to inaugurate the construction of […]

World Bank Helps Expand Electronic Public Procurement in Bangladesh

WASHINGTON, June 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $10 million in additional financing to help Bangladesh scale up its electronic government procurement system to meet higher demand for more effective and efficient use of public funds. This additional financing to the Public Procurement Reform Project II will help set up a new state-of-the-art […]

President Xi urges China, U.S. to deepen mutual trust, cooperation

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping on Monday urged China and the United States to deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually-beneficial cooperation at a bilateral high-level dialogue. Addressing the joint opening ceremony of the eighth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and the seventh China-U.S. High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE), Xi said […]

Bangladeshi largest mobile operator launches free health service “TONIC” for customers

DHAKA, June 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone in collaboration with Telenor Health has launched “Tonic,” a new digital health service for its millions of consumers. Tonic was launched on Sunday night in capital Dhaka in the presence of the Health Minister Mohammad Nasim MP, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and partners from […]

Interview: Confrontation over South China Sea to take “disastrous” toll on regional, U.S. economies — expert

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]

Ceremony held in Bangladesh in memory of 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — A memorial function was held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday in memory of the the 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar Srijnan from China to his country of birth. Dozens of academics, politicians and and leaders of various religions have gathered in the memorial function to […]