Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 4 (Xinhua) — Just a few days ago rickshaw puller Kawsar Islam was a chain smoker but once the health risks of smoking became crystal clear to him recently he drastically cut down the number of cigarettes he smokes a day. He is now seriously planning to kick his smoking addiction for […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, May 3 (NsNewsWire) — Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report released today. High and Dry: Climate Change, Water and the Economy, says the combined effects of growing populations, rising incomes, and […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Hadi Md. Suruz Sarkar buys made in China devices from markets in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province in South China, and resells them at Bangladesh’s biggest underpass market in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Square (Gulistan), reports Xinhua. Sarkar’s shop is full of Chinese accessories and devices and, indeed, Bangladesh’s famed underpass market, is […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 2, (NsNewsWire) — Clothing exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvements in productivity, product quality and reliability, and by enforcing better safety conditions and other compliance policies, a World Bank report said. A new World Bank report “Stitches to Riches: Apparel Employment, Trade and Economic Development” […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — Md. Shahriar Alam, MP, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is now in Beijing to attend the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), met the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi yesterday on 27th April at the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the country briefing notes of UNESCAP report titled, “Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016”: “Bangladesh has sustained a robust and resilient economic growth rate of more than 6% in the past several years. In 2015, output grew by 6.5%, up from 6.1% in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The top 1% of the global population controls over half of global wealth— while the poorer half of the world controls less than 1% of wealth. The combined wealth of the 200 richest people in the world ($3.18 trillion) is greater than the total wealth of Africa ($2.83 trillion) and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The Tiger captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has recently completed the biometric re-registration of his Robi SIM. While completing the process, he urged everyone to do the same as he felt that unregistered SIMs are potentially dangerous for the country. In order to facilitate biometric SIM re-registration for all Robi users […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — Robi high value customers under Dhonnobad programme can now enjoy international standard courier service from UPS’s authorized service contractor Air Alliance Limited. In this connection, Robi’s General Manager, Loyalty & Winbacks, Tawfique Imam and Air Alliance’s Director, Customer Service, Ms Faiqa Naser have recently signed an agreement on behalf of […]
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