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DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s September foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of over 27 billion U.S. dollars, reports Xinhua. AFM Asaduzzaman, senior spokesman of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), said that “the country’s foreign exchange reserve reached a record amount of 27.06 billion U.S. dollars at the end of last month, reflecting the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei, the world’s No 2 Android Smartphone brand, has launched its latest Smartphone Huawei G7 Plus in Bangladesh. Ingmar Wang, Director of Device Business, launched it at a city hotel on Sunday. The device has high-end smartphone features at a very reasonable price. The phone is designed to deliver solid […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 1 (NsNewsWire) — An efficient and transparent public procurement system is crucial for accelerating growth and prosperity of a country, underscored the speakers at the third South Asia Public Procurement Conference 2015 that started today in Dhaka. The conference brought together procurement professionals from around the world, and especially from member countries of […]
Read MoreThe sixth China-Japan-South Korea leaders’ meeting started Sunday, resuming the trilateral cooperation mechanism after a three-and-a-half-year suspension, reports Xinhua.
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DHAKA, Nov. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved additional $100 million financing to scale up its support to strengthen technical and vocational education in Bangladesh. This financing will enable 200,000 poor students to complete vocational training and diploma courses. With this additional financing to the ongoing Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP), the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Slain Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy’s publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan was hacked to death in capital Dhaka on Saturday hours after unidentified attackers stabbed three persons including another publisher of Roy. A Dhaka Metropolitan Police official who preferred to be unnamed said Dipan, proprietor of the Jagriti Publishing House, was hacked […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Efforts to improve the business climate in South Asia accelerated during the past year, finds a new World Bank report. Bangladesh ranked 174 in the World Bank Group’s “Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency”, released today. The report finds that six of the region’s eight economies implemented nine […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — The newly appointed Chairman of BTRC Engr Shahjahan Mahmood was greeted with a flower bouquet by the Managing Director of Edison Group (Symphony Mobile) Mr Md Jakaria Shahid at his office in the city recently. The Vice Chairman of BTRC, Brig Gen Md Ahsan Habib Khan (retd) and the Head […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has unveiled a 23-strong squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh next month, reports Xinhua. The team will play matches in Canberra on Nov. 12 and in Dhaka on Nov. 17. Captain Mile Jedinak and goalkeeper Mat Ryan have been recalled and Postecoglou […]
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