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LIMA, Peru, Oct. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Kyle Peters, World Bank Senior Vice President, met today with Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Minister of Finance for the Government of Bangladesh, at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru. According to a statement received here on Sunday, they discussed the World Bank’s growing portfolio in Bangladesh, which […]
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DHAKA, Oct. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Customs officials at Bangladesh’s main airport in capital Dhaka on Saturday seized 45 gold bars weighing 45 kg from three passengers from Malaysia, reports Xinhua. SM Sohel Rahman, assistant commissioner of the Customs Intelligence Department, told journalists that “We’ve seized 45 gold bars weighing about 45 kilograms from three persons […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshis living and working abroad remitted home nearly 4 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of the current 2015-2016 fiscal year, a central bank official said on Wednesday. Quoting provisional data, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) official told Xinhua that the flow of inward remittances in the first three months […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Officers from the army’s intelligence agency have instructed major companies to stop advertising in Bangladesh’s two leading independent newspapers, sources told Al Jazeera. The demand for foreign-owned corporations to stop advertising in the Prothom Alo and Daily Star newspapers was allegedly given by officers from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), following the August […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 7 (NsNewsWire) — The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched its first-ever global media competition on labour migration issues. “Reporting Fairly on Labour Migration ” encourages fair reporting on labour migration and aims to recognize the best media coverage and accurate reporting on the topic. The competition is organized jointly with the International Trade […]
Read MoreThe 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics are shared by two scientists, Japan’s Takaaki Kajita and Canada’s Arthur B. McDonald, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday, reports Xinhua.
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 7 (NsNewsWire) — H&M is “dramatically behind schedule” in fixing the dangers found in the factories of its Bangladeshi suppliers, according to a new report. H&M was one of more than 200 brands, including Adidas and Abercrombie & Fitch, who signed an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh after the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 6 (NsNewsWire) — The otherwise busy main road at Baridhara diplomatic zone in Bangladesh capital Dhaka looked almost deserted on Monday, with little human activity and vehicular traffic. The normally busy roads and streets in Dhaka’s Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara diplomatic enclaves have also seen less traffic, reports Xinhua. Checkpoints have been erected […]
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DHAKA, Oct. 6 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing fresh assistance to expand a water resources project in the southwest of Bangladesh that has sharply increased agriculture production and benefited over 191,000 people, including landless farmers and women. ADB is providing a $45 million loan and the Government of the Netherlands is […]
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