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Bangladesh Participates at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair

Bangladesh Embassy in Athens is participating at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair 2019 being held in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, which is also the second largest city after capital Athens. This year Bangladesh’s theme is “Bangladesh, a dream destination for Trade & Investment”. In the evening of 7 September, Greek Prime Minister […]

ADB workshop discusses Bangladesh economic corridor development

DHAKA, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) on Sunday conducted a consultation workshop in Dhaka to seek stakeholders’ feedback on “Northeast Bangladesh Economic Corridor Development”, reports Xinhua. The People’s Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund funded the workshop. […]

BRI to foster development, connectivity across global corridors: think-tank

DHAKA, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading Bangladeshi civil society think tank, has said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to deliver physical and soft infrastructure across its corridors with the aim of improving regional integration, bolstering global trade and fostering economic growth. The CPD estimates […]

Robi-Drishti debate competition concludes in Chattogram

The prestigious debate competition of the country, “Robi- Drishty Debate Championship 2019” has come to a closure on last Saturday in Chattogram. Drishti Debate Club has organized this premiere debating competition for the 27th year. The closing ceremony of Robi-Drishti Debate Championship was held at the Theatre Institute Chattogram. A total of 84 educational institutions […]

Ookla® Speedtest® recognizes Grameenphone as the Fastest Mobile Network

Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and analysis, has once again recognized Grameenphone as the ‘Fastest Mobile Network’ in Bangladesh for Q1-Q2 of 2019. Grameenphone acknowledged that the continuous support and trust by its customers has enabled this continuous improvement. The “Speedtest Awards” for top providers in speed are determined using a speed score […]

Ministry of Primary and Mass Education inks a deal with Rupali Bank SureCash again for this fiscal year

Rupali Bank SureCash has been successfully disbursing primary students’ stipend to their mothers for consecutively for 3 years now. As a result, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has made an agreement with Rupali Bank SureCash again. Under this project 1 crore 78 lakhs mothers have been registered for mobile banking account till now and […]

TECNO Sponsors Bangladesh U17 Championship

TECNO is proud to be the sponsor of 2019 Bangladesh Under 17 (U-17) championship program. On September 5th, the press launch was hold in Le Meridien, Dhaka, where Tournament Trophy & Jersey were revealed. The Bangladesh U-17 National Football Match is a youth football competition operated under the Bangladesh Football Federation. In 2019, the U-17 […]

Foreign photographers invited to record Beijing

Ten foreign photographers have been invited to record Beijing on their cameras, the Beijing Youth Daily reported Thursday. The event was organized by the Information Office of the Beijing municipal government. These photographers from 10 countries, including Turkey, Russia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Poland and Greece, will spend 10 days capturing the history, culture and development of Beijing. […]

Sadhek Khan’s “The Emirates of Britain”: short story of London cabbie

“The Emirates of Britain” is a short story written by Sadhek Khan about Derek, a cabbie born and raised in East London, who wakes up from a coma only to find that Britain is now ruled by Sharia law. He finds himself unable to cope with the dramatic changes and desperately searches for answers. His […]