Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA (Reuters) – The Bangladesh central bank governor said on Saturday all commercial banks would be investigated for links to Islamist militants and warned lenders would be shut down if found to be involved in funding such organizations. Bangladesh Bank’s Atiur Rahman said the emergence of Islamic State (IS), the militant group active in Iraq […]
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GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2015) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has become the first multilateral development bank accredited to receive financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in its developing member countries. The […]
Read MoreLONDON, March 25 (Xinhua) — Mortaza’s men finished their campaign in the quarter-finals, but can look to the future with optimism while building on the gains from this tournament. The lasting images of Bangladesh’s ICC Cricket World Cup campaign will be the jubilant celebrations after its win over England. With a spirited effort, Bangladesh earned […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 25 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has been supporting the Government of Bangladesh through the Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP) to restore the livelihoods of people affected by the Cyclone Sidr (2007) and Cyclone Alia (2009), and to build long-term disaster preparedness. ECRRP has been constructing new cyclone shelters, repairing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 24 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh will offer cash money to improve health of expectant mothers and under-five children in the country’s poverty prone districts. To bolster its efforts to improve maternal and child health in the seven northern Bangladesh districts which suffer from Monga, seasonal famine, the country’s Ministry of Health has signed an […]
Read MoreWashington: The United States expects the next Israeli government to end nearly 50 years of occupation and clear the way for a Palestinian state, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told Jewish Americans on Monday.
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Dozens of Asia’s best and brightest government officials each year join what has become known as the “Mayors’ Class” – studying good governance, economic management and how to make their countries work like Singapore, reports Times of India.
Read MoreBEIJING — Chinese leaders admired modern Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew for his toughness, economic pragmatism and insistence on respect for authority. In many ways, Lee’s model of “Asian values,” combining authoritarianism and economic planning, became China’s own blueprint for modernity. Most significantly, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping looked to Singapore, with its ethnic Chinese […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) — At least nine people sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh before an opposition-called strike, police said on Sunday. A police officer, who declined to be unnamed, said miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the truck in Magura district in southwestern Bangladesh, leaving nine people, including its […]
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