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DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s economic and social progress notwithstanding, the country still faces a number of medium- to longer-term challenges. GDP growth in FY2015 is projected at 6.1%, lower than the 6.4% forecasted by the Asian Development Outlook 2014 Update, launched in September 2014. However, growth is expected to rise to 6.4% in FY2016, […]
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DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s second largest operator Banglalink has teamed up with a leading online booking website to help its customers, who love to travel worldwide, get more exclusive discount offer. Banglalink is the first telecom operator to offer this kind of exclusive partnership offer for its Priyojon subscribers with one of […]
Read MorePakistan is China’s “dependable” friend and the two countries should support each other’s core interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday while addressing a joint sitting of Pakistan’s parliament.
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Londong, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — Exiled Bangladesh opposition leader Tarique Rahman has accused the Sheikh Hasina government of “state terrorism” and called on the country’s trading partners and the United Nations to press for a restoration of real democracy in the south Asian nation of 160m people. As Mr Rahman was speaking to the Financial […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 20 (Xinhua) — Sexual harassment or molestation of women is something not unusual in a Third World country like Bangladesh. But what happened during last week’s Bengali New Year celebration in this capital city was not only deplorable but also most shocking considering that such crimes were committed in large scale. The joyous […]
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KATHMANDU, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Trade talks between Nepal and Bangladesh are scheduled to start on Wednesday in Kathmandu . During the meeting, Nepal has planned to ask for easy visa facility for Nepalis, preferential treatment for a number of Nepali goods, access to Bangladeshi ports for exports to third countries and determination of the […]
Read MoreBangladesh guardedly welcomes Benetton’s $1.1M pledge for 2013 factory disaster victims Waterloo Region Record DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi garment industry leader on Saturday guardedly welcomed Italian retailer Benetton’s pledge of more than $1 million to victims of a factory collapse that killed 1,100 people two years ago, saying it had come late but was […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific arrived in Dhaka Sunday 19 April, ahead of the second-year Rana Plaza commemoration. She is due to meet with the Hon’ble State Minister Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Minister for Labour and Employment as well as Hon’ble Minister […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, April 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Monday for his first state visit to Pakistan, a South Asian neighbor that Beijing has long described as an “iron friend.” Xi’s trip is expected to focus on strengthening bilateral ties and advancing the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a planned network of […]
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