India reiterates commitment to upgrade BSTI

DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — High Commissioner of India Pankaj Saran has visited the Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute (BSTI). He visited BSTI in the city’s Tejgaon area on Dec. 8. In accordance with the Joint Communique signed during the visit of H.E. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in 2010, India and Bangladesh are implementing […]

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Australia, BRAC, UK committed to end violence against women

DHAKA, Dec. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Australia, BRAC and the UK reiterates their commitment to work on ending violence against women and girls in Bangladesh At BRAC’s Board Meeting on 3 December, Australia, BRAC and the UK reiterated their commitment to work on ending violence against women and girls in Bangladesh. This joint statement was released […]

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NsNewsWire inks news-photo service agreement with Xinhua

DHAKA, Dec. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s first press news agency– NsNewsWire — has signed a news and photo service agreement with Xinhua News Agency, the largest official news agency in the People’s Republic of China. Sheuli Akter, editor of NsNewsWire, and Liu Chuntao, Dhaka Bureau chief of Xinhua News Agency, signed the agreement on Thursday […]

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Bangladesh earns over 12 bln USD from exports in July-November

DHAKA, Dec. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first five months of the current 2014-15 fiscal year (July 2014 to June 2015) grew a meager 0.92 percent to 12.07 billion U.S. dollars. An Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official said export performance in November was 2.417 billion U.S. dollars, nearly 10 percent up compared […]

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Apparel summit for 50 bln USD garment export roadmap kicks off

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) – Bangladesh’s 1st ever apparel summit kicked off in capital Dhaka on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the three-day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The summit aimed at discussing roadmap to nearly double the country’s garment export income which stood at over 24 billion US dollars in 2013-14 fiscal year […]

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BRAC announces 1 lakh blanket contribution to help the cold-affected people

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — BRAC has announced that it will distribute one lakh blankets to the poor people who suffer the most during winter. To increase this number further, BRAC and Aarong are launching a national campaign called “Ektu Ushnotar Jonno” to collect cash and warm clothes contribution and distribute among people. Every year, […]

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Dhaka Bank DMD Neaz Mohammad Khan expires

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Bank family deeply mourns the sad demise of Mr. Neaz Mohammad Khan, Deputy Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Limited. He breathed his last at Square Hospital, Dhaka on December 7, 2014 at the age of 57 (Inna Lillah he wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun) (Truly, to Allah we belong, Truly, […]

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China sends fresh water to Maldive

[More] BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — China will ship about 1,000 tons fresh water to water-starved Maldives via plane and vessel, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry and Defence Ministry on Saturday evening. About 150,000 residents are faced with water scarcity in Male, capital of Maldives, as a fire at the Maldives Water and Sewage Company […]

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