US Deputy Asst Secy Ichord to visit Bangladesh from May 7

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert F. Ichord will visit Bangladesh from May 7 to May 10, 2014. Robert F. Ichord serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. He is responsible for promoting the transformation of energy systems to achieve greater efficiency and cleaner performance through use […]

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Monica Lewinsky breaks decade-long media silence

The one-time White House intern whose affair with President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment in the US Senate has broken her long silence in the media. In Vanity Fair magazine, Monica Lewinsky, 40, writes that she deeply regrets the fling. The president “took advantage” of her, she writes, though she describes their relationship as […]

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Bangladesh’s telecom giant sees revenue up 6.1 pct in Q1

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s biggest mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has reported a 6.1-percent on-year increase in revenues for the first quarter of this year. The company, which is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh, said the revenue was 24.9 billion taka for the July- March period, reports Xinhua. Compared with […]

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UCB re-elects Chairman

DHAKA, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — One of the pioneers to fostering corporate governance in business and industry sector, prominent business tycoon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, socialite, Chairman of Partex Group, founder Life Member of NSU Trust & Member of NSU Board of Trustees, member of IBAIS university trustee board and former member of the Parliament Mr. M. […]

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Hasina concerned over Modi’s remarks on Bangladeshi infiltrators

NEW DELHI, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed concern over the BJP prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi’s statement that Bangladeshi infiltrators in India must go back to their country, telling her close aides in a private meeting that the comment was unnecessary and unwarranted. Such statements do not contribute to […]

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Airtel partners with S@ifur’s to launch education portal called Airtel Learn

DHAKA, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of the fastest growing operators of the country,has launched an educational portal called “Airtel Learn” targeted to help students before examinations.Airtel Bangladesh Limited, partnering with the renowned educational brand S@ifur’s and LiveTechnologies, has made the launching announcement of Airtel Learn services on Monday at a signingceremony […]

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Solar home systems lighting up rural homes and shops in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 27 (Xinhua) — The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development II (RERED II) Project is continuing to provide access to electricity in rural areas of Bangladesh through renewable energy sources. The project has provided access to electricity to over 377,000 households in remote rural areas where grid electricity cannot reach easily. Every month […]

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নিটকফা নৈবঠেক

যরাষ নদেতূাবাস নঢাকা নোঘাষণিা নকরেছে নোয নযরােষর নদেিক্ষিণি নএপ্রিশশয়া নিবষয়ক নসহযকারী নবািণিজ্য নপ্রিিতিনিধি নমিডাইকেকল নিডিলািন নএপ্রবং নবাংলােদেেশর নবািণিজ্য নসিচব নমিডাহযবুব নআহযেমিডদে নআগামিডীকাল ন২৮শোশ নএপ্রিপ্রিল নঢাকায় নঅনিষ্ঠিতবয নিটকফা নোফারামিড-এপ্রর নউদ্বেদ্বাধিনী নৈবঠেক নসহয-সভাপতিতত্ব নকরেবন। ২০১৩ সালেলের ২৫শেশে নভেভেম্বর যরালষ-বালংলোলেদেশেশের মধ্যকালর বালিণিজ্য ও িবিনভেয়ালগ সহযেযালিগতালেফালরালম চুিক্তিটি (িটিকফাল) স্বালক্ষর হযয়। িকছু সুিনভিদেশরষ্ট বালিণিজ্য ও িবিনভেয়ালগ িবষয় িনভেয় আলেলোলচনভালর প্রক্রিক্রিয়াল […]

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TICFA meeting in Dhaka tomorrow

DHAKA, April 27 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Embassy has announced that Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia Mike Delaney and Bangladesh Secretary of Commerce Mahbub Ahmed will co-chair the inaugural TICFA Forum meeting in Dhaka (tomorrow) Monday. The United States – Bangladesh Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) was signed on November 25, […]

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