Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, March 1 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update reveals that fall in growth in collection of revenue, rising per capita debt burden and shrinking public sector investment may contract expansion of gross domestic product (GDP). The think tank’s observation came in the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Febr. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank Board approved today US$ 600 million in concessional financing to improve the quality of electricity supply in the rural areas in the eastern part of Bangladesh. The Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution Project aims to reduce system losses and enhance capacity in the electricity network in rural […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 28 (NsNewsWire) — After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers’ safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W. UW has 447 licensees producing university branded clothing around the world, and […]
Read MoreA US appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors, reports AP from San Francisco. The decision by a divided three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Febr. 27, (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of fastest growing telecom operators of the country, has recently organized an event called ‘Airtel Service Center Meet’ for their valued Airtel Service Center (ASC) owners at Asian SR Hotel, Station Road in Chittagong. Airtel has 1700 ASCs in Bangladesh out of which 475 are located […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has been awarded the prestigious Green Mobile Award by GSMA for its extensive Climate Change Program. The Climate Change Program was initiated by Grameenphone in 2010, with the objective of minimizing the negative environmental impact on the community through CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Initiatives within the Program […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan has decided to give priority to dialogues with those militants who want to talk and be tough with those who continue terrorism in a new security policy unveiled in the parliament on Wednesday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who unveiled sailant features of the policy in the National […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Wednesday resigned from his position, hours after a submarine mishap off Mumbai coast in which seven sailors were injured and two officers went missing. The Indian Defense Ministry has accepted the resignation of 59- year-old Admiral Doshi, the first military chief to quit […]
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DHAKA, Febr. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh signed today a US$ 265 million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project. The financing will help annually 4.5 million poor rural children in 215 upazilas across the country […]
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