IFC Invests in Climate-Smart Batteries for Cell Phone Networks in Emerging Markets

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (nsnewswire) — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, says it is investing $7 million in the climate-smart battery maker Fluidic, Inc. to help improve the reliability of cell phone networks in developing countries worldwide. Fluidic Energy’s rechargeable metal-air battery system provides low-cost backup power to cellular towers connected to unreliable […]

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India assures Bangladesh on boundary pact

India assures Bangladesh on boundary pact New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS): India Monday assured Bangladesh it would bring a constitutional amendment bill related to the Land Boundary Agreement in the winter session of parliament in December. According to official sources, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid gave this assurance to his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni on […]

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Bangladesh war cartridges found in Tripura

AGARTALA: Workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) dug out as many as 386 empty cases and two live cartridges of .303 guns of the Bangladesh Liberation War from the field of one Rehman Maishaan in the Srimanthapur area along the Tripura-Bangladesh border on Sunday. Border Security Force (BSF) personnel […]

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Robi aid for gov’t Labour Welfare Fund

DHAKA, Nov. 11 (Robi Press Release) — Chief Human Resources Officer of Robi Axiata Limited Matiul Islam Nowshad Monday handed over a cheque to Minister, Ministry of Labor & Employment, Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, as the company’s contribution to the Labour Welfare Fund. Robi paid out 5 percent of its gross profit to the employee of […]

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China worried over Bangladesh political brawl

 DHAKA, Nov. 11 (nsnewswire) — China has expressed its worry over Bangladesh political brawl. In a statement issued on Saturday, Li Jun, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Bangladesh, said: “The same as Bangladesh people, I am deeply worried about the recent development of the political situation.” “I hope that the two prominent political parties […]

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Bangladesh Violence Closes 100 Garment Factories

DHAKA, Bangladesh November 11, 2013 (AP) –Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital. The workers have rejected a proposed 5,300 takas ($66.25) monthly minimum wage, a raise by 77 percent. They demand 8,114 takas ($100) instead. Industrial Police Director Mustafizur […]

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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines destruction ‘absolute bedlam’

”We are so very hungry and thirsty” one survivor told the BBC’s Jon Donnison in Tacloban The head of the Red Cross in the Philippines has described the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan as “absolute bedlam”. Up to 10,000 people are believed to have died in Tacloban city and hundreds elsewhere. Hundreds of thousands of […]

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বাংলাদেশী, যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের বৈমানিকগণ কোপ সাউথ ১৪-এর জন্য দলবদ্ধ হলেন

ঢাকা, ১১ই নভেম্বর — আঞ্চলিক দুর্যোগে আরো ভালোভাবে সাড়া দিতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী নভেম্বর ৯ – ১৩, ২০১৩ বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুতে অনুষ্ঠিতব্য কোপ সাউথ ১৪ অনুশীলনে একসংগে প্রশিক্ষণ করবে। এ বছর নিয়ে তৃতীয় বারের মতো যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও বাংলাদেশ কোপ সাউথের জন্য একসংগে প্রশিক্ষণ করবে এবং এ বছর বাংলাদেশ সরকারের আমন্ত্রণে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের […]

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