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Bangladesh’s Grameenphone Q3 revenue up nearly 10 pct

DHAKA, Oct. 26 (nsnewswire) — Grameenphone Ltd. (GP) reported BDT 25.0 billion revenues for the 3rd quarter of 2013, 9.4% increase from the same period of 2012. GP managed this growth amid competition, sluggish economic activity, apprehension of political unrest and respite from strong tailwind of EID festivity. The growth is attributed to increase in […]

Bangladesh’s ruling, opposition chiefs likely to talk on phone

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called Opposition leader Khaldea Zia this afternoon to invite her to a dialogue over polls-time government “but failed to reach”, PM’s press secretary said. “The prime minister called the opposition leader at her red phone at 1:15pm but could not talk with her as no-one picked up the phone for […]

Emerging from Rana Plaza ruins: ILO helping survivors develop new skills, find jobs

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — When Minu’s limp body was piled onto the mass of corpses after Rana Plaza collapsed, she prayed that someone would notice that she was still alive. Too weak to call out, she had been smothered under dead bodies in the rubble without food or water for three days. As they […]

Bangladesh opposition calls three-day hartal, violence leaves 3 dead

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia party has called a three-day nationwide dawn-to-dusk non-stop strike form Sunday morning to press home its demand for restoration of a non-party caretaker government system to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Khaleda Zia, main opposition party chief, announced the strike at a grand rally in capital Dhaka Friday evening, slapping […]

Second Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket Test also drawn as play abandoned

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — The second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw on Friday on Day 5 as peristent rain since morning washed out the fifth and final day’s play without a single ball being bowled, t. The two–match Test series, however, ended 0-0 after the first Test at Chittagong also ended […]

Bangladesh commemorates tragedy victims, survivors seek compensation

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Survivors and their loved ones on Thursday marked the six-month anniversary of Bangladesh’s worst- ever industrial tragedy, while many families express anger and annoyance due to lack of proper aid. Rana Plaza, an eight-story building housing five garment factories crumbled into a cement grave on April 24 in Savar on […]

100 MEMBER BANGLADESH YOUTH DELEGATION CALL ON PRESIDENT

DHAKA, Oct. 24 ( Indian High Commission Press Release) — A youth delegation of 100 members from Bangladesh called on the President today (October 24, 2013) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Welcoming the delegation, the President said that India and Bangladesh have a common history, heritage and culture. The bondage between the two countries is deep rooted. […]

Poland’s Pedagogical University establishes Yunus Institute of Social Business

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (nsnewswire) — A leading Polish university will set up a Yunus Institute of Social Business. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has recently signed an agreement with the Pedagogical University in Warsaw Poland to set up Yunus Institute of Social Business at the university. The agreement was signed on Oct. 23. Yunus Institute of Social […]

Primark pays more compensation to Bangladesh factory victims

Berlin, Oct. 24 (Reuters) — Primark will make another compensation payment to victims of the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh, the discount clothing chain said on Thursday, calling on other international brands to follow suit. The collapse of Rana Plaza on April 24 that killed 1,129 people has galvanized some of the clothing industry’s […]