DHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s overall imports shrank about 17 percent in the last 2018-19 fiscal year (July 2018-June 2019), an official said Wednesday, reports Xinhua.    A Bangladesh Bank (BB) official who preferred to be unnamed said total import orders, officially known as fresh opening of import letters of credit (LCs), fell to […]

JEDDAH, Aug. 01 ( NsNewsWire) — SAUDIA is currently in the midst of the Hajj season whereby an increase of nearly 10% more guests is projected, over last year’s figures. The Hajj guest traffic is being carried on both regular scheduled commercial flights, as well as dedicated charter flights. There are 15 leased widebody aircraft […]

ঢাকা, জুলাই  ৭ (এনএসনিঊজওয়্য্যার) — তথ্য ও যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি প্রতিমন্ত্রী জুনাইদ আহমেদ পলক বলেছেন বাংলাদেশ বিনিয়োগের অনুকূল পরিবেশ বিরাজ করছে । তিনি বাংলাদেশের তথ্যপ্রযুক্তি খাতসহ বিভিন্ন খাতে বিনিয়োগ করে সরকার প্রদত্ত সুযোগ- সুবিধা গ্রহণ করতে যুক্তরাজ্যসহ দেশি বিদেশি বিনিয়োগকারীদের প্রতি আহ্বান জানান। প্রতিমন্ত্রী গতকাল সন্ধ্যায় লন্ডনস্থ বাংলাদেশ হাই কমিশনে "পাবলিক প্রাইভেট পার্টনারশিপ কর্তৃপক্ষ" আয়োজিত এক […]

DHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed a $100.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve livability of four large neighborhoods in Dhaka City, benefitting about a million residents. The Dhaka City Neighborhood Upgrading Project will enhance public spaces and urban services in four neighborhoods—Kamrangir Char, Lalbagh, Sutrapur-Nayabazar-Gulistan, Khilgaon-Mugda-Bashabo—under the Dhaka South City […]

Source:Xinhua Published: 2019/5/9 10:01:05 President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to enhance the political loyalty of the country’s police force, strengthen them through reform and technology, and run them with strict discipline, at a national conference on public security. Chinese police must fulfill the duties and tasks of the new era entrusted to them […]

Oslo, Norway – 6 May (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group and Axiata Group Berhad are in discussions regarding a potential non-cash combination of their telecom and infrastructure assets in Asia (MergeCo), in which Telenor would take a majority stake. It is anticipated that Telenor, based on equity value, will own 56.5% in MergeCo and Axiata will […]

DHAKA, April 10 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s overall inflation slightly rose in March at 5.5 percent compared to the previous month, reports Xinhua. The country’s average inflation rate in the previous month was 5.47 percent on a point-to-point basis. Bangladeshi Planning Minister MA Mannan released the August inflation data Tuesday prepared by the Bangladesh Bureau of […]