Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
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Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 2 (nsnewswire) — On November 27, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Bangladesh’s economic program under a three-year arrangement supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Executive Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 91.423 million (about US$140.4 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 26 (BRAC Press Release) — BRAC receives prize in global $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award to replicate programme in Africa – BRAC recognised for its comprehensive mother, infant and child health package – The Award is the first initiative delivered as part of ambitious partnership between GSK and Save the Children that aims […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 25 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s July-September trade deficit squeezed by about 33 percent year on year to over 1 billion U.S. dollars. A Bangladesh Bank (BB) official told nsnewswire that the country’s import payment was 8,804 million U.S. dollars, down 9.37 percent, in July-September period of the current fiscal year 2013-14 while earnings from […]
Read More“বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের এই ঘজই উধঃধনধংব নিয়ন্ত্রণকারী বা বাধ্যবাধকতাপূর্ণ কোনো তথ্যভান্ডার নয়। বরং এটি বিভিন্ন দেশে বসবাসরত এবং কর্মরত প্রায় এক কোটি বাংলাদেশীকে আর্থিক সেবাভুক্তির আওতায় আনা এবং বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক অগ্রযাত্রায় তাদের অংশগ্রহণ নিশ্চিত করার জন্যে একটি প্রচারণা ও সেবামূলক তথ্যভান্ডার হিসেবে কাজ করবে। এই তথ্যভান্ডারে একজন অনিবাসী বাংলাদেশী নিজেই তার তথ্য অন্তর্ভুক্ত করতে পারবেন। পাশাপাশি […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s July-October export income surged about 17 percent year on year to about 10 billion U.S. dollars. “Export income in the first four months of the current 2013-14 fiscal year (July 2013-June 2014) reached 9,747.17 million U.S. dollars,” said an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official who preferred to be unnamed. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (nsnewswire) — More than 50 people including three firemen and cops were injured as thousands of Bangladesh garment workers Sunday morning fought pitched battles with law enforcers in Savar on the outskirts capital Dhaka. Spurred by rumors that a female worker had been tortured by the firemen, according to the eyewitnesses, thousands […]
Read MoreThe Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative (NARI) project, supported by the World Bank, aims to economically empower poor and vulnerable women from the northwestern region by facilitating their access to jobs in the ready-made garment sector. The project has started construction for building dormitories and training centers in three designated sites in Dhaka, Karnaphuli, and Ishwardi […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 23 (UCB Press Release) — The grand launching of United Commercial Bank Limited’s (UCB) exclusive mobile financial service UCash was held at the Grand Ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka on 23 November 2013. This initiative of mobile financial service is an innovative approach of UCB to spread banking service and facilities to […]
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