DHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — During Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus’ visit to Italy, he was invited by Luigi di Maio, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy who holds the portfolio of Minister of Economic Development, Labor and Social Policies. He is the leader of the Five Star Movement party which defeated all the traditional parties in […]

NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian rupee Wednesday slipped to a new low as it hit 71.80 against the U.S. dollar during the early trade, reports Xinhua. “The Indian rupee today plunged to an all time low of 71.80 against U.S. dollar during the early trade today,” a market analyst said. On Tuesday […]

DHAKA, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Researchers in Bangladesh Wednesday said they have discovered a technology that takes five minutes to detect cancer, reports Xinhua. The team of researchers of Bangladesh Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) located in the country’s northeastern Sylhet region said the technology they discovered will take just five minutes to […]

DHAKA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Consortium led by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange announced here Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of 25 percent stake in Bangladesh’s largest bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Senior officials of the Chinese consortium at a press briefing in Dhaka accompanied by the top DSE executives made the […]

DHAKA, Sept. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors visited Savar to meet with beneficiaries of AIIB’s investment in the Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion Project. The project is part of a national plan to provide about 2.5 million service connections to rural consumers, upgrade two grid substations […]

DHAKA, Sept. 3 (NsNewsWire) — a2i Programme and BishwoShahittoKendro co-hosted a seminartitled “Kishore Batayan (Konnect) in Achieving 21st Century Skills” on Thursday, August 30, 2018  in the presence of students and teachers from different schools and colleges of Dhaka. With the support of ICT Division, UNDP and USAID, a2i programme is working to realizethe Digital […]

CHATTAGRAM, Aug. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Korean multinationl company LG Bangladesh is going to install the Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) system in Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chittagong. The system will ensure sophisticated automatic-central cooling and more energy saving in the second rest house of the zone. An agreement was signed between KEPZ Corporation (BD) […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/29 22:28:43 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reiterated Tuesday that the country in September will hold the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military exercise, its biggest military drills in almost 40 years. The drills will involve almost 300,000 troops and more than 1,000 military aircraft. According to Shoigu, the upcoming war games will be “the […]

DHAKA, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — On recommendation of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its recent session has appointed Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) to the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP). Dr Debapriya, in his personal capacity, will serve as a […]