DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — The creation of green jobs and the promotion of social dialogue are amongst the priorities which the Government of Bangladesh, employers and workers organizations will work towards in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) until 2020. These areas have been included in a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for […]

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is conducting a 3-day regional event in Dhaka to further enhance project design and implementationcapacity of ADB-funded projects’ executing and implementing agencies. State Minister for Finance and Planning Mr. M.A Mannan MP opened the event at Hotel Le Meridien in Dhaka this morning. Secretary for […]

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved an assistance package totaling more than $357 million for a project to develop two power lines in support of Bangladesh’s national target of electricity for all by 2021. The investments comprise a $350 million ADB loan, a $7 million […]

COLOMBO, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Sri Lankan government on Monday issued certificates, approved by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), to over 750 tuk tuk drivers in the capital who have been trained as tour guides as well as drivers to local and foreign tourists, reports Xinhua. Tuk Tuk’s are a popular mode […]

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — The ADB Data Library is a platform that hosts publicly available data from the Asian Development Bank. Data is published according to open data standards (DCAT) which makes the datasets: Machine readable (e.g. by other data repositories, apps, visualization tools) Shareable Accessible through Application Program Interfaces (APIs)     The […]

JAKARTA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — Shipment of Indonesia’s crude palm oil and its derivative products offshore drifted down in the first half of this year as demand dropped amid import tariffs, the industry association said here on Friday, reports Xinhua. Data from the country’s palm oil grower association showed that the cumulative exports of the […]

Dhaka, July 28 (NsNewsWire) — The production of food grains has now increased almost four times than it was in 1972. More than 38 million metric tons of food grains are produced every year. Studies have shown that if the agricultural growth is at an annual rate of 4 to 4.5 percent, it’s possible to […]

DHAKA, July 27 (NsNewsWire) — Swadesh Ranjan Saha has been elected as President of Dhaka University Accounting Alumni Association (DUAAA) for the term 2018-20 while Mohammad Tofail Ahamed has been elected as the General Secretary for the term 2018-20. Ahmed Yousuf Abbas, Mohammad Moniruzzaman and Deawn Wasiqul Alam Milon have been elected as Vice Presidents […]

  DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) —  BDApps, the biggest mobile application platform of the country has recently hosted its signature event, Innovation Hackathon. The 24 hour-long grueling hackathon took place at Robi Corporate Office. In total, 41 individuals took part in the final hackathon event in 14 teams. DigitalMCQ team from Ahsanullah University of Science […]