$45.4 Million to Spur Off-Grid Solar Driven Pumping for Irrigation in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is to receive a $20 million loan from an Asian Development Bank (ADB) Power System Efficiency Improvement Project together with an additional $25.44 million in grant financing to spur off-grid solar photovoltaic (SPV) pumping for agricultural irrigation. The grant financing comprises $22.44 million from the Scaling up Renewable Energy […]

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Bangladesh earns 36.67 bln USD from exports in FY 2017-18

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh export inched up 5.81 percent to 36.67 billion U.S. dollars in the just concluded 2017-18 fiscal year, an official from Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The EPB official who did not like to be named said Bangladesh earned a total of 36,668.17 million U.S. dollars from […]

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Act Now for a More Prosperous and Livable Dhaka

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Through swift measures to develop East Dhaka, Bangladesh has a unique opportunity to relieve the flooding, congestion, and messiness that are clogging the capital’s growth and affecting the quality of life of its people, says a new World Bank report released today. The report, Toward Great Dhaka: A New Urban […]

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Citi Holds Airline Treasury Forum in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 2 (NsNewsWire) — Citibank, N.A., Bangladesh recently hosted representatives from IATA (International Air Transport Association), executives from leading airlines, experts from the Bangladesh aviation industry and senior officials from Bangladesh Bank to discuss contemporary airline banking processes at the “Bangladesh Airline Treasury Forum, Breakthrough to Excellence”. Citi also presented its range of digital […]

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iPay is providing West Indies-Bangladesh series tickets

DHAKA, July 1 (NsNewsWire) — iPay West Indies Bangladesh cricket series is starting from 4th July 2018 in West Indies. The first online payment platform of Bangladesh, iPay is the title sponsor of the cricket series and has launched a campaign where the sports lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy the game sitting at […]

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Speakers urged for knowledge dissemination of Bangladesh GAP

DHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) in cooperation with USAID’s Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) Project organized a seminar on “Knowledge Dissemination on Bangladesh GAP”. The meaning of GAP is Good Agricultural Practice. Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) is an internationally practiced method to ensure safe and sustainable agriculture production. GAP is a set […]

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World Bank Helps Bangladesh Improve Primary Education, National Statistics  

Dhaka, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling $715 million with the World Bank to improve the primary education sector, and to help the country produce timely and quality statistics. By improving quality and access to primary education, the $700 million Quality Learning for All Program will benefit more than 18 million children studying in pre-primary level to […]

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