Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
The Bangladesh Development Update October 2013 notes that GDP growth in FY13 decelerated, for the second year in a row, to six percent. Disruptions caused by political strife, deepening political tensions relating to the impending political transition and the inadequate improvements in the provision of power, gas and infrastructure were the key factors in the growth […]
Read MoreManila, Oct. 23 (ADB Press Release) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 250 million loan to expand the coverage and quality of water supplies to nearly 11 million people in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s fast-growing capital city. “The city is struggling to meet the water needs of its booming population, and, more worryingly, its […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 22 (ILO News) — The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a USD $24.21 million initiative – including a new Better Work programme – aimed at improving working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh. The three-and-a-half year initiative, ‘Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made […]
Read MoreBy Sheuli Akter, DHAKA, Oct. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of over 17 billion U.S. dollars on the back of an increase in exports and inflow of remittances ahead of the biggest Islamic religious festival, said an official Tuesday. AFM Asaduzzaman, senior spokesman of Bangladesh Bank, told NsNewsWire that the country’s “foreign […]
Read Moreবিসমিল্লাহির রাহমানির রাহিম প্রিয় সাংবাদিক বন্ধুগণ, আসসালামু আলাইকুম। জাতীয় জীবনের এই ক্রান্তিকালে আমি আপনাদের মাধ্যমে প্রিয় দেশবাসীর উদ্দেশে কিছু কথা বলতে চাই। আজ এমন এক সময়, যখন আমাদেরকে ঠিক করতে হবে, আমরা তারা গণতন্ত্র নাকি স্বৈরশাসনকে বেছে নেবো। দেশের অবস্থা সম্পর্কে আপনারা জানেন। গত কয়েক বছরে একের পর এক ঘটে গেছে নানান মর্মান্তিক ঘটনা। রানা প্লাজা […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 21 (nsnewsire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party chief discarded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s all-party interim government proposal and tabled a new formula for polls-time administration. “She has blocked the road to credible elections and created the way to deprive the voting rights of the people,” Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda […]
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