Bangladesh to invest in Bhutan’s hydropower
A trilateral cooperation among Bhutan, Bangladesh and India that will enable Bangladesh to invest in the Bhutanese power sector to re-import the electricity could soon be a reality.
A draft memorandum of understanding on the trilateral collaboration is being circulated among the three friendly countries.
Bangladesh’s foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, who was on a visit to the country last week, told Kuensel that his country will invest in the 1,125MW Dorjilung hydropower project in Lhuentse. He said India has agreed to Bangladesh’s proposal to invest in the project and provide transit for transmission of electricity from Bhutan.
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NRBC Bank receives BB Letter of Appreciation
NRBC Bank received “Letter of Appreciation” for achieving the target of disbursing credit in Agricultural and Rural loan sector during the year 2015.
Mr. S K Sur, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, handed over the letter of appreciation to Mr. Md Shafiet Wahed, Deputy Managing Director of NRBC Bank at the Conference Hall, Bangladesh Bank, recently.
Mr. S K Sur, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, handed over the letter of appreciation to Mr. Md Shafiet Wahed, Deputy Managing Director of NRBC Bank at the Conference Hall, Bangladesh Bank, recently.
Cheapest Symphony smartphone with Robi
Robi and Symphony have recently launched the cheapest smartphone of the country. The new Symphony E12 and E58 are priced at 2390 taka and 2590 taka respectively.
These unbelievably cheap smartphone handsets come with exciting Robi bundle offer. With purchase of either of these handsets, the Robi subscriber will get to enjoy 500 minutes free talk-time (which they can use by calling any of the mobile operators’ number) and 3 GB data. However, these offers will be valid for 30 days. These offers can be availed from any of the Robi 
ICAB holds pre-budget roundtable
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Daily Prothom Alo jointly 
organized 2016-’17 Pre-Budget Roundtable at Prothom Alo Conference Room on Thursday, 19 May 2016.
organized 2016-’17 Pre-Budget Roundtable at Prothom Alo Conference Room on Thursday, 19 May 2016.
Robi announces tk 10 lakh for SIM biometric re-registration
As the deadline for completing biometric re-registration of SIMs nears, the leading mobile phone operator has launched a unique campaign to encourage its subscribers to comply with the government directive in this regard.
The campaign offers incentives to each of its subscribers completing the biometric reregistration process within 16th to 31st May 2016 period. Every subscriber completing the process within this period will get 50 taka worth talk-time for free. The 50 taka talk-time can be used within a five (5) day period (From 12 to 5 pm). It gets more interesting with one subscriber winning 10,000 taka every hour (between 10 am to 8 pm on each day of the campaign period).
China’s Xi calls for Marxism and intellectual loyalty
China’s Communist Party must ensure that philosophy and social science “unequivocally uphold” Marxist principles, President Xi Jinping told a high-level academic seminar, according to state media reports.
Xi’s address to around 150 specialists was his latest move to exert greater authority over China’s cultural sphere, following two similar gatherings earlier this year on his vision for the news media and the Internet, and came as the ruling party also seeks more control over universities, reports AFP.
The event...
The event...
