South Korea and Japan reached agreement Monday on their dispute over wartime sex slaves that has soured relations for decades, as Tokyo’s leader hailed a “new era” in ties with Seoul.
Japan offered a “heartfelt apology” and a one-billion yen ($8.3 million) payment to Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II, reports AFP.
Now the two countries, both close US allies, “will welcome a new era”, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo after speaking by phone with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye.
The fate of the 46 surviving South Korean “comfort women” is a hugely emotional issue in South Korea, and a source of much of the distrust that has marred relations with its former colonial ruler Japan for decades.
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The government on Sunday signed a $177-million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA) to complete the ongoing construction of a 335 megawatt combined cycle power plant at Siddhirganj near capital Dhaka.
Kazi Shofiqul Azam, additional secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division, and Iffath Sharif, acting World Bank country director for Bangladesh, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides on Sunday.
The power plant will account for six percent of the total electricity delivered to the national...
The 25
th branch of Meghna Bank Limited was inaugurated on December 27, 2015 at Patherhat, Raozan, Chittagong.
Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mr. Mohammed Nurul Amin presided over the inauguration ceremony.
Vice Chairman of the Bank Mr. Abdul Alim Khan Selim attended the function as chief guest. Director & Chairman, Audit committee of the bank, Mr. Shakhawat Hossain and Director of the bank, Mr. Md. Lokman Hakim was present on the occasion as special guest.
Raozan Upzila Chairman Mr. AKM Ehsanul Ha...
Pubali Bank Limited has inaugurated its 444
th branch at Ring Road, Adabor in Dhaka having online banking facilities with a view to provide modern banking service. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. formally inaugurated the branch as Chief Guest. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. presided over the inaugural ceremony. Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank was also present.
In his speech Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder said that Pubali Bank is committed to providing the best & innovative banking services needs of the market in fastest possible time. As a part for providing better services & client’s
To welcome the winter season, a two-day long winter festival title ‘Him Utshob’ was held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the first time amidst festivity.
Securing slogan ‘Homochasher ai Nogore Prane pran Melaboy’ under the banner of ‘We have traditions’ JU students of different department organised the festival at the transport area.
Ahead of event, they chalked out elaborate programmes including Art Camp, Photograph...
Robi customers across the country will now have a wider and better access to internet as the leading mobile operator will launchWi-Fi services for them. One of the largest Internet Service Providers of Bangladesh, AccessTel, has become Robi’s partner in providing all technical supports to make this initiative successful.
This came at an agreement-signing ceremony at Robi Corporate Office in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
Robi’s Chief Operating Officer Mahtab Uddin Ahmed and AccessTel’s Chief Executive Officer Zain Omar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.
This initiative would be a perfect match for Bangladesh government’s manifesto of creating a “Digital
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