With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to sign a land boundary agreement with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and also set to announce a number of sops soon after his arrival in Dhaka on Saturday, India said a positive outlook and a dramatically changed political atmosphere was a lesson for other neighbours as well. Amidst growing bonhomie, last year India having already accepted
the UN Tribunal awaring 19,467 sq kms of 25,602 sq tk sea area of Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh will be the only country having settled land and maritime boundaries wi...
Development projects in Bangladesh supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are making substantial progress in helping reduce rural poverty by improving agricultural productivity. Technological innovations and microenterprise development are among the key factors highlighted by a new country programme evaluation that will be presented on Sunday.
The country programme’s target group includes people living in extreme and moderate poverty. Its targeting strategy starts by identifying geographic areas of poverty and then assessing household assets and needs – including food supply – in those areas. For example the haor areas in Sunamganj, and char areas in newly accreted land near sea in Noakhali, are remote and hard–to–reach inaccessible locations covered ...
Indian State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will sign its first agreement outside India to buy bandwidth from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company to provide internet services in the northeast. It is also exploring South Africa for expansion, and may pick up equity stakes in one of the country’s telecom service providers.
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company has agreed to sell its unused bandwidth to BSNL for $1.2 million a year. Initially, BSNL will buy 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) capacity, which will be increased to 40 G...
Two leading Indian power firms will build several plants in Bangladesh to produce up to 4,600 megawatts of electricity, a senior official said on Saturday.
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Indian PM Narendra Modi handing over main steering wheel of INS Vikrant to Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka Saturday, June 6, 2015.[/caption]
Adani Power Limited of India and Reliance Power Limited of India signed separate memorandums of understanding with state-run Bangladesh Power Development Boa...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) and Xpress Money jointly organized a day-long ‘Free Medical Camp’ on June 6, 2015 Saturday at Sonargaon Branch of the Bank.
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the camp as the chief guest. Abdus Sadeque Bhuiyan, Deputy Managing Director and Head of International Banking Wing, Md. Obaidul Haque, Executive Vice President and head of Dhaka South Zone of the Bank and Shamim Iftekhar, Country Head of Xpress Money along with executives, officials of the bank and local elites were present on the occasion.
The medical camp was arranged as a part of its CSR activities to provide free medical services to the poor and destitute people. Six medical consultants provided treatment to more than one thousand patients.
Pubali Bank Limited has donated Tk. 15 lac (Fifteen Lac) to the devastating earthquake victims of Nepal as a part of corporate social responsibility.
Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of Pubali Bank Ltd. handed over a donation cheque of Tk. 15 lac to the Ambassador of Nepal in Bangladesh H K Shrestha at a hotel in the capital recently.
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank was present as Chief Guest. Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank SK Sur Chowdhury and Executive Director of ...
