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WB $ 600m power project to reduce system loss

Rural Electricity and Distribution Project was approved by the World Bank (WB) in February 2014 with a goal to reduce system loss in rural areas of Bangladesh. The project’s total budget of $600 million was signed to provide support and development of the existing lines in rural areas of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions. Only 42 percent of Bangladeshi rural households have grid electricity supply currently. These information came in through a release of WB on Monday. wbLocations for 33/11kV substations have been identified and some of them have al...

Grameen Foundation provides risk management tips

The speed and convenience that make digital services attractive to clients can bring a host of new risks for financial institutions that serve the poor. For customers, digital services offered via third-party agents eliminate the need to carry cash long distances, and give them more visibility into their accounts through their mobile phones. For mobile moneyfinancial institutions, going digital means more transactions at a much faster rate with much less direct contact with clients. This can create risks in three key areas:

Asia Foundation to organize map-up event for CCEs

The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh will host a map-up event for the upcoming city corporation elections (CCEs) in the capital, in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Bangladesh. asia foundationApproximately 2000 schools and other institutions will be used as polling stations in the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, but unfortunately, there are currently no visual applications that maps these polling stations so that the citizenry can easily visualize the locations of their polling stations. The Asia Foundation is t...

What young people want from dev implementers

“I’ve been doing my work for six years now but I’ve never been approached by an agency looking at development.” [caption id="attachment_14468" align="alignleft" width="300"]young people The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Award Winners from left to right: Gulalai Ismael, Julius Shirima, Nolana Lynch and Brianna Frueann. Photo by: The Commonwealth[/caption] Julius Shirima, 25, is clutching two Commonwealth Youth Awards at a ceremony in Royal Over-Seas House in London organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. His youth entrepreneurship organization a...

BD needs to improve investment climate, infrastructure: UK

The United Kingdom has said Bangladesh needs to improve its investment climate, infrastructure and the skills of its labour force to grow and absorb the two million new entrants into the labour force each year. “While the garment sector will always remain important, uk dfiddiversifying into other sectors is also necessary,” said Mark Lowcock, UK Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Development (DFID) emphasising improved infrastructure, investment climate and the skills of its labour force, reports UNB. Talking to UNB, Lo...

Trade associations call for Bangladesh donation

Ahead of the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse next month, the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and Social Accountability International (SAI) have called on Bangladeshi public and private partners to contribute to the Rana Plaza Arrangement, aiming to fill the existing funding gap. RMG Rana Plaza“We commend those companies sourcing from Rana Plaza that have already contributed to the Trust Fund. However, we urgently call on those brands and retailers sourcing fr...
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