Int’l expo on bldg construction, woodworking begins
A three-day twin international tradeshows on building construction and woodworking industries titled ‘2nd Bangladesh Buildcon 2016’ and ‘JAT presents 2nd Bangladesh Wood 2016’ began today, May 26, 2016 in Dhaka.
Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India Dr. Adarsh Swaika inaugurated these two international events as the chief guest at the International Convention City, Bashundhara.
He said, “Bangladesh is developing in all sector as well as the real estate sector. This is a platform for all the stakeholders where everyone can get their advantages. Both Bangladeshi 
Workshop on commercial expansion of banana fiber held
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) and BURO Bangladesh organized a workshop on Commercial Expansion of Banana Fiber Based Products on 24 May 2016 at Conference Room of Human Resource Development Center, BURO Bangladesh at Registrypara, Tangail. The project ‘Socio- economic empowerment of women through promotion of natural fiber-based products from agricultural wastages’ under Bangladesh INSPIRED programme funded by European Union and Ministry of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been being implemented by BWCCI to build capacity of 2000 women entrepreneurs for producing handicrafts from banana and pineapple fiber, thus to reduce poverty and empower women where BURO Bangladesh is the partner of BWCCI for the project.
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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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.
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BWCCI workshop on banana fiber based products
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a workshop on Commercial Expansion of Banana Fiber Based Products on 18 May 2016 at Conference Room of Upazila Agriculture Office, Palashbari, Gaibandha.
The project ‘Socio- economic empowerment of women through promotion of natural fiber-based products from agricultural wastages’ under Bangladesh INSPIRED programme funded by European Union and Ministry of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been being implemented by BWCCI to build capacity of 2000 women entrepreneurs for producing handicrafts from banana 
World powers meet to save Syria peace hopes
Senior envoys from world and regional powers gathered once again in Vienna on Tuesday in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria’s civil war.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov—diplomacy’s odd couple, at loggerheads over much else in the world—are chairing the meeting, which began shortly after 0700 GMT.
At the gathering, the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG) will renew its call for a nationwide ceasefire and immediate humanitarian access to besieged areas, reports AFP.
But headaches were likely to persist over the third plank of the plan—a call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the rebels to agree on a framework for a political transition.
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