Public toilet with mural in city!
WaterAid Bangladesh in association with Dhaka North City Corporation has launched another three modern public toilets at city’s busiest area Firmgate, Mohakhali and Shyamoli. Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Mr. Annisul Huq inaugurated these modern sanitation facilities on 10 November, 2016, Thursday which are funded by H&M Foundation. The public toilet in the Firmgate area is ornamented with a beautiful mural which is first of its kind in Bangladesh.
Taksim A Khan, Managing Director, Dhaka WASA; Syed Gousul Alam Shaon, Managing Director 
Bikroy Online Mela with up to 65pc discounts
Bikroy, the largest marketplace in Bangladesh, is introducing an online shopping festival for their customers - the Bikroy Online Mela. The campaign will be launched on the 10th of November, 2016, and will continue for 3 days, and will bring amazing discounts up to 65% on various products. To make this even more exciting for buyers, the Mela will be featuring leading global brands like Apple, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Asus, & Dell, and will have a wide 
variety of products including mobile phones, laptops & notebook, watches, tel...
variety of products including mobile phones, laptops & notebook, watches, tel...
The US presidential election: a how-to guide
The American presidential election falls this year on November 8. The quadrennial exercise always takes place on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as spelled out in the US Constitution.
Here is a primer on the US election system:
How the voting system works
The vote, by universal suffrage, is conducted in a single round in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (the city of Washington, which is not part of any state).
Voters choose among the candidates for president and...
Voters choose among the candidates for president and...
Obama moves for universal health care – in BD!
The Obama administration’s desire for a universal health-care system soon may be fulfilled – in Bangladesh.
It is there that U.S. taxpayers potentially face an initial $90 million “investment” solely to design such a system.
The Advancing Universal Health Coverage, or UHC, initiative in Bangladesh “would help to increase health insurance coverage on a massive scale,” says the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID.
The purpose of the endeavor is to help create public- and private-sector mechanisms to finance and expand the delivery of health care to the people of Bangladesh, according to an amended 
BD wants next US administration to lower trade barriers
As the United States goes to the polls in two days, Bangladesh hopes that the next US administration would relax its protectionist measures to encourage higher consumer spending in its retail economy.
Despite the South Asian country strengthening its ties with China, security and strategic experts in Bangladesh hope that the US would make room for the Bangladeshi economy to prosper with more trade preferences and less political prejudice.
Bangladesh is of “deep strategic interest” for the United States from a security perspective. 
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INVL Tech to open businesses in Bangladesh
Companies controlled by INVL Technology, which invests in IT businesses, are expanding international activities. The NRD group of companies, which already last year began implementing projects in Bangladesh, and the cybersecurity firm NRD CS in October of this year started the process of registering the new NRD Bangladesh Ltd, completion of which is planned by year-end. Once this new firm is established, companies controlled by INVL Technology will have representation in nine of the world’s countries. To date they have a corporate presence in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Norway, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
‘We’re continuing the active investment phase, seeking to invest in national-level businesses
