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 
Protik joins Meghna Bank DMD
Recently Mr. Protik Karim joined Meghna Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director. Prior to joining at Meghna Bank Limited, Mr. Karim was working at Pubali Bank Limited as General Manager.
During the long 28 years of experience, he gained broad based exposure at various capacities 
like General Banking Operations, Branch Management, Foreign Trade, ICC (Monitoring) etc. In his career, Mr. Karim has attended numerous training and professional courses on banking both home and abroad.
In his lo...
like General Banking Operations, Branch Management, Foreign Trade, ICC (Monitoring) etc. In his career, Mr. Karim has attended numerous training and professional courses on banking both home and abroad.
In his lo...
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.
US officials travelling with Kerry say Washingto...
Agriculture a key driver in reducing poverty
Agriculture is a leading contributor to poverty reduction in Bangladesh since 2000, a new World Bank report said. The country now needs to shift towards high-value agriculture, including horticulture, livestock, and fisheries as well as greater value addition to improve farmers’ income and household nutrition.
The report launched on May 17, “Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction,” says pro-poor agricultural growth has stimulated the non-farm economy. It estimates that a 10 percent rise in farm income generates a 6 percent rise in non-farm income. Hence, the growth of the non-farm economy largely depends on agriculture. Although rural non-farm employment is almost 2 times higher than all urban employment put together,
India plans to ‘divert rivers’; Bangladesh cries foul
India is set to divert water from major rivers such as the Brahmaputra and the Ganges to regions in the country that are prone to severe drought, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti told BBC on Monday. However, Bangladesh’s water resources minister urged the Modi government to ensure the country gets its share of water.
Stating that the project on The Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) has 30 planned links for water-transfer, Bharti said one link is set to kick off any time.
“Interlinking of rivers is our prime agenda and we have got the people’s support and I am determined to do it on the fast track,” Bharti told BBC.
“We are going ahead with five links [of the rivers] now and the first one, the Ken-Betwa link [in
BD ranked 5th with people without net access: WB
With 148 million offline population, Bangladesh still has the world’s fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet, said a World Bank report.
India has the largest number of 1.003 billion people who are not connected to the internet, followed by China with 755 million offline population, Indonesia with 213 million and Pakistan with 165 million respectively, the report showed.
According to the report titled ‘World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ launched in a city hotel on Monday, Bangladesh has one of the cheapest rates to make a phone call, but internet prices remain high, says news agency UNB.
However, the number of people having access to the internet has recently crossed 60 million in
