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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Robi announces tk 10 lakh for SIM biometric re-registration
As the deadline for completing biometric re-registration of SIMs nears, the leading mobile phone operator has launched a unique campaign to encourage its subscribers to comply with the government directive in this regard.
The campaign offers incentives to each of its subscribers completing the biometric reregistration process within 16th to 31st May 2016 period. Every subscriber completing the process within this period will get 50 taka worth talk-time for free. The 50 taka talk-time can be used within a five (5) day period (From 12 to 5 pm). It gets more interesting with one subscriber winning 10,000 taka every hour (between 10 am to 8 pm on each day of the campaign period).
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.
The event...
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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 
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...
