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10 more banks sign for green transformation fund

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed separate agreements with 10 more private banks to facilitate fund for a long-term financing under the "Green Transformation Fund for Export-oriented Textile and Textile Products and Leather Manufacturing Industries". Under the deals, the ten banks - Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited, Bank Asia Limited, Exim Bank bbLimited, Modhumoti Bank Limited, Mutual Trust Bank Limited, NCC Bank Limited, NRB Bank Limited, Dhaka Bank Limited, South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Limited and Trust Bank Limited - woul...

Trump loses appeal court bid to reinstate travel ban

A US appeals court has rejected president Donald Trump's attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that halted the order. Trump responded with an angry tweet saying national security was at risk and there would be a legal challenge. travel_banBut the 3-0 unanimous ruling said the government had not proved the terror threat justified reviving the ban. The ruling means that people from Iran, Iraq, ...

Community clinics take care of 12cr patients

As the number of patients is increasing at community clinics in rural areas of the country, some 12 crore people received healthcare facilities in 2016. “There are 13,236 community clinics in the country. Now, 80 to 90 percent rural people are receiving treatment facilities from community clinics,” an official of Community Clinics Programme told BSS. While talking to BSS, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said, “Community clinic project is an important outcome of visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [caption id="attachment_18339" align="alignleft" width="576"]

ADB for increasing private investment

Vice President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wencai Zhang today said Bangladesh needs to take steps to increase private investment for maintaining the present trend of economic growth. “Infrastructure development is imperative for Bangladesh to ensure an investment friendly environment,” said the visiting ADB vice president at a press conference here, reports BSS. He said Bangladesh needs to build developed road connectivity in the country and at the same adb1time it will have to attach importance to develop regional connectivity...

Dettol-Channel i Porichchonno Bangladesh launched

The ‘Dettol-Channel i Porichchonno Bangladesh’ Campaign is being launched nationwide to spread awareness regarding well-being and hygiene among the people of the country. People from all walks of life are being called to participate in the campaign which was launched on February 9, 2017. This information was given out in a press conference held at the Hotel Westin on 09 February, 2017. Present in the conference were representatives of Channel i, representatives from Reckitt Benckiser (makers of Dettol), their partners for this campaign Professor Abdullah Abu

Prof Riaz completes Bangladesh speaking tour

In a speaking tour about Bangladeshi politics, Illinois State Department of Politics and Government Chair and Professor Ali Riaz delivered four presentations in Bangladesh between January 27 and February 1. These presentations were based on Riaz’s work on the governance, media, and history of Bangladesh. On January 27 Riaz delivered a lecture at the Department of Mass Communication and IMG_0269-1024x683Journalism at the University of Rajshahi. In his lecture, titled “Media and Democracy,”‘ he underscored ...
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