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BD to streamline hiring workers with Oman help

Bangladesh will explore options to activate a government-to-government recruitment process with Oman in the near future, said the Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs. Stay ahead of the rest and download our free WhatsNews app for Apple, Android or Blackberry [caption id="attachment_14723" align="alignleft" width="300"]oman There are around 546,487 Bangladeshis, the second largest number after Indians, working in Oman according to the latest Oman government statistics. - Times of Oman photo[/caption] “In the coming joint commission meeting with ...

Cabinet approves revised trade deal with India

Bangladesh Cabinet has approved a revised trade deal with India under which the two nations would be able to use each other’s land and water routes for sending goods to a third country, removing a long standing barrier in regional trade. bd-india“This is a huge achievement for Bangladesh...Under the agreement we (Bangladesh) will now be able to use Indian, roads, railways and waterways in transshipment of goods to Bhutan and Nepal,” Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters today about the overnight development. He said u...

Tk 50 crore loan anomalies in Farmers Bank

Newly-established The Farmers Bank sanctioned and disbursed around Tk 50 crore in loans to a number of companies violating the banking rules and regulations, found a Bangladesh Bank investigation. The BB probe found that the bank’s executive committee chairman Md Mahabubul Haque Chisty was directly responsible for the anomalies as he, in some cases, passed loans without taking the approval of the EC committee, bypassed branch farmers bankrecommendations in some cases and in other cases did not take any recommendations in sanctioning t...

Exports grow 2.98pc amid unrest

Despite the wide spread political unrest in the last three months, Bangladesh has managed to export more in the first nine months of 2014-2015 fiscal year in comparison to previous years. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the country earned $22.9 billion from exports during July-February period of the 2014-15 fiscal year against $$20.31 Import_Export_0-450x252billion in the previous corresponding period. The earnings represent a 2.98 percent growth. However, the number still hasn’t met the target...

App provides platform for women to talk free

When you hear the word Maya Apa, its sound like a human name. But it is not. It is an Android-based mobile application. This application gives advice on a variety of health, social and legal issues to the women of Bangladesh. mobile bankiongThrough this app any woman can ask any question without revealing her name. The app maintains total anonymity for its users, who only need an email address to register. Expert advice is usually provided within 24 to 48 hours by a team of doctors, lawyers and counsellors. They respond in the language indi...

WB $ 600m power project to reduce system loss

Rural Electricity and Distribution Project was approved by the World Bank (WB) in February 2014 with a goal to reduce system loss in rural areas of Bangladesh. The project’s total budget of $600 million was signed to provide support and development of the existing lines in rural areas of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions. Only 42 percent of Bangladeshi rural households have grid electricity supply currently. These information came in through a release of WB on Monday. wbLocations for 33/11kV substations have been identified and some of them have al...
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