As Bangladesh and Myanmar gear up to repatriate about 1,100 Rohingya refugees in a pilot project, rights group Human Rights Watch, or HRW, says conditions in Myanmar’s state of Rakhine are still not favorable for sustainable repatriation of Rohingya re…
World Bank and Bangladesh government-funded project Enhancing Digital Government and Economy (EDGE)’s skill development specialist Jobayer Alam died of brain hemorrhage at his residence in Tangail at 11pm on Thursday.He was 43.Alam is survived by his …
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is marking its 30 years working in conservation in Nepal today. WWF came in Nepal in 1993 and has been actively engaged in forest and water conservation, climate and energy, good governance, among other sectors since then…
The Birgunj Metropolitan City has collected Rs 360 million in revenue in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year under 26 different headings. Birgunj is the only Metropolitan City in Madhesh Province.Chief of Revenue Section at the Metropolitan…
The share of the private sector in Nepal’s GDP is 81.55 percent. This is stated in a study report prepared by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) with support from International Financial Corporation (IFC).The report w…
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today sought investment from the investors of Uzbekistan in the country’s special economic zones and hi-tech parks.He also called for re-introducing direct flight between the two countries to promote bilateral trade and e…
The United States (US) is providing $250,000 to assist Cyclone Mocha emergency relief efforts in areas most severely affected by the storm.”The people of the United States stand with the people of Bangladesh and the Rohingya refugees affected by the c…
The sixth Nepal Chamber Expo will be taking place in local Bhrikutimandap on May 18- 22. The event to be organised by the Nepal Chamber of Commerce will showcase stalls of both domestic and international products. It will majorly focus on trade dialog…
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan today said that the train service on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route will be launched in September this year.”Out of the 10 priority projects of the government, two projects – the Padma Bridge Rail Link and the Dohaz…
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