December2020
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Sleeper Factory for Padma Bridge Rail Link Project starts production
Dec 2, 2020A site visit program at the sleeper manufacturing factory of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, the Mega Project in Bangladesh under construction of CREC, took place at the Bhanga Railway Station (Same location of CREC Track-laying... -
Salesforce.com agreed to buy Slack Technologies Inc in a $27.7 billion deal
Dec 2, 2020Salesforce.com Inc has agreed to buy workplace messaging app Slack Technologies Inc in a $27.7 billion deal, the biggest by the cloud-computing pioneer as it bets on an extended run for remote working and sharpens its... -
Sparking Economic Growth: The Case for Investing in water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Dec 2, 2020On 2nd December, over 15 finance and sector ministers’ from Asia and the Pacific will come together to develop and strengthen partnerships for smart investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene. These partnerships are critical given the... -
16 ways to support global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaign
Dec 2, 2020In recent months, we have experienced some brutal incidents against women. Today is 25th November and the first day of the annual global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign. Various studies reveal that domestic... -
Hyundai Motor Group to introduce an electric vehicle-only platform early next year
Dec 2, 2020South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday it will introduce an electric vehicle-only platform early next year that will use its own battery technology to cut production time and costs. The plan underscores efforts by... -
Two thirds of the world’s school-age children have no internet access at home, new UNICEF-ITU report says
Dec 2, 2020Two thirds of the world’s school-age children – or 1.3 billion children aged 3 to 17 years old – do not have internet connection in their homes, according to a new joint report from UNICEF and the International Telecommunication... -
Norway commits more than $163 million to UNICEF education, health and inclusivity programmes for children
Dec 2, 2020The Government of Norway has committed USD 163.3 million in flexible funding to help UNICEF reach children with quality education, protection, health and nutrition interventions, focusing specifically on the world’s most marginalized, including children with disabilities.... -
SERAC-Bangladesh organized discussion meeting on World AIDS Day 2020
Dec 2, 2020World AIDS Day (WAD) on 1st December 2020, one of the significant days for a AIDS free generation. This year the world AIDS day is quite different from previous years when the entire world is facing... -
realme “Race” to be one of the first flagships powered by the Snapdragon 888
Dec 2, 2020realme has announced its newest phone ‘realme Race’ at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020, which will be one of the first smartphones to be powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888 5G Mobile Platform. The codename... -
BRAC partners with Humanity & Inclusion (HI) to pilot Disability Inclusive Ultra-Poor Graduation program
Dec 2, 2020BRAC has partnered with Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion (HI) in Bangladesh to launch a pilot Disability Inclusive Ultra-Poor Graduation program targeting the ultra-poor populations in four (4) districts of Bangladesh and signed an agreement on 24th...
