The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will introduce next year a loan scheme styled 'one banking product in each upazila' across the country in an effort to generate jobs for more people.
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BB services to go rural
Posted by uddin 297 days ago (http://www.thedailystar.net)
Mystery of Bangladesh's mass arsenic poisoning solved
Posted by ruptan 297 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday.
Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless
Posted by ruptan 305 days ago (http://www.google.com)
President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
House Passes Health Care Bill
Posted by ruptan 305 days ago (http://abcnews.go.com)
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
Congress Poised to Keep Homebuyers’ Tax Credit
Posted by ruptan 309 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
The Senate and House are poised to agree on a compromise measure to extend unemployment benefits that also would expand a popular $8,000 tax credit for homebuyers, despite a recent government report on extensive mistakes and suspected fraud in the program.
China Approves Disney Theme Park in Shanghai
Posted by ruptan 309 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
After a courtship of about 20 years, the Walt Disney Company has won approval from the central government of China to build a Disneyland-style theme park in Shanghai, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said Tuesday.
Christie Wins in New Jersey, McDonnell in Virginia
Posted by ruptan 309 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Republicans swept contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday as voters went to the polls filled with economic uncertainty, dealing President Obama a setback and building momentum for a Republican comeback attempt in next year’s midterm Congressional elections.
More Schools, Not Troops
Posted by ruptan 309 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Dispatching more troops to Afghanistan would be a monumental bet and probably a bad one, most likely a waste of lives and resources that might simply empower the Taliban.
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