SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is exporting its advanced intelligent transportation system (ITS) to Bangladesh, where chronic congestion and high accident rates have long plagued daily life in the capital and beyond. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) announced Friday that it has opened Bangladesh’s first Traffic Management Center (TMC) in Dhaka, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In yet another closure of diplomatic missions, North Korea has been shutting down its embassies in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign news reports showed Wednesday. They are the latest in the list of overseas missions Pyongyang has shut down in the past months, including those in [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) has signed a deal to operate and manage a foreign road for the first time among South Korean state-run enterprises. The expressway operator said Thursday it had signed a 100 billion won (US$78.7 million) deal with the Bangladesh Bridge Authority to operate and manage [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began to suspend visa issuance and non-scheduled flights to restrict entry from Pakistan and Bangladesh Tuesday in the face of a spike in new coronavirus cases imported from the two nations. The government decided on Sunday to stop issuing new visas to nationals of Pakistan and Bangladesh, [...]
DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Anomali, a provider of intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, and OneWorld InfoTech, the leading technology provider and IT security solutions distributor in Bangladesh, today announced that the companies have entered into a partnership, giving OneWorld InfoTech the ability to deploy and support Anomali threat intelligence management solutions across the country. “Organizations recognize [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Sunday that it will strengthen visa and entry restrictions for those from Pakistan and Bangladesh from this week, as the country has recently reported a surge in novel coronavirus cases imported from the two nations. Under the precautionary measures, set to take effect from [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Bangladesh, in its recent effort to develop nuclear technology to overcome the country’s lack of natural resources, will be visiting South Korea for technological cooperation. The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) will be holding a technological assistance workshop at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) from February 18 [...]
DAKA, BANGLADESH, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The first replicated field trials comparing genetically modified eggplant varieties with their non-GM counterparts in Bangladesh have confirmed that the Bt gene confers almost total protection against this vital crop’s most damaging pest. The field trials were carried out in the Bogra district of Bangladesh by a joint [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. said Sunday it has won a 950 billion-won (US$832 million) deal to construct a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Under the contract signed with Japanese trading firm Sumitomo Corp., the construction arm of steelmaker POSCO will build a 1,200 megawatt plant and related facilities [...]
NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 23(Korea Bizwire) – GT Nexus announced today that Shore to Shore Textiles, a manufacturer of men’s and women’s under garments based in Bangladesh, is tapping the GT Nexus network to obtain access to capital to fund its business and improve performance. Shore to Shore Textiles faces payment terms as far out [...]