Solar Power Lights Up Bangladesh Rural Areas
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Solar power is in place in nearly a million homes in rural Bangladesh, which is drastically short of electricity, the World Bank said on Monday. “More than 870,000 homes and shops in remote rural areas have installed solar home systems with support from the World Bank and other development partners,” the global lender said in a statement. [More]
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Phl Candidate for IMO Secretary General Visits Dhaka, Meets with Officials
19 May 2011 – The Philippine Embassy in Bangladesh reported that the Philippine candidate for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General position, Mr. Neil Frank R. Ferrer, visited Dhaka recently to campaign for the support of Bangladesh. Mr. Ferrer first met with Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs- UN Wing Director Ishrat Jahan Ahmed on April 27.
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