Chinese social networking company Momo debuts on Nasdaq

DHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China’s mobile social networking platform Momo Inc. listed its shares Thursday on the NASDAQ global select market. The company announced that its initial public offering of 16 million American depositary shares (ADSs) was priced at 13.5 U.S. dollars per ADS for a total offering size of 216 million dollars, reports […]

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China to keep 2015 growth, policy steady under “new normal”

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (NsNewsWire) — China will strive to keep economic growth and policies steady in 2015 and adapt to the “new normal” of slower speed but higher quality, said a statement released after a crucial economic policy meeting concluded on Thursday. The Central Economic Work Conference saw Chinese leaders and senior officials sketching out […]

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Xinhuanet launches Asian-Pacific Edition

BEIJING, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire)– Xinhuanet, the online service of Xinhua News Agency, launches its Asian-Pacific edition on Thursday after in-depth research and careful preparation, as part of efforts to step up the website’s overseas localization. The Xinhuanet Asian-Pacific Edition aims to build an information bridge connecting China and the Asian-Pacific countries, reports Xinhua. The edition […]

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Global growth expected to accelerate moderately in 2015

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Global economic growth will accelerate moderately next year and some economists predict that the bull market in equities can continue to rally, although at a slower pace. The global real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to reach 3.7 percent next year, compared with 3.2 percent this year, […]

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4G helps recovery of Europe’s mobile industry: GSMA repor

BRUSSELS, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Europe’s rapid migration to 4G services and devices helped to stimulate the recovery of the mobile industry, according to a new GSM Association (GSMA) report published during the GSMA Mobile 360-Europe event here on Monday. The new report, “Mobile Economy: Europe 2014,” said the financial outlook of the mobile industry […]

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NsNewsWire exceeds 1000 likes on Facebook

DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s 1st Press News Agency — NsNewsWire — (today) Tuesday passed 1000 fans on Facebook, so to say a big thank you to all those who have ‘liked’ the page since it was launched in July last year. NsNewsWire Facebook page has become a hub for all of its news […]

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Mobile banking to promote countryside growth in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — In Bangladesh, less than a quarter of the impoverished country’s 153 million people are using the normal banking system in their monetary transactions. But things are changing across Bangladesh with an easy and safe way to send or receive money through the mobile banking system. Mobile banking is […]

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India reiterates commitment to upgrade BSTI

DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — High Commissioner of India Pankaj Saran has visited the Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute (BSTI). He visited BSTI in the city’s Tejgaon area on Dec. 8. In accordance with the Joint Communique signed during the visit of H.E. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in 2010, India and Bangladesh are implementing […]

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Bangladesh earns over 12 bln USD from exports in July-November

DHAKA, Dec. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first five months of the current 2014-15 fiscal year (July 2014 to June 2015) grew a meager 0.92 percent to 12.07 billion U.S. dollars. An Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official said export performance in November was 2.417 billion U.S. dollars, nearly 10 percent up compared […]

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