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Xi to attend BRICS, SCO summit next week

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 7th BRICS summit and 15th SCO summit to be held in Ufa of Russia next week. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced Monday that Xi will attend the 7th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit on July 8-9 and the […]

7th U.S.-India-Japan Trilateral Dialogue

DHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — On June 26, the United States hosted the seventh trilateral dialogue with India and Japan in Honolulu to exchange views on a broad range of regional and global issues of mutual interest. The discussion was co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal, and […]

Airtel Ties Up with Hotel Le Méridien Dhaka

DHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator of the country has signed a corporate agreement with hotel Le Méridien Dhaka. The members of Airtel Favorites and the Airtel employees will be getting 20% discounts on Sehri menus. This offer will be helping the Airtel Favorites members and Airtel employees […]

Goldberg’s new flagship mobile hits market

DHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Mobile Handset producer Goldberg brings new flagship products in Premium series. Goldberg Mobile Chief Executive Officer Abrar Rahman Khan inaugurated the sales activations of the handset ZAP FZ1 at an event on Saturday at Basundhara City here. Goldberg Mobile Chief Sales Officer Rasel Ahmed was present among others at […]

Bangladesh’s Summit to invest $1 bln to produce 1,310 MW electricity by 2020

DHAKA, June 28 (Xinhua) — Summit Group, the leading power generator in Bangladesh, will invest at least $1 billion to build five power plants capable of producing 1,310 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2020, aiming to ease a prolonged crisis in the country’s energy supply, a senior executive said. Ayesha Aziz Khan, finance director, told […]

GSMA INNOVATION CITY TO SHOWCASE THE CONNECTED LIFE AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS SHANGHAI 2015

Hong Kong, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — The GSMA has announced further details on the GSMA Innovation City, which is being held at Mobile World Congress Shanghai and builds on last year’s popular Connected City exhibit. According to a GSMA statement, the showcase, which is now in its third year, invites visitors to explore a real-life city […]

Will Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina vote in Karnataka civic polls?

Bengaluru, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Believe it or not but it looks like Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might vote in the upcoming civic polls in Bengaluru. If a voter ID card found in Karnataka is to be believed, Hasina is a resident of Bengaluru’s Thanisandra area. The card clearly shows her picture and names […]

Giving a voice to women local government representatives

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — To foster empowerment and leadership skills of elected women representatives in rural local government, UNICEF and the National Institute of Local Government (NILG) has initiated a training programme for the elected women representatives of Union Parishads (UPs) and Upazila Parishads (UZPs) in 20 selected districts. According to a Unicef media […]

Bangladesh hopes to send 500,000 workers to M’sia

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh expects to recruit 500,000 workers over the next six months to work in Malaysia under a new recruitment agreement hammered out by the two countries on Wednesday. The workers would be offered a three-year contract with the option to extend it by another year, reports www.freemalaysiatoday.com. The new agreement […]