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Summit forum of int’l seminar on Maritime Silk Road held in SE China

Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation of the U.S., gives a speech during the summit forum of the international seminar on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road held in Quanzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Feb. 12, 2015. The seminar opened here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

Bangladeshi job seekers rush to land jobs in Saudi Arabia

by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Everybody seems to be in a mad rush to have their names registered with the relevant authorities to try and secure jobs in Saudi Arabia. Unemployed and in a dire need of employment, job seekers braved opposition enforced strikes and non-stop blockades to travel […]

leaders from Facebook, Telenor Group, Airtel Africa, Millicom to participate World Mobile Congress keynote sessions

London, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The GSMA Wednesday announced the Mobile World Live Keynote sessions for Mobile World Congress 2015. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, will participate in a keynote alongside leaders from Airtel Africa, Millicom and Telenor Group on the evening of Monday, 2 March. The United States Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler […]

Explore Bangladesh From Your Computer, Thanks to Google Street View

DHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — People from around the world can now explore Bangladesh from their smartphone or PC with the launch of Google Street View service in the South Asian country on February 5, 2015. Roam the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh’s two largest cities, or explore digital panoramic imagery of 40 of the country’s most important historic, […]

Saudi Arabia signs deal with Bangladesh to hire 120,000 workers a year

DHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Just about a week after lifting a seven-year employment ban, Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh to hire some 120,000 workers in a year from Bangladesh. The deal was struck Tuesday night after the visiting 19-member Saudi team, led by Ahmad Bin Fahad Al Fuhaid, deputy minister […]

GSMA Announces Nominees for 20th Global Mobile Awards

London, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The GSMA has announced the nominees for the 2015 Global Mobile Awards, which are this year celebrating 20 years of achievement and innovation across the mobile industry. World-renowned actor, comedian, writer and film producer John Cleese will host the Global Mobile Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 3rd March at the GSMA […]

China Focus: January inflation at 5-year low, prompting further policy easing

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — China’s consumer inflation slowed to the lowest level in more than five years, fuelling market hopes of further easing in monetary policies to support the faltering economy. The consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 0.8 percent year on year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics […]

Bangladesh’s Grameenphone revenue reaches 1.32 bln USD in 2014

DHAKA, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s biggest mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has reported revenue of 102.7 billion taka (about 1.32 billion U.S. dollars) for 2014, up 6.3 percent from last year. The company, which is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh, Monday in a press briefing in Dhaka said its service revenue […]

Bangladesh, World Bank sign 300 mln USD loan deal for women, children project

DHAKA, Feb. 10, (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has signed a 300 million U.S. dollars financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA) for the Income Support Program for the Poorest Project. IDA is the World Bank’s concessional arm that helps the world’s poorest countries. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, senior secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division, and Johannes Zutt, […]