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DHAKA, Nov. 7 (NsNewsWire) — In order to select two youngsters to represent Bangladesh at the Telenor Youth Summit in Norway, Grameenphone has conducted a contest for all youth between 18 to 25 years of age. The grand finale of the competition was held Friday at The Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka. After the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — A leading Asian investment holding company has announced that its subsidiary — Information Technology Consultants Limited (ITCL) — will be separately listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange in Bangladesh. ITCL Wednesday made the announcement in a press release. SiS International Holdings, engaged in the distribution […]
Read MoreGopal Vittal took over as the CEO of Bharti Airtel (India) at a time when the company was under stress. The trump card — Vittal, which Sunil Mittal has played for a possible turnaround of the company, worked in favour. The country’s largest cellular operator reported its first growth in profit after 15 consecutive quarters […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Power supplies have been restored across Bangladesh after Saturday’s unprecedented breakdown of the national grid. A senior official of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh told NsNewsWire on Sunday morning that power supplies have already been restored to all over Bangladesh. Nearly nine hours after the grid failure, authorities managed […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 31 (NsNewswire) — A devastating fire broke out at a high rise building in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area Friday morning, forcing three news media outlets to halt operations. No casualties were reported. The BSEC building caught fire at around 11:45 a.m. local time, forcing two private television news channels — NTV and RTV […]
Read MoreEarlier this month, the Pew Research Center released the second of two major reports detailing findings from a global public opinion survey on economic issues conducted last spring in 44 countries. Read together, the two reports reveal something you might not have guessed: Bangladesh is among the countries most supportive of the free market, and […]
Read MoreWashington, Oct. 29 (NsNewsWire) — A new World Bank Group report finds that four of eight economies in South Asia implemented at least one regulatory reform making it easier for local entrepreneurs to do business in 2013/14. Three countries—Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan—focused their efforts on adopting modern electronic systems to facilitate business activity. Released today, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Oct 29 (NsNewswire) — The World Bank says China’s economic growth could decline to close to 7 percent next year but Beijing should focus on pushing ahead with market-oriented reforms instead of trying to stick to official growth targets. The bank said Wednesday that China needs to overhaul its labor and real estate markets […]
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By SYED ZAIN AL-MAHMOOD: TEKNAF, Bangladesh— Abul Hasan, a 30-year-old fisherman, was drinking tea at a restaurant here when he was approached by two men who said they could help him get a good job at a factory in Malaysia. He was told that he could pay for his passage after he started working, he […]
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