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Bangladesh factory owners sweat it out over safety inspections

It took Western safety inspectors about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters, a Bangladeshi clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores and Debenhams. Two weeks later, the group that the inspectors represented changed its mind and allowed the factory to stay open, […]

Bangladesh’s Infoladies Bring the Internet to Villages on Bicycle

Only 5 million of Bangladesh’s 152 million citizens have regular Internet access. Three-quarters live in rural villages. The Infoladies, a group of about 50 women in their early 20s, travel through the countryside equipped with a laptop computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a digital camera, and a glucometer ministering to the technologically impoverished, reports Bloomberg […]

Bangladesh’s remittance inflow dips to 14.23 bln USD in 2013-14 fiscal year

The inflow of remittances by millions of non-resident Bangladeshis in the 2013-14 fiscal year concluded in June reached 14.23 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Sunday. “The flow of inward remittances in the 2013-14 financial year ( July 2013-June 2014) fell about 1.61 percent to 14.23 billion U.S. dollars,” the Bangladesh Bank (BB) official told […]

Banglalink launches 3G services in Bogra

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s second largest cell phone company Friday launched 3G services in Bogra followed by a jovial rally in the presence of massive crowd of all ages. The rally started by flying off balloons and consisted of 3G branded caravans, horse carts, paddle vans etc., along with the playing of […]

NTT DoCoMo announces major 5G trials

No time for LTE complacency; it’s full speed ahead for trials of the next generation of mobile broadband technologies. Guy Daniels reports. Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has today announced plans for major 5G experimental trials with six of the industry’s leading equipment vendors. Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia and Samsung will collaborate with the mobile operator […]

Telenor Group names Michael Foley as new CEO of Telenor Pakistan

Norway, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group Wednesday announced that it has appointed Mr. Michael Patrick Foley as the new Chief Executive Officer of Telenor Pakistan. Mr. Foley assumes the role at a significant moment in Telenor Pakistan’s history – as the country moves into a future where everyone will be able to access the […]

Bangladesh’s telecom giant sees revenue up 6.1 pct in Q1

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s biggest mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has reported a 6.1-percent on-year increase in revenues for the first quarter of this year. The company, which is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh, said the revenue was 24.9 billion taka for the July- March period, reports Xinhua. Compared with […]

UCB re-elects Chairman

DHAKA, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — One of the pioneers to fostering corporate governance in business and industry sector, prominent business tycoon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, socialite, Chairman of Partex Group, founder Life Member of NSU Trust & Member of NSU Board of Trustees, member of IBAIS university trustee board and former member of the Parliament Mr. M. […]

Airtel partners with S@ifur’s to launch education portal called Airtel Learn

DHAKA, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of the fastest growing operators of the country,has launched an educational portal called “Airtel Learn” targeted to help students before examinations.Airtel Bangladesh Limited, partnering with the renowned educational brand S@ifur’s and LiveTechnologies, has made the launching announcement of Airtel Learn services on Monday at a signingceremony […]