NOVOAIR adds another 68-seater ATR 72-500 model aircraft

DHAKA, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, the country’s leading private airline has added another 68-seater ATR 72-500 model aircraft, raising its aircraft number to six in its fleet. The aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday at 2:15 PM. Mr. Mofizur Rahman, Managing Director, Mr. Feroz Alam, Deputy Managing Director, Directors and high […]

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Smartphone maker Xiaomi debuts on Hong Kong stocks

HONG KONG, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, the first company which adopts a weighted voting rights with dual-class shares after Hong Kong’s major listing regime reform in 25 years, reports Xinhua. “We would like to thank the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Hong […]

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Situation in Indian-controlled Kashmir tense as 3 civilians killed in army firing

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — A teenage girl and two youths were killed, while a few others wounded Saturday after Indian troops fired upon protesters in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said, reports Xinhua. The contingent of Indian army fired upon civilian protesters at Hawura-Redwani area of Kulgam district, about 57 km south of […]

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Bangladesh eyes cooperation with China to develop more economic zones, high tech parks

DHAKA, July 6 (NsNewsWire ) — Bangladesh expects more cooperation with China to develop more economic zones and high tech parks in the country, reports Xinhua. Top government officials, among others, at a workshop on Thursday in capital Dhaka, expressed such expectation, saying China’s extraordinary economic development in decades of reform and opening-up is a quite good […]

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$45.4 Million to Spur Off-Grid Solar Driven Pumping for Irrigation in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is to receive a $20 million loan from an Asian Development Bank (ADB) Power System Efficiency Improvement Project together with an additional $25.44 million in grant financing to spur off-grid solar photovoltaic (SPV) pumping for agricultural irrigation. The grant financing comprises $22.44 million from the Scaling up Renewable Energy […]

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Bangladesh earns 36.67 bln USD from exports in FY 2017-18

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh export inched up 5.81 percent to 36.67 billion U.S. dollars in the just concluded 2017-18 fiscal year, an official from Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The EPB official who did not like to be named said Bangladesh earned a total of 36,668.17 million U.S. dollars from […]

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Act Now for a More Prosperous and Livable Dhaka

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Through swift measures to develop East Dhaka, Bangladesh has a unique opportunity to relieve the flooding, congestion, and messiness that are clogging the capital’s growth and affecting the quality of life of its people, says a new World Bank report released today. The report, Toward Great Dhaka: A New Urban […]

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