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China set to deliver world’s largest amphibious aircraft by 2022

China’s Amphibious Aircraft AG600 makes its maiden flight at the Jinwan Civil Aviation Airport on December 24, 2017 in China. China expects to deliver its domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, to customers by 2022, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late on Sunday citing the plane’s manufacturer. “We are endeavouring to get […]

China-funded bridge rail link contributes to Bangladesh-India connectivity project

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — On the day when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received flowers after arriving in China’s central Hubei province, its next-door neighbor Bangladesh signed a nearly 3-billion-U.S. dollar loan deal with China’s Exim Bank to construct the Padma Bridge rail link, reports Xinhua. The project, upon fruition, will cut […]

Robi celebrates 1 mln 4.5G subscribers’ milestone

By Shohel Hossain Ahmed DHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh’s second largest mobile operator Robi Thursday celebrated a milestone of one million 4G customers it achieved with its advanced 4.5G technology. In the fourth-generation arena, Robi says it is the first mobile phone operator to reach this milestone in the country. Minister for Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications […]

bKash and Ant Financial in strategic partnership to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — The leading mobile financial services provider of Bangladesh, bKash Limited (“bKash”) and Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”), operator of Alipay, today announced a strategic partnership to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked and underbanked communities in Bangladesh. The partnership involves Ant Financial investing into bKash and increasing its technological […]

US-Bangla Airlines will start historical flight operation to Guangzhou

Dhaka, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — This is the first time in Bangladesh aviation history, from tomorrow 26 April 2018, the country’s leading premium airline, US-Bangla Airlines will be startedflight operations to one of the most important cities of the eastern region, Guangzhou, China. Initially three flights will be operated for Guangzhou from Dhakaon every Saturday, […]

Bangladeshis mourn 1,136 victims of worst-ever Rana Plaza industrial tragedy

DHAKA, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — Thousands of Bangladeshis participated in memorial events Tuesday for 1,136 people, mostly garment workers, who died in the country’s worst-ever industrial tragedy five years ago, reports Xinhua. Hundreds of grieving family members and injured victims gathered for an event at a memorial at the tragedy site in Savar on the […]

China Focus: Xi leads China in building cyberspace strength

BEIJING, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — In today’s China, it does not take long for one to see the country’s thriving Internet sector, reports Xinhua. In any city, people use their mobile phones every day to shop, order food, hail a car, pay utilities and do many other things. All in all, China has 700 million […]

Operators strive to keep mobile networks stable

DHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — The persisting bad weather has caused electricity disruption in many parts of the country, especially Faridpur and Barishal areas, which is also affecting the network of all the telecom operators. As a result, some subscribers may face sporadic service interruptions. The Telecom operators are working together to resolve the problem […]

Five years after Rana Plaza, the need for the Bangladesh Accord persists

Global labour organizations are demanding that all brands producing in Bangladesh sign the 2018 Transition Accord GENEVA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster that killed 1,134 workers, global trade unions and labour rights organizations are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to take responsibility […]