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DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — NEPC, one of the Chinese giant power engineering companies, has set up its office in the capital with a long term plan to penetrate Bangladesh market through setting up more power stations as well as importing power generation oriented machineries and equipment. NEPC (China Energy Engineering Group Northeast No. 1 Electric […]
Read MoreThe lower House of Indian parliament locally called Lok Sabha Thursday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 making instant divorce — Triple Talaq illegal, officials said, reports Xinhua. Indian government hailed the passing of the bill as “historic.” “The practice of Triple Talaq has been curbed and regulated even in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has unearthed a fake Indian currency making factory in Keraniganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka. A team of RAB in a drive conducted on Wednesday night also arrested two men in this connection, Mizanur Rahman,senior assistant director of legal and media wing, […]
Read MoreFacing lawsuits and consumer outrage after it said it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is slashing prices for battery replacements and will change its software to show users whether their phone battery is good. In a posting on its website yesterday, Apple apologised over its handling of the battery issue and […]
Read MoreReuters, New York Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire that swept through several floors of an apartment building in the New York City borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The blaze started on the first floor of the brick building and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has signed a corporate agreement with the leading digital learning solution provider from Srilanka, Headstart (Pvt.) Ltd. The signing ceremony took place at Robi Corporate Office recently. Robi and Headstart aim to collaborate with local content partners to provide professional and academic training to Robi and Airtel subscribers via […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — A Chinese consortium has been constructing Bangladesh’s first eco-friendly power plant with ultra modern clean coal technology at Payra in Patuakhali district, some 204 km south of capital Dhaka, near a maritime port. In March last year, Bangladesh signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with the consortium of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Muhammad Yunus has been invited to Indian Economic Association Conference. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu would be taking part in the inaugural event. Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu is likely to attend the valedictory of the event. Disclosing the details of the conference to reporters here on Wednesday, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached over 143 million at the end of November with addition of more than 16 million new users in the first 11 months of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Thursday, reports Xinhua. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory […]
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