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25 kg gold bars seized at Bangladesh’s main airport

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Customs officials at Bangladesh’s main airport in Dhaka seized 250 gold bars weighing 25 kg, from a passenger of Singapore Airways flight, an official said Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the customs official who declined to be unnamed, told Xinhua that they detained Zamil Aktar, who pretended as an ill […]

Uber launches Community guidelines for riders and driver partners

DHAKA, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Uber, the world’s largest ridesharing app that connects riders with drivers to provide convenient, reliable and affordable rides at the push of a button, today announced their Community Guidelines for both riders and driver-partners in Dhaka. The guidelines explain the kind of behavior expected from both riders and drivers when […]

Uber integrates national helpline number in-app

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Uber, the world's largest on-demand ride-sharing company, today announced the integration of the nationwide emergency number 999 in its rider app to enhance rider safety. In a reinforcement of Uber’s commitment towards safety of riders, Uber integrated the government’s helpline number in the app, which would prompt riders to dial […]

Social Business Country Forums Held at Mirpur

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Participants of Social Business Day from different countries have assembled separately at their respective country forums at the headquarters facilities of various social business companies to review their social business initiatives and prepare plans for coming years. This was part of the Social Business Day program as originally planned for […]

China Huion wireless graphics tablet hits Bangladesh market

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — Specialized wireless tablet of the Chinese Huion brand enabling graphic tasks with sensitivity level of 8192 pen pressure was launched in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday. Wireless connectivity gives opportunity to connect all other smartdevices over without cable making for a tidier desktop environment at work, company claimed in a […]

Grameenphone Star Customers to get special discount at US Bangla Airline

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd has signed an agreement with US Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh to provide a special discount to its Star Customers under a joint partnership promotion. Under this promotion, Grameenphone STAR customers will get special discount (12% on Business & 10% on Economy class) on Base […]

Bangladesh indebted to China for friendship bridges, eyes more infrastructure projects

Millions of people living in central Bangladesh used to refer to the Dhaleshwari River as the “River of Sorrows” as the waterway made it extremely difficult for people to get to the capital city Dhaka, reports Xinhua. In the absence of a bridge spanning the river, people were cut off from the capital for centuries, […]

Caixin Media Expands its Global Presence with New English-Language Platform

DHAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) — Caixin Media has expanded its global reach with the launch of its new English-language platform on January 18th, Caixin Breakfast Meeting Davos 2017 at Davos, Switzerland. \ Caixin – China Economics & Finance was China’s only magazine to be shown at the main venue on the opening day of the […]

ADB approves loans to boost public-private infrastructure in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has approved 526 million U.S. dollars to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh, particularly in financing public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as renewable energy interventions. reports Xinhua. The assistance consists of a 500-million-U.S. dollar market-based loan to finance medium and large-scale PPP […]