China’s rail freight volume rises to 21-month high

BEIJING, Nov. 8 (NsNewsWire) — China’s rail freight volume, an indicator of economic activity, rose for a third straight month in October, China Railway Corporation said on Monday. Rail freight volume increased 8.4 percent year on year to reach 244 million tonnes last month, the highest level since February 2015. During the first ten months […]

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China’s high-earning consumers to surge by 2030: report

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — China’s pool of high-earning consumers is set to surge in the next 15 years, their household spending growing to be greater than the Europe Union’s current level, a report showed. The number of people earning more than 10,000 U.S. dollars per year is expected to grow to around 480 million […]

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Bangladesh’s forex reserve reaches 31.90 bln USD by October

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserve reached 31.90 billion U.S. dollars at the end of October, said a central bank official on Sunday. “The country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 31,895 million U.S. dollars in October after reaching 31,390 million U.S. dollars in September.” the official from the the Bangladesh Bank (BB) […]

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Bangladesh’s largest annual leather industry fair kicks off

DHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — A three-day international exhibition on machinery, components, chemicals and accessories for leather, footwear and leather goods kicked off in Bangladesh capital Dhaka aimed at bringing the latest technologies under one roof for the sector insiders, reports Xinhua. Some 250 exhibitors from different countries or regions have been participating the fair […]

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Robi’s new MD & CEO takes charge tomorrow

Dhaka, Oct. 31, 2016: Mahtab Uddin Ahmed will take over the charge of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited. He will be succeeding Supun Weerasinghe who had served the company since January 2014. Supun will return to Dialog Axiata Plc (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider as its Group […]

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Symphony brings new attraction “Symphony i50”

DHAKA, Oct.  25 (Xinhua) — Symphony Mobile – the number one smartphone brand in Bangladesh brings its latest attraction named “Symphony i50”. This handset contains dual flash and intelligent fingerprint. The smartphone will be more secure for the intelligent fingerprint touch. Users can lock message, camera and all of the apps using the fingerprint feature. […]

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Popular Pharmaceuticals held IPO road show to woo investors

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Popular Pharmaceuticals Limited, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh, has organised a road show for its proposed initial public offering (IPO) under book building method. The roadshow was held in capital Dhaka on Monday. Tahera Akhter, chairman, Mostafizur Rahman, managing director, and other directors together with senior […]

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Number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers falls to nearly 120 mln

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — A latest report of Bangladesh’s telecom regulator has revealed the country’s mobile phone subscribers number has fallen to nearly 120 million in August, down about 9 million from the previous month. Statistics of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) showed Monday that the number of subscribers of the mobile operators […]

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Grameenphone launches digital wallet Gpay

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) —  To make the lives of its customers easier, Grameenphone Ltd. has re-launched it’s wallet service with a new brand name ‘GPAY’ – a digitized and smart way to avail GP’s existing range of payment services. GPAY will be a more convenient, future proof and digitized solution for a range of […]

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