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Grameenphone and ekhanei.com team up to ensure better user experience

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Leading telecom and digital service provider Grameenphone has teamed up with leading online classifieds site ekhanei.com to provide their mutual users with better experience. The two companies have recently signed an agreement as part of which Grameenphone internet subscribers can now browse ekhanei.com completely free of cost. Through this service […]

China July inflation forecast at 1.9 pct

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, staying flat with that in June, according to an industry report. The official CPI for July is due to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Aug. 9. The Bank of […]

Samsung’s spectacular 2016 TV lineup is coming

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics, the global leader in TV for 10 consecutive years, has announced the arrival of new lineup of TV. The new lineup of TV will feature in four separate categories: SUHD, UHD, FHD and HD. Samsung’s new TV line up will be found across the stores with the authorized […]

World Bank Helps Bangladesh Expand Electronic Public Procurement System

DHAKA, July 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh today signed a $10 million additional financing agreement with the World Bank to expand and improve the government’s procurement system to ensure the effective use of public money and increase transparency. The additional financing to the Public Procurement Reform II project will help set up a modern data […]

Modern Brick Kilns Yield Development Benefits in Bangladesh

Hafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to […]

Strong growth momentum with healthy contribution from data

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 55.6 billion for the first half of 2016, up 8.1% from the same period last year. Subscription and traffic revenue grew by 10.9% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 64.6% (YoY) with 186.4% (YoY) growth in corresponding volume. Voice revenue also […]

South Asia’s first Huawei innovation center opens in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 14 (Xinhua) — China’s telecommunication giant Huawei has launched a “Customer Solution Innovation & Integration Experience Center (CSIC)” in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Officials said the center which has been set up in Dhaka‘s diplomatic enclave Gulshan is the first of its kind in the South Asia region. With the launch of the new […]

G20 economies to improve global trade governance: statement

SHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) — G20 economies agreed to improve global trade governance to arrest the slowdown of global trade growth, said a statement released Sunday after the two-day G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, reports Xinhua. These economies would remain committed to an open global economy, and will further work towards trade liberalization and […]

World Bank Supports Bangladesh to Improve Housing for the Urban Poor and Health Services

DHAKA, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling to $200 million with the World Bank to improve health systems and delivery of health services, and, the living conditions of the urban poor in selected municipality areas. The $150 million additional financing to the Health Sector Development Program will […]