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DHSKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) –The revised budget proposal of 2018-19 fiscal year will help the local mobile handset assembling industry to survive and thrive. The government has finally reduced the proposed 15% VAT on raw materials of handsets to 5%, thus facilitating the way to build Digital Bangladesh. Mobile handset is one of the main […]
Read MoreDhaka, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling $715 million with the World Bank to improve the primary education sector, and to help the country produce timely and quality statistics. By improving quality and access to primary education, the $700 million Quality Learning for All Program will benefit more than 18 million children studying in pre-primary level to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 27 (Xinhua) — In Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, Dholaikhal is the main service center for worn-out vehicles and the best place to buy old motor parts. The secondhand car parts market has held its fame and glory here for decades. Established in the 1960s near the river Buriganga in the old part […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM, June 28 (Xinhua) — Israel’s army said on Thursday that the first training program for female tank commanders had been completed. Four female soldiers finished the program, the army said in a statement, adding that they will attend Thursday the concluding ceremony for the Armored Corps Tank Commander’s Course. The four underwent 16 weeks […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/6/27 23:15:01 Treatment of veterans has become a hot topic in China recently. Some retired soldiers complain about improper treatment and ineffective implementation of policies. Veterans from earlier eras are dissatisfied with their pensions, which lag far behind what today’s soldiers receive when they leave the army. China established the Ministry of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 27 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s ruling party candidate has won the Gazipur municipal polls, according to Raquib Uddin Mondal, a returning officer, on Wednesday. Mondal said that “Awami League (AL) party’s candidate Jahangir Alam beat his nearest BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party)’s candidate Hasan Uddin Sarker by a margin of 202,399 votes.” In the Gazipur […]
Read Moreby Pankaj Yadav KARIMNAGAR, India, June 27 (Xinhua) — Claimed to be the world’s biggest lift irrigation system, the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) is on the verge of completion in India’s southern state of Telangana to irrigate a whopping 3.7 million acres of agriculture land. The state is prone to farmers’ suicides for lack […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 27 (NsNewsWire) — The leading digital service provider, Robi, has recently introduced a special international roaming offer for the football fans travelling to Russia for the FIFA World Cup 2018. This offer is applicable only for Robi postpaid roamers. The seven days plan priced at 1,999 taka, comes with unlimited data, 150 minutes […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 27 (NsNewsWire) –Amid huge participation from the shareholders, Bangladesh’s leading AB Bank Limited has held its annual general meeting or AGM. The 36th AGM of the country’s first generation private AB (Arab Bangladesh) bank was held on June 24, 2018 at International Convention City Bashundhara in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. The Board of Directors […]
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