Rade Kovačević appointed CTO of Grameenphone

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Rade Kovačević has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Grameenphone, effective from 30 January 2018. Rade has been serving as the interim CTO at Grameenphone since June 18, 2017. Rade has over 17 years of experience in the telecom industry, working in different senior positions. Prior to […]

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India must stop intervening in Malé

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/6 23:28:39 Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency on Monday. Last week, the country’s Supreme Court ordered the release of nine opposition leaders including former president Mohammed Nashed. India reacted strongly to the unrest. “It is imperative for all organs of the government of Maldives to respect and […]

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Bangladesh July-January export income reaches 21.32 bln USD

DHAKA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first seven months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017 to June 20183) grew nearly 7 percent to 21.32 billion U.S. dollars with readymade garments as the key performer, an official said Tuesday. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official, who preferred to be unnamed, […]

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Amazon settles tax dispute with French authorities, to pay $250m

Online retailer Amazon has reached a deal with French authorities to pay about $250 million in back taxes. Amazon was asked in 2012 to pay the amount over earnings made in 2006-2010 and has since been involved in a dispute with tax authorities. Details of the deal have not been revealed, news agency AP reports. […]

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Canada makes national anthem gender neutral

Canadian lawmakers have voted to make the country’s national anthem, ‘O Canada’, gender-neutral. The parliamentary vote changes two words in the anthem, altering ‘true patriot love in all thy sons command’ to ‘true patriot love in all of us command’. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to celebrate the passage of the bill, hailing […]

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Bangladesh’s premier bourse suffers biggest jolt in 3 yrs

DHAKA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — The benchmark index of Bangladesh’s main bourse — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX) — Sunday tumbled at least 133 points, the biggest single-day fall in three years, amid some market cooling measures. Statistics available on the DSE website showed the bourse’s DSEX, the main gauge of the market — plunged 133 […]

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Winter Olympics: South Korea bans 36,000 foreigners from entering country

South Korea has banned 36,000 foreigners from entering the country ahead of the Winter Olympics, citing security concerns, Reuters news agency reported on Monday citing Yonhap News Agency. Yonhap cited a South Korean lawmaker as saying the spy agency had told lawmakers it was working with foreign intelligence agencies to beef up foreign nationals’ identity […]

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Ugandan Police Officer qualifies for Commonwealth Games

KAMPALA, Feb 4. (Xinhua) — Ronald Nyaika, an officer in the Uganda Police Force, has qualified to represent Uganda at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. “Nyaika has been in excellent form and showed it in the national selection tournaments where he came out on top and we expect him to put up […]

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Mominul becomes first Bangladesh batsman to score centuries in both innings

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Star cricketer Mominul Haque scored his second century for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Sunday to become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a hundred in each innings of a match. He departed for 105 runs Sunday. Haque was also the star of Bangladesh’s first innings, scoring 176 […]

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