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Grameenphone delivers iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus to customers

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone’s brand ambassador Tahsan Rahman Khan, along with the senior officials from Grameenphone, launched the most awaited all-new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus on 2 November at Grameenphone Experience Centre at Jamuna Future Park. The first copies of iPhone were also handed over to the first customers present at […]

Saudi prince dead in helicopter crash in border city Asir

RIYADH, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Saudi Arabian Prince Mansoor bin Mogren died on Sunday when the helicopter that was carrying him and other officials crashed in the border city Asir, Al Akhbariya local news confirmed, reports Xinhua. No official details were released about the cause of the incidents and the fate of the rest onboard.

CMC issues guideline to affirm loyalty to CPC, Xi

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — China’s military should take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as their guide to fully implement President Xi’s thinking on strengthening the military, and must follow the absolute leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Central Military Commission (CMC) said on Sunday, […]

Award-winning Taiwan journalist connects with stranger who saved his life

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — It took months – but the award-winning reporter for Taiwan’s SET News, a Taipei-based cable television channel, was finally able to thank a man who came to the spot to become his lifesaver after a fatal road accident. Jouranlist Fu Chia-ching Saturday found the benevolent stranger who was identified as the […]

World Bank Helps Bangladesh Create More Jobs, Diversify Exports, and Develop Infrastructure through Public-Private Partnership

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling $457 million with the World Bank to help develop private sector-led infrastructure projects, as well as diversify exports in labor-intensive and globally competitive industries such as leather goods, footwear, plastics, and light engineering. Both projects will help Bangladesh create more […]

BANGLADESHI PEACEKEEPERS HELP BRING PEACE AND SENSE OF NORMALCY TO WAR AFFECTED CIVILIANS IN SOUTH SUDAN

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewWire) — In late October, a unit of Bangladeshi peacekeepers spearheaded an integrated UN patrol in the northwestern part of South Sudan to assess the situation on the ground and to talk to civilians who had been affected by conflict in the region. The Bangladeshi peacekeepers were joined on the patrol by […]

alnutrition rates among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh appear to be at least double earlier estimates

GENEVA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today. “The Rohingya children in the […]

Spotlight: Bangladeshi experts eye greater role for APEC in combating climate change, food security

by Naim-Ul-Karim The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should make more positive contributions in combating climate change and food security specially this year as the focus of the current U.S. administration is shifting, Bangladesh environmental watchers have noted, reports Xinhua. They stressed that 21 APEC economies, which account for approximately 60 percent of world energy consumption, […]

2 dead in shooting inside Colorado Walmart

At least two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting inside a Walmart store in suburban Denver on Wednesday, US police said, reports Reuters. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible for the gunfire. In a Twitter post about 90 […]