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Grmeen Intel, Concern Universal join hands to support 10,000 women farmers

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Concern Universal Bangladesh and Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd. have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) on December 15, 2016 to offer information technology based agriculture services to women entrepreneurs in southwest Bangladesh. With this MOU, Grameen Intel’s eAgro solutions that include fertilizer recommendations, pesticide recommendation, market linkage and seed […]

NOVOAIR Starts flight to Kolkata from Chittagong

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, the leading private airline of the country starts its flight to Kolkata from Chittagong. The flight was inaugurated on Wednesday at Shah Amanat Internationational Airport, Chittagong. Managing Director of NOVOAIR Mr. Mofizur Rahman, Director of NOVOAIR Mr. Hasibur Rashid, Manager of Shah Amanat International Airport Wg Cdr Mohammad Reazul […]

Fortinet appoints Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd as its first distributor in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in high performance cyber security solutions, today announced that it has appointed Smart Technologies as its first value-added distributor in Bangladesh to expand its business and security market footprint. The appointment builds on the strong sales and technical team that Fortinet has established locally […]

Telenor holding press meeting Wednesday

Fornebu, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor will hold a press meeting (today) Wednesday 14. December, at 11:00 (local time) at Telenor’s headquarters at Fornebu. Chair of the Board, Gunn Wærsted, and President and CEO, Sigve Brekke, will be available. According to a statement received here Wednesday, the Telenor Board of Directors has had several complex […]

Robi thanks Stakeholders for facilitating Robi-Airtel merger

DHAKA, Dec. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Robi Axiata Limited- the newly merged company has thanked all its stakeholders at a corporate event held at a city hotel on Saturday, 10th September 2016. Hon’ble State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Division (PTD), Tarana Halim, MP present at the event as the Chief Guest. Hon’be State Minister for […]

Paris meeting on Syria agrees on need to facilitate humanitarian aid

PARIS, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — France on Saturday convened a new round of talks on the situation in Syrian city of Aleppo, during which participants stressed the vital necessity to stop bombing and facilitate humanitarian aid before a genuine political transition. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and his counterparts of the U.S., Germany, Britain, Turkey, […]

Trump cannot stop probe into alleged Russian meddling in U.S. affairs

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump does not believe Russia interfered in U.S. elections in a bid to get the brash billionaire elected, but that will not stop U.S. Congress from launching a probe into whether the Kremlin tried to influence the 2016 race for the White House, experts said. Trump shocked […]

Italian president meets with parties to form transitional gov’t

ROME, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Italian President Sergio Mattarella has met with major party leaders in bid to choose a new prime minister for setting up a transition government after the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday. Mattarella had to consult with all parties represented in parliament before naming a new prime minister. […]

Nobel Prize award ceremony held in Stockholm; Bob Dylan absent

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held on Saturday in the Swedish capital, with the absence of U.S. musician Bob Dylan. Dylan, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was absent, citing “pre-existing commitments”. The 75-year-old was the first singer-songwriter awarded the literature prize, reports Xinhua. Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of […]