Uber teams up with Grameenphone to launch in Dhaka

DHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Uber, the smartphone app that has transformed urban mobility for millions across the world, has teamed up with Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone to launch its operation in Dhaka. The world’s largest on-demand mobility platform will be available in Dhaka from (today) Tuesday to offer safe, reliable and affordable […]

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Trump meets Abe, but fails Japan

This time, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is No.1 in the world. He met with US President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Thursday for 90 minutes, and became the first foreign leader to meet with Trump after the US election, writes an editorial piece of Global Times. Not much information was released following the […]

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News Analysis: Is China becoming supercomputing power

SALT LAKE CITY, the United States, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Is China now becoming a supercomputing power? Judging just by numbers, it looks that way. According to the latest edition of the Top500 list released this week at Salt Lake City, China currently not only hosts the top two fastest supercomputers in the world, but […]

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UN urges urgent aid and safe access to restive Aleppo

DAMASCUS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is arriving Sunday in the capital Damascus for a brief meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Mistura is expected to discuss a recently-proposed UN humanitarian plan with the Syrian government. The plan is said to have focused on delivering humanitarian help […]

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Xi, Obama agree to maintain healthy, steady growth of China-U.S. ties

LIMA, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, met here Saturday and agreed to maintain healthy and steady development of bilateral relations. Meeting on the sidelines of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Xi spoke highly of the U.S. president’s endeavor in developing ties with […]

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Traumatic stress found to affect brains of boys, girls differently

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — A new study suggests that a brain region that integrates emotions and actions appears to undergo accelerated maturation in adolescent girls with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but not in boys with the condition. Among youth with post-traumatic stress disorder, the brain-scanning study by researchers at Stanford University School of […]

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NOVOAIR to Launch Kolkata Flight in 14 December from Chittagong

CHITTAGONG, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, the leading private airline of the country will launch Kolkata flight operation from Chittagong on December 14, 2016. Mr. Mofizur Rahman, Managing Director of NOVOAIR, said on a press conference at a luxuries hotel in Chittagong. Mr. Sohail Majid, Head of Marketing & Sales and high officials of NOVOAIR […]

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Gold down on exceptionally strong U.S. Dollar

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar demonstrated unexpected strength. The most active gold contract for December delivery fell 0.6 U.S. dollars, or 0.05 percent, to settle at 1,223.90 dollars per ounce, reports Xinhua. Traders observed the U.S. […]

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