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In 2013, Bengali Muslim woman Sanjida traveled to the small town of Pirojpur to continue her studies when she met Puja, the youngest daughter of the man from whom she was renting a room, reports BBC. “She was wearing an olive green blouse and petticoat. The back of the blouse had two strings that were […]
Read Moreby Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 (NsNewswire) — India’s Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to review its previous judgment that upheld a law criminalizing homosexuality, reports Xinhua. The apex court referred the curative plea seeking re-examination of its earlier verdict on criminalizing homosexuality to its five-judge constitution bench. The colonial-era law — Section 377 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque, who is on a two-day bilateral visit to New Delhi at the invitation of India’s Foreign Secretary Dr. S. Jaishankar, met his counterpart at the Indian capital yesterday (1 February) . The bilateral talks were held at the Hyderabad House last evening where the […]
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Fornebu, Norway, Febr. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has on 29 January 2016 entered into an agreement to acquire approximately 95% of Tapad Inc., a leading marketing technology firm. The purchase price is USD 360 million, on a debt and cash-free 100% basis. The acquisition enables Telenor to take a position within the rapidly growing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Favorites and Airtel Employees can now avail very attractive discounts at The Peninsula Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator of the country has signed a corporate agreement with The Peninsula Chittagong. This corporate signing ceremony took place at the Airtel Head Office at Tajwar Building in Banani, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Mobile Internet security is facing a great threat as malicious programs rose by 52 percent year on year in 2015, official data showed Friday, reports Xinhua. More than 1.45 million cases of malicious mobile Internet programs that charge money compulsorily or steal personal information were found, according to the National […]
Read MoreA huge vulture detained in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel has been returned home after UN peacekeepers intervened, Israeli officials said, reports BBC. The bird, which has a 1.9m (6ft 5in) wing span, flew over the border from an Israeli game reserve and was caught by Lebanese villagers on Tuesday. They became suspicious […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — Users of social-networking app WeChat on Tuesday found their feeds full of blurred pictures, many accompanied by flirty captions. By the strike of midnight, however, they were all gone. It was the trial run of WeChat’s pay-photo, a new function tailored for the lunar new year. While opinions were divided […]
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DhAKA, Jan. 28 (NsNewsWire) — As a long term partner to the national development leading mobile phone operator Robi has celebrated the International Customs Day 2016 recently with National Board of Revenue (NBR) in Dhaka and Chittagong. Both the organizations had reiterated their commitment to sustain the excellent relationship they enjoy at the moment to […]
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