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Maximus Mobile and daraz.com.bd brings Boom Boom Smartphone offers

DHAKA, Oct. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Leading mobile phone brand Maximus Mobile, a company of Quatel Infotech Limited, has launched an exciting consumer promotion offer titled “Maximus Boom Boom Offer” in partnership with daraz.com.bd, the number one online shopping mall of Bangladesh. Under this campaign consumers will get 3D Bluetooth speakers free with its top of […]

Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh capital hosts reception to mark 66th National Day

Photo Credit: Xinhua. DHAKA, Oct.1 (NsNewsWire) — The Chinese Embassy in Dhaka Wednesday night hosted a reception to mark the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang welcomes hundreds of guests including ministers, lawmakers, diplomats, senior politicians, journalists and top businessmen , among others, at the reception. […]

Apple Music launches in China

BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Apple Inc. launched its Apple Music service in China Wednesday, tapping into a fiercely competitive market believed to be one of the largest in the world. Chinese customers can also access iTunes Movies and iBooks online thanks to cooperation with the domestic film industry and local publishers. Apple Music was […]

Telenor adopts global 6-month paid maternity leave policy

DHAKA, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — In line with a corporate vision of encouraging diversity and developing more female leadership in business and society, Telenor Group has adopted a six-month paid maternity leave policy as a minimum standard globally across its 13 markets. The new policy will particularly benefit Telenor’s Asian markets. The current practices in […]

Huawei Seeds for the Future winners return from China

DHAKA, Sept. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The winners of ‘Huawei Bangladesh Seeds for Future’ event have safely returned to the country after completing a two week long training program in China. The nine winners from leading universities of Bangladesh participated in the training program which was held on 5 to 19 September of 2015 in China. […]

NASA Will Announce A Major Mars Discovery On Monday

NASA Headquarters, Sept. 28 (NsNewsWire) — NASA is preparing to reveal a “major science finding” regarding Mars on Monday, with the agency planning a special news conference to announce the findings, reports iflscience. The event will take place at 11.30 a.m. EDT (4.30 p.m. BST) on Monday, and you will be able to watch it […]

Peng unveils stamp sheet dedicated to China’s disabled

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, unveiled here on Sunday a commemorative stamp sheet dedicated to the handicapped population in China. The set of stamps was jointly issued by China and the United Nations (UN), and Peng was joined by Yoo Soon-taek, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban […]

Eid al-Adha not all about sacrificing of animals, it is more than this

By Safiul Azam, ACMA* Eid al-Adha or Qurbanir Eid or Bakra-Eid is also called the Feast of Sacrifice, the Greater Eid, is the second of two religious holidays celebrated by Muslim ummah worldwide each year. It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (PBUH) to sacrifice his son, as an act of order submission to Allah’s command, before Allah then intervened, through his angel Jibra’il […]

China Islamic Association marks Corban Festival

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (NsNewsWire) — China Islamic Association on Wednesday held a gathering attended by Vice Premier Liu Yandong to mark the Corban Festival, reports Xinhua. Corban, or Eid al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice, is an Islamic festival when lambs, goats and cattle are ritually slaughtered to feed to the hungry. Liu and Sun […]