Latest News - NsNewsWire

717 deaths confirmed, Saudi denies involvement of African pilgrims in deadly stampede

RIYADH, Sept. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Saudi Arabia denied on Saturday the involvement of Africans in the deadly stampede in Mecca that killed 717 pilgrims, reports Xinhua quoting Sabq online newspaper. A spokesperson of Mecca district denied recent news reports quoting the Mecca governor, Prince Khalid Al Faisal, as blaming African pilgrims for causing the […]

Chinese president announces major anti-poverty initiative

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping announced here Saturday a major initiative to help developing countries reduce poverty. The “Six 100s” initiative, declared at a South-South cooperation roundtable Xi hosted, covers poverty reduction, agriculture, trade, environment, health and education, reports Xinhua. China, he said in an address, will make available […]

Chinese president arrives in Seattle for first U.S. state visit

SEATTLE, United States, Sept. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in this east Pacific coast city on Tuesday morning for his first state visit to the United States. In genial early-fall sunshine, the plane carrying the Chinese delegation touched down and taxied to a stop at Paine Field under the earnest gaze of […]

Xinhua, Notimex vow to step up cooperation

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Xinhua News Agency and Notimex of Mexico have agreed to step up cooperation in various areas as the heads of the two news organizations met. Cai Mingzhao, president of Xinhua News Agency, met with Notimex President Alejandro Ramos in Xinhua headquarters in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon. Cai said Xinhua is […]

COMOYO TO MAKE INSTANT MESSAGING EASIER AND MORE FUN FOR BANGLADESHI USERS

DHAKA, Sept. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Digital has announced launch of its Instant Messaging (IM) app Comoyo on September 20, 2015 at a Press Conference held at a local hotel. The IM app will serve the Bangladeshi customers with tailored features including Bangla stickers targeting the Bangladeshi youth culture. The internet has opened up a […]

Online Quiz offers worth lakh taka

DHAKA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — An online quiz competition has brought opportunities to win educational scholarship of worth lakh taka, laptops, smartphone and gift voucher in courtesy of State University of Bangladesh. The online quiz has been started on September 1 and continues to October 25. It’s essential to go official website of Natunkichu (www.natunkichu.com/online-quiz) […]

AIIB vows to engage private sector across world in Asia’s infrastructure investment

SINGAPORE, Sept. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said here on Saturday that the AIIB is a very good combination of strong features of public sector companies and private sector companies, and it would do more to engage private sector in infrastructure investment. Jin made the remarks at […]

Dubai declares three day mourning over death of ruler’s son

Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the son of the Gulf emirate’s ruler passed away, the official state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid, eldest son of the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, suffered a heart attack on Saturday morning, the […]

GRAMEENPHONE’S SAFE INTERNET GUIDEBOOK FOR PARENTS LAUNCHED

DHAKA, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest cell phone company Grameenphone has launched ‘Safe Internet’ Parents Guidebook publishedby Telenor Group to facilitate informed use of the Internet by children. The guidebook was launched at Agrani School & College in Azimpur. The launch was part of thecontinuous endeavor undertaken by Grameenphone to spread awareness among parents […]