China voice: South China Sea not issue between China, U.S.

By Xinhua writers Meng Na and Fu Shuangqi BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — The brouhaha over the South China Sea disputes, which seems louder than ever, misrepresents the situation in the region. Despite differences on the South China Sea issue, China and the United States do share the perspective that navigational freedom and safety should […]

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Fired for being overweight!

Air India sacks 130 flight attendants For years, airlines have penalized luggage for weighing too much. Now at least one carrier is applying that same logic to its flight attendants. Air India is grounding about 130 of its flight attendants — mostly women — because they are overweight, the company announced late last week. The […]

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EU ministers agree to relocate 40,000 refugees

BRUSSELS, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — European Union (EU) ministers on Monday agreed on a plan to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece at an emergency meeting. The Justice and Home Affairs Council on migration said in a press release that EU ministers adopted a decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection […]

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Grameenphone launches cloud storage solution “My Contacts”

DHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) —  Grameenphone has launched a new and unique digital service named“My Contacts” which will modernize the way smartphone users set back up for their contacts. “My Contacts” is a cloud storage service which makes it easier to backup and transfer contact lists tonew smartphones.  My Contacts is developed and designed entirely […]

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Fatwa Issued Against India’s Double Oscar-Winner A.R. Rahman

A Muslim group in India has issued a fatwa against musician A.R. Rahman and Iranian director Majid Majidi. A Sunni group called the Raza Academy issued the fatwa on Friday in protest at Majidi’s film “Muhammad: Messenger of God,” for which Rahman scored the music, reports VARIETY. The group says that the film should not […]

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Bangladeshi cricket player suspended for allegedly assaulting housemaid

DHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A Bangladeshi national cricket team player has been temporarily suspended from cricketing activities for allegedly assaulting his housemaid, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus told reporters on Sunday that “fast bowler Shahadat Hossain will remain suspended until housemaid torture accusations brought against him and his wife are resolved.” […]

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DURBIN WINS DIGITAL WINNERS LOCAL APP COMPETITION

DHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Limited has announced the Durbin by Durbin Labs as the winner of Telenor’s ‘Digital Winner’ Bangladesh apps competition at a gala ceremony held at a local hotel today. Durbin will represent Bangladesh at Digital Winners Conference at Oslo, Norway on 21-23 October 2015 and compete for Asia’s Best App […]

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