Bangladesh’s mobile phone users reach nearly 122 mln in January

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached nearly 122 million at the end of January with addition of 1.514 million new users in the first month of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Tuesday. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission ( BTRC) data, the number […]

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Top of Mind wins Bangladesh sponsorship rights

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — BCB has awarded Top of Mind, a media planning company, the team sponsorship rights for Bangladesh’s home series against Pakistan this month. The agreement was reached on Tuesday after their contract with Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara India Parivar, was cut short 15 months before it was scheduled to […]

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Ericsson’s Radio Dot System to bring cell signal everywhere

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Ericsson has introduced its  Radio Dot System in Bangladesh, which is designed to bring cell phone signal to hard-to-reach places, such as the inside of a big building. The world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to the telecom operators introduced and showcased the cutting edge technology at a press […]

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Chinese cyclists’ globe-trotting tour

Chinese globe-trotting cyclists Lai Likun (R) and Zhang Hui pose for photos at the Heroes’ Square in Budapest, Hungary, on April 6, 2015. Lai and Zhang arrived in Budapest on April 4. Lai began his global cycling tour in 2009, while Zhang, a university student in Beijing, joined him last year. Hungary is the 46th […]

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Bangladesh-Oman will sit together to create more opportunities

DHAKA, April 7 (NsNewsWire) — State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has met the Omani Minister of Manpower Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri in Muscat, said Foreign Ministry Press Release received on Tuesday . The State Minister is on a two-day official visit to the Sultanate. During the meeting, the Omani […]

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Bangladesh: Suspend Death Sentence of War Crimes Accused

(New York) – The Bangladesh Supreme Court’s rejection on April 6, 2015, of the death penalty review petition for Muhammed Kamaruzzaman permits his imminent execution despite a seriously flawed trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Kamaruzzaman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islaami party, was convicted of war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. The authorities […]

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Shakib to captain Bangladesh in first ODI against Pakistan

Bangladesh’s iconic allrounder Shakib Al Hasan will be doing captain’s duty for his team in the first ODI against Pakistan on April 17 since regular skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is serving a one-match suspension. Mortaza was suspended for an ODI due to his team’s slow over rate in the ICC World Cup quarter-final against India in […]

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Jamaat calls strike for Tuesday, Wednesday

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party has called a 48-hour strike strike from Tuesday morning after an apex court bench Monday morning upheld its previous verdict on its leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The declaration was […]

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South Africans bare all at first official nudist beach

Johannesburg (AFP) – A hundred naturists converged Saturday on a beach in South Africa, which has become Africa’s first official nudist beach, despite objections from some locals. A 500-metre (yard) stretch of Mpenjati Beach, which lies on the Indian Ocean, received local government approval last year to become the continent’s first official nudist venue. “It […]

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