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Explore Bangladesh From Your Computer, Thanks to Google Street View

DHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — People from around the world can now explore Bangladesh from their smartphone or PC with the launch of Google Street View service in the South Asian country on February 5, 2015. Roam the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh’s two largest cities, or explore digital panoramic imagery of 40 of the country’s most important historic, […]

GSMA Announces Nominees for 20th Global Mobile Awards

London, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The GSMA has announced the nominees for the 2015 Global Mobile Awards, which are this year celebrating 20 years of achievement and innovation across the mobile industry. World-renowned actor, comedian, writer and film producer John Cleese will host the Global Mobile Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 3rd March at the GSMA […]

Xi extends New Year wishes to veterans

Chinese President and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping on Monday extended Lunar New Year greetings to military veterans.

List: Who won what at the Grammys

The Grammy award winners are being announced now in Los Angeles. Here’s who won what at the 57th Grammy Awards. Winners’ names in bold. Album of the year Winner: Morning Phase, Beck Beyoncé, Beyoncé x, Ed Sheeran In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith G I R L, Pharrell Williams Song of the year […]

Chinese dance drama promotes “Maritime Silk Road” at UN HQ

by Shi Xiaomeng UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — “I thought the story was very powerful. It was about family, love, adventure, friendship, and inheritance,” Maria Kucinski said after watching a traditional Chinese dance drama “Dream of the Maritime Silk Road.” Admitting that she has never learnt anything before about Maritime Silk Road — a […]

Why India’s finest film composer converted to Islam

Mumbai, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — When AS Dileep Kumar decided to shed the faith he was born into and adopt a new one, the reasons were several. His father’s untimely death had put several financial pressures on the family, which included four children. His spiritual-minded mother had met, and gained immense succour, from a Sufi […]

Through Kathak, a German choreographer tells the story of Bangladesh’s exploited garment workers

DHAKA, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — In April 2013, when the collapse of an old garment factory building in Dhaka left more than 1,100 labourers dead, the Western world suddenly opened its eyes to the exploitation of Bangladeshi garment workers by the international clothing industry. Much before the Rana Plaza collapse, however, German choreographer and theatre […]

Aamir Khan’s PK: Fifth Week Box Office Review

Mumbai, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Aamir Khan-starrer PK maintained its exceptional performance in its fifth week and collected a total of Rs 338.1 crores at the domestic box office, according to a tweet by trade analyst Taran Adarsh. PK collected Rs 4.27 crore in its fifth week at the domestic box office box, Mr Adarsh […]

Smoked fish, dried herbs, vegetables: Kashmir’s winter delicacies

New Delhi, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — For centuries, locals in the landlocked Kashmir Valley have relished dried vegetables, smoked fish and wild herbs to survive during the extreme winter. The tradition lives on even today. As land links with the outside world would get snapped because of heavy snowfall on the mountain passes leading out […]