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Monte Carlo inaugurates a two-month winter carnival at Banani

Dhaka, Dec 20 (NsNewsWire) –Monte Carlo, an internationally acclaimed fashion brand, has inaugurated a two-month winter carnival in the city on Monday. Ramakant Gupta, the first secretary of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, inaugurated the winter carnival at the showroom of Monte Carlo at Banani in the city, said a press release. Chairman of […]

DU, GreenTech Foundation sign MoU

Dhaka, Dec 20 (NsNewsWire) –A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between Institute of Energy, University of Dhaka and GreenTech Foundation Bangladesh was held in the city on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor Prof. AAMS Arefin Siddique and Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Chairman, GreenTech Foundation, was present at the ceremony, said a press release. Among others, Treasurer, […]

Workers in key Bangladeshi apparel hub continue abstention for pay hike

DHAKA, Dec. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Tens of thousands of garment workers Monday again staged demonstration in a key Bangladeshi apparel hub on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, demanding higher minimum wage, reports Xinhua. The workers of scores of factories in Ashulia also abstained from work on Monday. A senior police official in Ashulia industrial zone […]

Explosions rock central Istanbul, 29 killed

Istanbul, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — Two explosions hit central Istanbul on Saturday night, killing 27 police officers and two civilians and injuring 166 others, government officials said. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said at a press conference in Istanbul that a moving car was detonated targeting riot police on duty near a stadium in the district […]

45 th Victory Day of Bangladesh celebrated in Copenhagen

Dhaka, Dec 18 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh Embassy in Copenhagen has celebrated the 45 th anniversary of the Victory Day of Bangladesh with due solemnity and great fervour. The two-day programme began with the hoisting of the National Flag in the morning of 16th December by the Ambassador of Bangladesh Muhammad A. Muhith, according to a press […]

Grmeen Intel, Concern Universal join hands to support 10,000 women farmers

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Concern Universal Bangladesh and Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd. have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) on December 15, 2016 to offer information technology based agriculture services to women entrepreneurs in southwest Bangladesh. With this MOU, Grameen Intel’s eAgro solutions that include fertilizer recommendations, pesticide recommendation, market linkage and seed […]

Grameenphone gets ISO 14001:2004 certificate for green operations

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. received ISO 14001:2004 certification for adopting Environment Management System (EMS). The Certificate was handed over to Grameenphone CEO Petter B. Furberg by Ramesh Koregave, Director, Certification of Bureau Veritas on December 14, 2016 at GPHouse. Grameenphone’s Chief Technology Officer, Medhat ELHusseiny, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Mahmud Hossain, Chief […]

Fortinet appoints Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd as its first distributor in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in high performance cyber security solutions, today announced that it has appointed Smart Technologies as its first value-added distributor in Bangladesh to expand its business and security market footprint. The appointment builds on the strong sales and technical team that Fortinet has established locally […]

Robi thanks Stakeholders for facilitating Robi-Airtel merger

DHAKA, Dec. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Robi Axiata Limited- the newly merged company has thanked all its stakeholders at a corporate event held at a city hotel on Saturday, 10th September 2016. Hon’ble State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Division (PTD), Tarana Halim, MP present at the event as the Chief Guest. Hon’be State Minister for […]