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Robi customers to get special offers from Hotel Agrabad

DHAKA, April 26 (NsNsNewsWire) — The country’s third largest cell phone operator has signed an agreement with Hotel Agrabad that will allow its Platinum Ace and Platinum subscribers to avail a number of exciting offers from the prestigious hotel in the seaport city Chittagong. This came at a signing ceremony at Robi’s Corporate Office in […]

Strong earthquake hits Bangladesh, no damage reported

DHAKA, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — The strong earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, also shook Bangladesh on Saturday afternoon, but no damage has been reported.The quake felt in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, reportés Xinhua. A meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department ( BMD) told Xinhua that […]

Youth and Sports Ministry signs communication solutions deal with GP

DHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Ministry of Youth and Sports has signed an agreement with Grameenphone to avail complete communication solutions under the leading cell phone operator’s Business Solutions package for next five years. Shirajul Hoque, Deputy Secretary of The Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Sajjad Alam, Head of Direct Sales of Grameenphone […]

GRAMEENPHONE’S 18TH AGM HELD

DHAKA, April 22 (NsNewsWire) — The 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Grameenphone Ltd. was concluded successfully at the Bashundhara Convention Center Tuesday. Chairman of Grameenphone Board, Sigve Brekke and Grameenphone CEO, Rajeev Sethi were present on the occasion, along with other Board members and senior officials of the company. The AGM was conducted […]

Banglalink teams up with leading online hotel booking website

DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s second largest operator Banglalink has teamed up with a leading online booking website to help its customers, who love to travel worldwide, get more exclusive discount offer. Banglalink is the first telecom operator to offer this kind of exclusive partnership offer for its Priyojon subscribers with one of […]

Grameenphone signs dividend distribution mandate with HSBC

DHAKA, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — The largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, Grameenphone (GP) has awarded the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh the mandate to manage the company’s annual and interim dividends for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016 (if any). The selection of the banking partner has been made based on a […]

Grameen Intel teams up with RRF to provide e-agro services to farmers

DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd and Rural Reconstruction Fundation (RRF) have teamed up to provide e-agro services to thousands of farmers in a rural Bangladesh district. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , concerning collaboration for Information Technologies transfer to Bangladesh rural farmers, has been signed between Grameen […]

Innovative Ideas have been awarded under ‘Smart Farmer, Smart Future’ campaign

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID), Grameenphone and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), together are delighted to award the most innovative ideas on “How to use ICT in Agriculture” of the triumphant campaign “Smart Farmer, Smart Future” on Tuesday, 07 April 2015 at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, Khamarbari, Farmgate, […]

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 […]