China’s smartphone makers eye rural Bangladeshi market

by Naim-Ul-Karim In Bangladesh, names on the bestseller list of smartphones include top Chinese brands like Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo that collectively nowadays sell almost as many handsets as the other big brands, reports Xinhua. These Chinese brands have closely matched their competitors over the last few years, clinching top positions in terms of […]

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Rain, run-down roads cause for Dhaka dwellers’ grave concer

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire)– Distance between Kuril-Purbachal link road near Dhaka‘s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Tarabo, an area on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital city is 32 km, reports Xinhua. It takes usually about one hour for a passenger bus service to reach Tarabo from Kuril-Purbachal. The one-hour trip also includes the time […]

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Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to return home under royal amnesty: Saudi Gazette

Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshis are eager to return home from Saudi Arabia as the amnesty by the Kingdom ends Monday, according to the Saudi Gazette. Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to go back home, the Saudi Gazette reports citing Bangladesh diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Saudi government launched a 90-day amnesty earlier this year and extended it for another 30 […]

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Addiction and intrigue – Inside the Saudi palace coup

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca, reports reuters. There, according to a source close to […]

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A Modern Dhaka is Key to Bangladesh’s Upper-Middle Income Country Vision

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — With 36 percent of the country’s urban population living in Greater Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh has become one of the world’s most densely populated cities.  To achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle income country by its 50th birthday, Bangladesh must manage Dhaka’s urban growth.  This includes taking full […]

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Top Chinese political advisor urges concerted efforts to boost private economy

BEIJING, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng Tuesday called for the building of better government-business relations to boost the country’s private economy, reports Xinhua. Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks while presiding over a symposium on private economy in Beijing. The […]

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Kissing bias could have wider implications for cognitive, neuroscience: study

LOS ANGELES, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — An international research team suggests that humans are hardwired to favour leaning to the right while kissing their romantic partners, which may have wider implications for neuroscience and cognitive sciences, reports Xinhua. According to the new academic study, just published in the journal Scientific Reports, over two-thirds of the […]

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Four suspected Neo-JMB militants surrender in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 17 (Xinhua) — Four suspected militants surrendered following a raid on a hideout of a banned Islamist outfit in Ashulia on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday, reports Xinhua. The members of Neo-JMB surrendered after police cordoned off the house, suspecting it to be a militant den, RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud […]

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