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by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s top two cell phone companies bid nearly 500 million U.S. dollars on Tuesday to obtain spectrum for fourth-generation (4G) services as part of government’s plans to expedite the launch of 4G mobile services. The country’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone, 55.8 percent owned by Norwegian telecom company […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/1/27 0:13:39 1 US President Donald Trump on Friday addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying “America First does not mean America alone” and that “when the US grows, so does the world.” This address sounds like a PR statement in face of global opposition over the past year. Trump did not […]
Read MoreGENEVA, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union have reached a US$2.3 million settlement with a multinational apparel brand to remedy life-threatening workplace hazards. The settlement, reached through an arbitration process under the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety, represents one of the largest payments made by a brand […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered as a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh, elating the country’s millions of people who live in areas which were earlier without any access to the national power grid, reports Xinhua. The AIIB-financed 165-million-U.S. dollar Power […]
Read MoreBy Huang Yongxian SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — For nearly 50 years, Zhao Yuming has been immersed in his own world of clay figurines. At age 62, Zhao is the only remaining clay sculpture master craftsman in Laoting County, Hebei Province, reports Xinhua. FIVE HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY Clay sculpture is one of the main traditional […]
Read MoreHONG KONG, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — A total of 74,000 marathon runners on Sunday gathered in Hong Kong for 2018 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, which was described as the golden road race by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The competitions, held by Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association, are consisted of full marathon, half […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered as a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh, elating the country’s millions of people who live in areas which were earlier without any access to the national power grid. The AIIB-financed 165-million-U.S. dollar Power Distribution System […]
Read Moreby Feng Yingqiu NAY PYI TAW, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape conflict in Myanmar‘s western Rakhine state starting from Jan. 23, reports Xinhua. Under the agreement on the repatriation reached at a meeting of foreign ministries of the two neighbors in Nay Pyi […]
Read MoreCOX’S BAZAR, Jan. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, UNICEF warned today. “As we get closer to the cyclone and monsoon seasons, what […]
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