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Samsung Electronics Crowned As The Best Brand in Asia for 7 Years

DHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — Global electronics giant Samsung Electronics has been named the best brand in Asia in 2018 in the electronics industry for seven consecutive years. The company also holds 6th spot in the Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2017 Rankings. The result is according to ‘Asia’s Top 1000 Brands’ annual online survey conducted […]

Bangladesh’s May forex reserves fall to 32.35 bln USD

DHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached 32.35 billion U.S. dollars at the end of May, said a central bank official on Monday. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) Forex Reserve and Treasury Management Department official, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that “the country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 32,348.69 million U.S. dollars […]

Landslides claim 13 lives in SE Bangladesh

DHAKA, June 12 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people including a Rohingya refugee were killed and many dwellings damaged in rain-triggered landslides in two districts in southeastern Bangladesh early Tuesday, a police official said. Three incidents of landslides claimed at least 11 lives alone in Rangamati district, some 391 km from capital Dhaka, when huge […]

FORESTS, FOOD AND LAND CAN DELIVER 30% OF SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CRISIS BY 2030

WASHINGTON, June 11 (NsNewsWire) — June 2018 — As part of the Global Climate Action Summit, WWF, together with a broad coalition of partners, today issued the 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge: calling on businesses, states, city and local governments, and global citizens to take action for better forest and habitat conservation, food production and […]

Chinese firm wins the bid for substation EPC project in Bangladesh

BEIJING, June 11 (NsNewsWire) — Anhui No.1 Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. under China Energy Engineering Group has won the bid for the 33kV substation EPC project in Botteswar of Bangladesh, marking the company’s first entry into the market of Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. The Botteswar 33 kV substation EPC project is located in Sylhet in […]

Robi organizes Iftar for children of the Sarkari Shishu Paribar

DHAKA, June 11 (NsNewsWire) — The leading digital service provider of the country, Robi, has organized an Iftar programme yesterday, 10th June 2018, for the children of the Sarkari Shishu Paribar in Tejgaon. A total of 150 children joined Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, Shahed Alam, […]

For God’s sake stop beating the children

Muhammad, Jesus and all the prophets taught with love and it worked wonders for them Where there’s ignorance, corporal punishment will always exist by Sir Frank Peters There’s an horrific misconception out there that beating children (corporal punishment) is obeying a command from God. There’s another totally ignorant belief that corporal punishment beats hell out […]

Jordan crisis: Why Gulf states are rushing to step in

by Ali Younes, Aljazeera Saudi Arabia will host a regional summit to discuss the ongoing economic crisis in Jordan, where a proposed income tax law recently prompted some of the largest protests in years. The meeting in Mecca on Sunday will be attended by Saudi King Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah […]

Bangladesh’s antique paddlewheel steamers take passengers on trips down memory lane

DHAKA, June 11 (NsNewsWire) — With its steampunk design and yellow veneer, the early-19th-century vessel still catches the eyes of passersby from the chaotic wharves of the Sadarghat River Boat Terminal in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, reports Xinhua. PS Ostrich is one of only four remaining paddlewheel steamers that still operate on the long-distance […]