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China Focus: Xi leads China in building cyberspace strength

BEIJING, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — In today’s China, it does not take long for one to see the country’s thriving Internet sector, reports Xinhua. In any city, people use their mobile phones every day to shop, order food, hail a car, pay utilities and do many other things. All in all, China has 700 million […]

U.S. will hurt itself with action on ZTE: MOC

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) — China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday that the U.S. action against China’s leading telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will damage itself. “The action targets China, however, it will ultimately undermine the United States itself,” MOC spokesperson Gao Feng told a press conference. The United States will lose tens of […]

N.Korea’s security concern must be heeded in Kim-Trump summit

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/18 17:53:40 US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed.” One day before, he said that the US had had “direct talks at very high levels” with North Korea and there […]

NBR holds pre-budget meeting with handset importers’ association

DHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) –Leaders of Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importers Association (BMPIA) met the Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) in a pre-budget discussion on 18th April at the latter’s office. BMPIA gave a couple of concrete proposals for developing the mobile handset industry in Bangladesh. Mr. RuhulAlam Al Mahbub, President of BMPIA, thanked […]

Operators strive to keep mobile networks stable

DHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — The persisting bad weather has caused electricity disruption in many parts of the country, especially Faridpur and Barishal areas, which is also affecting the network of all the telecom operators. As a result, some subscribers may face sporadic service interruptions. The Telecom operators are working together to resolve the problem […]

Yunus Urges Audience at Illinois State University to work for ‘Three Zeros’

DHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the students and faculty at Illinois State University (ISU) the first public university established in the state over150 years back. ISU hosted the lecture on Saturday evening. This was attended by 500 students, faculty, staff and community members. Extra seating capacity had to be […]

Time to start manufacturing chips domestically now

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/17 20:03:39 The US Commerce Department on Monday banned American companies from selling components to China’s telecommunications-gear maker ZTE Corp. With plenty of gadgets, especially chips, purchased from the US, ZTE will suffer heavy losses. The company has already halted trading of its shares in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and shares […]

Five years after Rana Plaza, the need for the Bangladesh Accord persists

Global labour organizations are demanding that all brands producing in Bangladesh sign the 2018 Transition Accord GENEVA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster that killed 1,134 workers, global trade unions and labour rights organizations are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to take responsibility […]

MyGalaxy App: Making Everyday Life Better

DHAKA, April 17 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Bangladesh launched the MyGalaxy app in September, 2017 to further enrich the smartphone using experience for its users. This is a one of a kind loyalty app exclusively tailored for Samsung Galaxy smartphones users which aims to provide lifestyle services and works as an entertainment hub. My Galaxy is […]