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Veon’s Banglalink plans mega investment in Bangladesh, acquire more spectrum

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, is going to invest over BDT 3000 crore, one of the biggest investments made by any telecom operator in the country, for acquiring additional 5 MHz spectrum in 2100 MHz Band and 5.6 MHz spectrum in 1800 MHz Band. […]

Bangladesh 4G spectrum auction attracts nearly 500 mln USD in bids

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 […]

Grammeenphone eyes best 4G services for customers in Bangladesh

by Multimedia Correspondent Musharraf Hossain Ahmed

Australian deputy PM denies breaking parliamentary rules over affair

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said today that he did not break any parliamentary rules while conducting an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for his resignation, reports Reuters. Joyce, a practicing Catholic who has campaigned on “family values” and has been married for 24 years, is expecting a […]

India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — The High Commission of India in collaboration with Jahangirnagar University (Department of Fine Art) is organizing the India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp, scheduled to be held from 17th February to 19th February, 2018. 2. Fifty artists nominated by universities and specialized art institutions across Bangladesh would participate in the event to […]

Dual suspension on Korean Peninsula takes effect at Olympics

Dual suspension on Korean Peninsula takes effect at Olympics Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/12 23:13:40 Intense diplomatic interactions between South and North Korea have overwhelmed the Pyeongchang Olympics. In the past few days, Pyongyang seemed to direct this diplomatic show with Seoul an actor. The US and Japan were unhappy and threw brickbats at the show, […]

Xi visits BeiDou-3 launch site, extends festival greetings to all servicemen

Chinese President Xi Jinping(front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a satellite launch site at a military base in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 10, 2018. Xi visited the military base on Saturday ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. […]

West demonizes China-Africa cooperation

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/11 22:56:02 Western companies have gradually lost ground in the African market, yet Western media outlets have become more vile, venting their dissatisfaction on China. Given the tremendous scale of China-Africa trade, it’s not difficult to find fault with it. Western media is especially adept at fabricating stories that would tarnish China’s […]

First-ever photography exhibition on disaster preparedness held in Bangladesh

by Multimedia Correspondent Musharraf Hossain Ahmed DHAKA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) & SEEDS Asia Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Photography Exhibition Award Ceremony was held Sunday in capital Dhaka. As a part of Japanese Technical Cooperation Project under the JICA Partnership Program titled “Capacity Building for Community-Based DRR in Urban […]