Leathertech fair to kick off in Dhaka on Thursday

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A three-day international leathertech exhibition will begin in Dhaka from November 16 aiming at bringing global technology to the doorsteps of the local industry to help it grow and modernize. ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd is the organizer of the tradeshow titled ‘LEATHERTECH Bangladesh 2017’, fifth of its kind, […]

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Bangladeshi ex-PM demands army deployment during national polls

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has demanded army deployment in the country’s next general polls slated for early 2019, reports Xinhua. Khaleda, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), made the demand while addressing a grand rally in capital Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan (garden) Sunday, her first public address in one […]

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Yunus addresses Vatican Summit on Nuclear Disarmament

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has addressed the Summit on Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament organized by His Holiness Pope Francis during the opening session. Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the summit on Nov. 10. He drew attention to the twin insanity of nuclear […]

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Child Online Safety stressed to reap the benefits of Internet

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) —  Speakers in the Child Online Safety school awareness program of Grameenphone stressed on the need of child online safety to reap the benefits of the Internet in a session arranged at Sir John Wilson School today. Beginning in September 2017 till now the program engaged over 50,000 students in more […]

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South, South East Asia next battle ground of global giants: Chairman of eGenerationGroup Shameem Ahsan

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Global players like Amazon, Alibaba,Tencent and Baidu have already started fierce competitions in Southeast Asia and India, and that will eventually spread to the neighboring countries, said the discussants at a conference recently. If there is no proper preparation and government support for the startups in these countries, including Bangladesh; […]

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Bangladesh July-October export income reaches 11.51 bln USD

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first four months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017- June 2018) grew 7.03 percent year on year to 11.51 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official told Xinhua that the pace of growth of July-October […]

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Bangladeshi chief justice facing 11 charges resigns

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who faces 11 charges including graft and money laundering has resigned from his office, reports Xinhua. Joynal Abedin, press secretary to the Bangladeshi president, told journalists that Justice Sinha who is now abroad sent his resignation letter to Bangabhaban, the official residence of Bangladeshi […]

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Xi-Putin meet highlights value of China-Russia ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/11 0:03:39 President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam. Meanwhile, it was reported that US President Donald Trump would not meet Putin during the APEC summit. While Russia does not have much say on […]

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