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DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd has signed an agreement with US Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh to provide a special discount to its Star Customers under a joint partnership promotion. Under this promotion, Grameenphone STAR customers will get special discount (12% on Business & 10% on Economy class) on Base […]
Read MoreUnited Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has accused the government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation. Lee, ending a 12-day visit to the country, listed a catalogue of concerns including reports of killings, torture, the use of human shields by […]
Read MoreThousands of undocumented Bangladeshis are eager to return home from Saudi Arabia as the amnesty by the Kingdom ends Monday, according to the Saudi Gazette. Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to go back home, the Saudi Gazette reports citing Bangladesh diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Saudi government launched a 90-day amnesty earlier this year and extended it for another 30 […]
Read MoreMillions of people living in central Bangladesh used to refer to the Dhaleshwari River as the “River of Sorrows” as the waterway made it extremely difficult for people to get to the capital city Dhaka, reports Xinhua. In the absence of a bridge spanning the river, people were cut off from the capital for centuries, […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca, reports reuters. There, according to a source close to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) — Caixin Media has expanded its global reach with the launch of its new English-language platform on January 18th, Caixin Breakfast Meeting Davos 2017 at Davos, Switzerland. \ Caixin – China Economics & Finance was China’s only magazine to be shown at the main venue on the opening day of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has approved 526 million U.S. dollars to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh, particularly in financing public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as renewable energy interventions. reports Xinhua. The assistance consists of a 500-million-U.S. dollar market-based loan to finance medium and large-scale PPP […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — With 36 percent of the country’s urban population living in Greater Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh has become one of the world’s most densely populated cities. To achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle income country by its 50th birthday, Bangladesh must manage Dhaka’s urban growth. This includes taking full […]
Read MoreBEIJING, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng Tuesday called for the building of better government-business relations to boost the country’s private economy, reports Xinhua. Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks while presiding over a symposium on private economy in Beijing. The […]
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