Germany pleased with results of first-round French presidential poll

BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) — Germany made a sign of relief on Monday after Sunday’s first-round presidential election in France. “We are pleased and relieved that the vote of the French voters is a pro-European one,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) quoted a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry as saying. Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and ultra-right […]

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Almost 7,000 Russians suffer from tick bites

MOSCOW, April 25 (Xinhua) — About 6,900 Russians with tick bites have been admitted to hospitals since March 16, the Russian news agency TASS reported Tuesday. “Rospotrebnadzor believes that such dynamics corresponds to the average level”, TASS quoted Russian federal health and epidemic watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying. Since March 16, the department has begun to […]

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India proposes unique ID card for cows to check smuggling

NEW DELHI, April 25 (Xinhua) — Indian government is contemplating to provide a unique identification numbers for cows in the country to prevent their trafficking, officials said Tuesday. The information was submitted by the federal government in the country’s top court, which was hearing a petition by an organization alleging rampant smuggling of cattle across […]

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GRAMEENPHONE’S WHITE-BOARD HOSTS FACEBOOK’S F8 MEETUP

 DHAKA, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — White-Board, Grameenphone’s platform for digital innovators in association of Facebook Developer Circle Dhaka, hosted the F8 Meetup in Dhaka on April 19, 2017 at GPHouse. This event was held in relation with Facebook’s annual developer conference F8, which was held in San Jose, California, on April 18 and April 19. […]

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Chevron Announces Planned Sale of Bangladesh Companies

SAN RAMON, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chevron Global Ventures, Ltd., has entered into an agreement to sell the shares of its wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries operating in Bangladesh to Himalaya Energy Co. Ltd. Chevron Bangladesh operates Block 12 (Bibiyana Field) and Blocks 13 and 14 (Jalalabad and […]

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World Bank Group, China-led AIIB agree to deepen cooperation

The World Bank Group and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank say they have agreed to deepen their cooperation with a framework for knowledge sharing, staff exchanges, analytical work, development financing and country-level coordination, reports reuters. The memorandum of understanding signed at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington came on […]

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RANKSTEL hands over 40 mln taka as license fee to BTRC

DHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — RANKSTEL, a leading  Bangladeshi telecom company, has recently paid 40 million taka license fee up to June 2017 to the country’s telecom regulator. A team of Rankstel officials led by its Chief Financial Officer Masudur Rahman handed  over a cheque of 40 million taka to Ashish Kumar Kundu, Director Account […]

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Nadal closer to 10th Monte-Carlo title

PARIS, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — Rafael Nadal was one step away from his 10th ATP Monte-Carlo Masters trophy following a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal victory over No. 10 seed David Goffin on Saturday, ensuring an all-Spanish final clash with underdog Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who had never made it to the ATP 1000 Masters last four before. With […]

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