‘Banglalink Boi Ghor’ app launched three exclusive e-books for the first time at Ekushey Book Fair

Dhaka, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) –Banglalink, one of the leading Digital communications service providers of Bangladesh has launched three exclusive e-books of two renowned writers for the first time at Ekushey Book Fair. These books are “Ek Lokkho Like” by Anisul Hoque; “Morgan Saheber Pretatma” and “Noymash” by Imdadul Haque Milon. ‘Banglalink Boi Ghor’ e-book reader […]

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Trump signs bill to repeal transparency rule for energy companies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to repeal a regulation requiring energy companies to disclose payments to the U.S. or foreign governments for commercial development. “This is a big signing.Very important signing,” said Trump at the signing ceremony accompanied by two leading Republican figures, House Speaker Paul […]

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Bolt, Biles honored as Sportspeople of the Year at Laureus 2017

PARIS, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — After glittering year for both athletes, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American gymnast Simone Biles respectively won the Sportsman and the Sportswoman of the Year titles at the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Tuesday. Bolt won the 100, 200 and 4×100 meter relay gold […]

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Inflation in Britain highest since 2014, says ONS

LONDON, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Inflation in Britain has reached a record high of 1.8 percent since 2014 in January, on the rising of fuel price, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced Tuesday. The latest ONS data showed that annual level of inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) hit 1.8 percent […]

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Russia has right to name disputed islets: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Russia has the sovereign right to name islets of the disputed Pacific island group Southern Kurils, the Kremlin said Tuesday, defying Japan’s diplomatic protest. Last week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a decision to name five unnamed islets after prominent Russian figures, reports Xinhua. Japan and Russia are involved […]

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Water slowly returning to Syria’s Aleppo: UNICEF

GENEVA, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The UN’s Children Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday that thanks to recent repairs to the municipal system, water is slowing returning to the northern Syrian town of Aleppo. “For almost a month, 1.8 million people in and around the city were deliberately cut off from the public water network,” UNICEF said […]

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Russian company plans space tourist service

MOSCOW, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — A Russian company will conduct the first test flight for its tourist spacecraft in 2019-2020 with much cheaper tickets than previous services, an executive said Tuesday. The production of the reusable suborbital capsule will start in 2018, Pavel Pushkin, CEO of CosmoCourse company, was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency […]

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India launches 104 satellites in single space mission

NEW DELHI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — India on Wednesday launched a record 104 satellites in a single space mission from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The satellites were launched into space on board state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation’s workhorse rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C37, at 9.28 a.m. (local […]

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