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Fornebu, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor ASA Friday announced that the underwriters have priced its offering of 142,500,000 VimpelCom Ltd. American Depositary Shares (ADSs) in the United States at a public offering price of USD 3.50 per ADS, resulting in net proceeds to Telenor of USD 486,281,250. Telenor has also granted the underwriters a 30-day […]
Read MoreChina’s Tiangong-2 space lab blasted off on Thursday, marking another milestone in its increasingly ambitious space program, which envisions a mission to Mars by the end of this decade and its own space station by around 2020, reports Xinhua.
Read MoreTeenage batsman Haseeb Hameed could find himself helping to solve one of England’s trickiest problems if he is included when the squads for the tour of Bangladesh are announced on Friday, reports AFP. Finding a reliable partner for Test captain Alastair Cook at the top of the order has been a problem ever since former […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Citi Bangladesh and Metlife Bangladesh have jointly held an event recently to commemorate successful completion of Host-to-Host setup between the two entities. Host to Host is an automated, two-way data transfer service for high volume online banking usage. The occasion marked the full suite digitization of Policy and Vendor Payments […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — by Aruna Kashyap, a lawyer who works as senior counsel for the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch. “The horror of worker deaths is overshadowing Eid celebrations in Bangladesh. Last weekend, a fierce fire ripped through a three-storey packaging factory and eventually caused the building to collapse. The death […]
Read MoreGUWAHATI: The team of 32 artists from the state, which participated in a two-day programme to celebrate the birth anniversary of Bhupen Hazarika in Bangladesh, said it was overwhelmed by the love and adulation the Assam icon inspired in the neighbouring country, reports TNN. On Tuesday, the team shared their experience in Bangladesh and said […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “It is a great pleasure to visit Ottawa. I had the privilege of meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, William Morneau, Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/AP) — French counterterrorism police arrested a 15-year old boy on Wednesday following two recent thwarted attacks, marking the third such arrest of a 15-year-old in a week. A security official said the suspect was arrested in northeastern Paris and turned 15 only a few days ago. In a separate case, a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement by by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, in response to Tampaco Foils Limited fire in Bangladesh. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from an explosion and fire at Tampaco Foils Limited in Bangladesh on 10 September […]
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