Outgoing Egyptian Ambassador calls on Foreign Minister

DHAKA, June 14 (NsNewsWire) — The outgoing Egyptian Ambassador in Bangladesh and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Dhaka Mahmoud Ezzat made a farewell call on  Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali MP this morning in the Foreign Ministry. The Egyptian Ambassador expressed his thanks and appreciation for extending all support to him in […]

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Telenor appoints New CEOs in Bulgaria and Pakistan

Fornebu, June 14 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has today appointed Michael Foley as  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telenor Bulgaria and Irfan Wahab Khan as  CEO of Telenor Pakistan. The new appointments will be effective from 1 August 2016, and both Foley and Khan will be members of the Group Executive Management team. “I am […]

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Child laborers in Bangladesh: victims of poverty

by Naim-Ul-Karim Nahid Hossain Babu, a boy with 10 years old at best has been working in a tiny workshop named “Japani Metal” at Jinjira in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka for one year. He works 12 hours a day to make metal components, earing 1,600 taka (about 21 U.S. dollars) a […]

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Chinese FM’s Remarks At the Media Briefing on G20 Hangzhou Summit

DHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of the Remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi At the Media Briefing on the recently held G20 Hangzhou Summit: “Dear Guests, Friends from the Press, Good morning! Today is 26 May, and tomorrow will mark the 100-day countdown of the G20 […]

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Bangladesh making transformational shift to digital procurement Over 55,000 tenders valued US$5.8 billion done in e-GP

DHAKA, June 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is making transformational shift to its public procurement environment with exponential growth of electronic government procurement, known as e-GP, covering four key government agencies: Roads and Highways Department, Local Government Engineering Department, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, and Bangladesh Water Development Board. These agencies together spend about half the country’s […]

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Symphony Mobile unveiled the Finger Print Security enabled Smartphone

DHAKA, June 9 (NsNewsWire) — The leading brand of Bangladesh, Symphony unveiled their new HD series Smartphone H400. H400, the first phone of Symphony which has Finger Print Security Technology. Finger print security sensor helps Smartphone users to quick lock & unlock. The handset contains 2.5 D curved glass with 5 inch HD IPS Display […]

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Chinese funded Bangladesh’s largest-ever ICT project connects 20,000 gov’t offices

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with China Machinery Engineering Corporation ( CMEC) has implemented the country’s largest-ever ICT project which brought nearly 20,000 government offices across the country under a nationwide connectivity. Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on July 3, 2013 approved the China-financed 13.33 billion taka project […]

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UNHCR: Release Roghingya refugees from detention

The Rohingya refugees who arrived in Malaysia after being stranded in the Bay of Bengal a year ago must be released from detention, says United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR Malaysia representative Richard Towle said the refugees needed to be looked after properly and this could not be done effectively or fairly in […]

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Robi promotes trees on Environment Day

DHAKA, June 8 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has observed the World Environment Day by organizing a session on “Green Dhaka” initiative at the company’s corporate office recently. The Robi employees were urged, in the session, to plant trees to ensure a greener and cleaner environment as well as contributing in combatting the adverse impacts of the […]

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