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DHAKA, April 20 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on a highway in Bangladesh’s northwestern Rangpur district, police said on Wednesday. “At least 13 passengers were killed and 30 others sustained injuries in the head-on collision between the passenger buses,” Abdul Latif Miah, officer-in-charge […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian Axiata Group’s Robi in Bangladesh has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hot-spots across the country, reports Xinhua. Over the next six months, the company Tuesday said it will provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets, 100 educational institutions, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hotspots across Bangladesh. Over the next 6 months, the company is to provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets; 100 educational institutions; 10 public places (airports and railway stations) and over 350 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — The 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Grameenphone Ltd. was concluded successfully at the Bashundhara Convention Center Tuesday. Members of the Board, and Grameenphone CEO, Rajeev Sethi were present on the occasion, along with other senior officials of the Company. Mr. M Shahjahan, Director of the GP Board, chaired the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — UNFPA, the Directorate of Nursing Services and the Swedish Dalarna University kicked-off the first ever online master’s programe in sexual and reproductive health at Dhaka Nursing College on the 19th of April 2016. The one year master’s programme, supported by the Swedish Government, is targeted at midwives who are already […]
Read MoreThe villages along the Vietnamese-Chinese border are a hunting ground for human traffickers. Girls as young as 13 say they are tricked or drugged, then spirited across the porous border by boat, motorbike or car. Young Vietnamese women are valuable commodities in China, where the one-child policy and long-standing preference for sons has heavily skewed […]
Read MoreHONG KONG, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — Xinhua News Agency President Cai Mingzhao has visited the Xinhua Finance Agency (XFA) headquarters in Hong Kong, reports Xinhua Finance. XFA President Ng Nick along with several other high-ranking officials welcomed the Xinhua chief at its headquarters in Hong Kong on April 14 and briefed him on the business […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, April 18 (Xinhua) — Sharmin Reja Chowdhury is a Pharmacy Faculty lecturer in Bangladesh’s leading Dhaka University. She has applied a Chinese government scholarship. “I’ve applied for a PHD program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Because I’m a pharmacist and my research topic is medicinal chemistry and medicinal plant,” Chowdhury told Xinhua […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 17 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has signed a contract with Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) to collect water bills recently at Hotel Tiger Garden, Khulna. Under the contract, Grameenphone is going to offer BillPay services to nearly Twenty thousand household customers of KWASA covering metro areas of Khulna City. Earlier in March […]
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