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DHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — On 14th January 2016 Daraz Bangladesh Ltd. and International Brands Ltd (IBL), the authorized distributor of Procter and Gamble products in Bangladesh organized a press conference inGulshan, Dhaka, where they announced that P&G is bringing their entire product portfolio online with daraz.com.bd. P&G products will now be available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/ […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — The foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan have been cancelled, India’s official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Thursday. The talks were scheduled to take place on Friday. “Pakistan today said that there would be no foreign secretary-level talks tomorrow between India and Pakistan,” the broadcaster said. AIR […]
Read MoreJakarta, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, followed by reports of continuing gunfire and at least three people were killed, reports BBC. Blasts hit several locations, including the Sarinah shopping centre, near the presidential palace and UN offices. A BBC reporter at the scene said police […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Two suspected militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been killed in a shootout in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, said a senior police official on Thursday. The official at the Detective Branch of the Bangladesh Police said on Thursday morning that Abdullah alias Noman, 35, national operations commander of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Recent devaluation of Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar may be a boon for Bangladesh businesses, Bangladeshi experts said on Thursday. Ahsan H Mansur, executive director at the country’s leading think-tank Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI), said Bangladeshi importers will have benefit from yuan devaluation following cheaper import of […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China is gaining ground to overcome corruption, President Xi Jinping said at an anti-graft meeting on Tuesday, urging confidence in the campaign, reports Xinhua. “Party members should maintain confidence in the Communist Party of China [CPC] Central Committee’s anti-corruption volition, the campaign’s achievements, the positive energy it brings and the […]
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MANILA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) operations—comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance, and cofinancing—reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015, an increase of about 19% over the $22.89 billion in 2014, according to provisional figures released recently. ADB’s approvals of loans and grants, sovereign (governments) and nonsovereign […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire)– The fifth biennial assembly of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) kicked off in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid opened the assembly of IONS, which was established in 2008 as a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of littoral states of the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping called for advancing reforms in all sectors as China’s leading group for overall reform convened its 20th meeting on Monday, reports Xinhua. The meeting was also attended by Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist […]
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