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DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — It took less than half a U.S. dollar for Rahman Miah to buy two bottles of syrup for his son who had been coughing for several days.For rickshaw puller Miah, it was not at all burdensome to expend 40 taka from his daily income which is around six U.S. dollars,reports […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone launched a one-of-a-kind agriculture based service GP Krishisheba 27676 to facilitate informed decision-making by farmers by providing them customized voice consultancy services. Grameenphone today has launched a unique service named GP KrishiSheba at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel. Using the service, farmers will be able to access pertinent information on […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Chevron has started producing gas from two new wells in the Bangladeshi state of Sylhet, aimed at easing the country’s chronic energy shortages, reports Reuters. The U.S oil and energy company, the largest foreign investor in the Bangladesh’s energy sector, will initially produce around 130 million cubic feet of gas […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — “BRACathon”- BRAC’s first ever hackathon attracted more than 120 budding app developers and students to compete for prize and developing useful mobile applications to contribute in social innovation. The 36 hour long BRACathon took place from 4-5 December 2015 in BRAC University. 27 teams including IT students and tech start-ups […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first five months of the current 2015-16 fiscal year (July 2015-June 2016) grew 6.71 percent year-on-year to nearly 13 billion U.S. dollars, reports Xinhua. “Export performance for July -November was 12,879.83 million U. S. dollars, 6.71 percent higher than that in the same period a […]
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Washington, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — President Barack Obama on Sunday laid out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no US policy shift to confront what he called a “new phase” in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California, reports Reuters. In a rare Oval […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — To celebrate one of the highest growing smartphone industries in the world, Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has announced an attractive offer in Bangladesh, that will give consumers a reason to join the smartphone world right away. Consumers can now choose their preferred Samsung Galaxy device and get a chance to win […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Fatafati Friday, the biggest sales event of the year was jointly launched by the pioneering e-Commerce platform Daraz.com.bd and leading mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited at midnight of December 4th, in the country. Daraz.com.bd and Robi have taken this visionary step to introduce the sales concept of Black Friday […]
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by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Armed with shovels and baskets, they stand around on the sidewalk every morning waiting to be hired, reports Xinhua. The dozen or so a group of such day-laborers are a common daily sight on the sidewalks of many Dhaka streets. Most of them are worn-out looking men and […]
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