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DHAKA, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. and Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf signed a discount agreement on August 17, 2015, which will allow the Platinum Plus and Platinum Star customers of GP to avail special discount at the resort. They will get 55% discount for room rent, 50% at movie theatre, 50% for […]
Read MorePARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — French and British interior ministers will meet on Thursday and sign a cooperation agreement to stem immigrants flows who risked their lives to reach London via the Eurotunnel, French interior ministry said on Tuesday. France‘s Bernard Cazeneuve and his British counterpart Theresa May are expected to visit French northern city […]
Read MoreMUNICH, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The newly-designed beer mug for the 182th Munich Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, was presented to the public by the official organizer here on Tuesday. The colorful motif, made up of the jumbled letters of “Oktoberfest”, is printed on the front of the mug. On top of those letters […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s tannery industry looks set to suffer a big blow as demand for finished leather and leather products in major international markets has been plunging amid grave concerns over the environmental hazard created by the country’s leather industry. Sector insiders say July exports further reflected the sluggish trend that in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of 26 billion U.S. dollars Monday, said a central bank official. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) official who preferred to be unnamed told Xinhua that “the country’s foreign exchange reserves foreign exchange reserves reached a new milestone Monday, crossing the 26 billion U.S. […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — China on Monday unveiled temporary measures to guarantee clean air for the Sept. 3 military parade commemorating the end of World War II. At a meeting held on Monday to coordinate efforts for clean air in Beijing, Environment Minister Chen Jining said clean air was integral to the success of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Mr. Pankaj Saran handed over the memorabilia of Indian Naval aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to Chief of Naval Staff, Bangladesh Navy, Vice Admiral M Farid Habib on 17 August 2015. A bridge window frame with a photograph of the ship and one set of […]
Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should delay the negotiations to bring in 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh, said Klang MP Charles Santiago. This is because Ahmad Zahid, who is also home minister, should focus on reviewing the labour market for locals first before doing anything else, Charles said in a statement today, reports https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/308839. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — A portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , Bangladesh’s founding father, has been installed at the National Press Club, the country’s most widely respected professional body for journalists. Shortly after unveiling the portrait at the club premises on Saturday, Journalist leaders stood in silence for a minute. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, […]
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