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DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) — Grameenphone Ltd. has partnered as the official telecom partner for the Mobile Week Megathon of the e-commerce site Daraz. This is the largest online mobile sale in Bangladesh taking place from the 7th to 13th June, 2015 through Daraz’s online shopping platform: www.daraz.com.bd. For these seven days, Grameenphone will collaborate […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 8 (Xinhua)– Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wrapped up his two-day maiden state visit to neighbor Bangladesh and flew back to New Delhi by a special air force flight at 8:40 p.m. Sunday evening. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, high level ministers and top government officials were present at the VVIP lounge […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant for 28 opposition activists including a top leader in a case filed for a bomb attack on a bus in January during an anti-government action. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court issued the arrest warrant on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 7 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. and Symphony have launched their first Music Phone for the music lovers of Bangladesh. The new Symphony m1 is now available at BDT 7,290 only in all the Grameenphone centers. The first thousand m1 customers will also receive a super quality headphone only from Grameenphone centers. GP prepaid […]
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DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — The World Bank has approved a total of 476 million U.S. dollars for two projects in Bangladesh to develop a strong financial sector and to improve agricultural productivity for one million poor farmers. According to a statement of the Washington-based lender reaching here Sunday, the projects approved by the bank’s […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 4 (NsNewsWire) — More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again. The refugees worry the Bangladesh government wants them out of sight, […]
Read MoreA ban on using chairs in mosques has provoked outrage in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, with critics saying it will exclude the elderly and infirm from prayers. The Islamic Foundation, an autonomous government agency, issued the fatwa over the weekend, saying devotees must instead use prayer mats, reports AFP. But the move has attracted criticism both from […]
Read MoreFive bodies had been recovered since the ship capsized in a storm late on Monday, state media said. Only about a dozen people had been rescued so far from the four-decked tourist boat amid confusing reports about how many had been saved. The microblog of the official People’s Daily newspaper said some passengers were still […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts after a passenger ship carrying 458 people sank Monday night in the Hubei section of China’s Yangtze River, reports Xinhua.
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