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DHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by. The maimed woman, Rafida Ahmed, scanned the room nervously. The Atlanta financial executive has been hiding since Islamic militants […]
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DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Robi Sunday announced that it is the first mobile phone company in Bangladesh to partner with Internet.org, a Facebook-led initiative to provide connectivity to the two thirds of the world without internet access. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT Division, had played a very important role in bringing this […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Two-day “Bangladesh Denim Expo” will be held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the capital on May 11-12 to showcaseBangladesh’s growth potential in the denim industry globally as well as share knowledge with international denim producers and buyers. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, MP will inaugurate the expo on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Friday dismissed as ” bogus” claim by the Taliban of shooting a military helicopter that killed ambassadors of Norway and Philippines in northern areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad ruled out possibility of terrorism in the tragedy […]
Read MoreYANGON, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Laos on Saturday formally opened the first-ever friendship bridge across the Mekong River that links Myanmar’s Tachileik in Shan state and Laungnamtha Province of Laos. Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his Laos counterpart Choummaly Sayasone jointly presided over the opening ceremony of Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge at Tachileik […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: An upset Vice-PresidentHamid Ansari. Red faces in government. Questions on parliamentary ‘haste’ that result in less-than-careful reading of text of Bills. And MPs who passed key legislations having to go through the process all over again. All this because of silly errors in drafting legislation.Ansari, said senior officials familiar with the matter, expressed […]
Read MoreBritish Prime Minister David Cameron and his Tory party scored a decisive victory over the opposing Labour Party, left far-left and far-right parties in the dust and defied pre-election polls with a resounding election triumph he called “the sweetest victory of all.” Aided by the Scottish National Party’s rout of Labour in Scotland, Cameron and […]
Read MoreA military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in northern Pakistan Friday, killing at least seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, and injuring several others. The Pakistani Mi-17 chopper was flying to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit to check on development projects when it crashed into a school and caught fire […]
Read MoreHappy Winners of the campaign “Coca-Cola kholo, connect koro” pose with Samsung Galaxy J1 smartphones. The campaign that started on 15th March 2015 will end on 14th May 2015. Coca-Cola allows its consumers to participate and win smartphones every hour from 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM during the two month long campaign. press release
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