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Nigeria’s next president: Muhammadu Buhari beats Goodluck Jonathan

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has declared opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election. Buhari, a retired major general, defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan by about 2 million votes. Earlier, Jonathan phoned Buhari on Tuesday to concede defeat. The outgoing president also issued a written statement to his nation. […]

Australian April Fool’s Day pranks fool thousands

SYDNEY, April 1 (NsNewsWire) — Australian media was filled with all sorts of strange stories on Wednesday, April Fool’s Day, the annual day for pranks. Some were clearly jokes, others far more believable, reports Xinhua. Google Australia posted a blog claiming the equator is slipping, meaning Australia will be in the Northern Hemisphere by 2055. […]

World’s largest solar-powered plane arrives in Chongqing

The Solar Impulse 2, the world’s biggest solar-powered plane, lands at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing, southwest China, March 31, 2015. The plane, after a 19-hour flight from Myanmar, made its debut in China on Tuesday morning, on the fifth leg of its round-the-world journey to raise awareness of renewable energy and environmental protection. […]

Commentary: Bridge the gap

by Xinhua writer Tian Dongdong BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) — The Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is designed to bridge a gap, so is Jacob Lew’s China trip. The United States is slightly yet encouragingly changing its mind over the AIIB, as the visiting U.S. treasury secretary told China on Monday that America is looking […]

ACI donates incubators

DHAKA, March 31 (NsNewsWire) — ACI animal health has handed over two Reptile incubators to the authority of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R) Deghi at Bagerhat to support their efforts to save to save endangered crocodile from extinction. The company provided the incubator as As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, said a statement. It […]

Robi organizes launching ceremony for PDB electricity bill payment service in Rangpur

DHAKA, March 31 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has launched electricity bill payment service facility for Power Development Board (PDB) in Rangpur division. This came at a launching ceremony organized at Rangpur Parjatan Motel on Tuesday (31 March). Robi has already started collecting electricity bill of March 2015 for PDB customers in the region. Of the six […]

Grameenphone revamps Internet packages

DHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) –Grameenphone Ltd. has re-configured its internet services into seven packages to better cater to the needs of the different customer segments. The packages are expected to support the company’s effort to provide “Internet for All” in Bangladesh. Details of the packages were disclosed at a press meet today at a local […]

United Commercial Bank Limited receives ‘Brand Excellence’ award in the Golden Globe Tigers’ Award 2015

DHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — United Commercial Bank Limited was awarded with Brand Excellence award in Banking & Financial Services category in the Golden Globe Tigers’ Award 2015 held on 25 March 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Muhammed Ali, Managing Director of UCB, received the award. Mirza Mahmud Rafiqur Rahman, Additional Managing Director of […]

Another Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death

DHAKA, March 30 (Xinhua) — Unknown assailants on Monday morning hacked another Bangladeshi blogger to death in the capital city of Dhaka. On Feb. 26 night, Unknown assailants hacked blogger Abhijit Roy to death also in Dhaka. A Dhaka Metropolitan Police official said blogger Washiqur Rahman died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was […]