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BEIJING, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire)– Xinhuanet, the online service of Xinhua News Agency, launches its Asian-Pacific edition on Thursday after in-depth research and careful preparation, as part of efforts to step up the website’s overseas localization. The Xinhuanet Asian-Pacific Edition aims to build an information bridge connecting China and the Asian-Pacific countries, reports Xinhua. The edition […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Edouard Beigbeder has assumed his duties as the new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Bangladesh. As a development and emergency specialist, he has over 20 years of experience of working to further children’s and women’s rights around the world, said the UN agency in a statement on Wednesday. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladeshi navy has sent four ships to deal with an oil spill from a crashed tanker that is threatening a rare dolphin sanctuary. The tanker, believed to be carrying 350,000 litres (75,000 gallons) of oil, and another vessel collided early on Tuesday in the Sundarbans region, reports BBC. Forestry […]
Read MoreBEIJIN, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) – A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment the former deputy head of China’s top planning agency in a bribery scandal that exposed graft at the highest levels of China’s government. The sentence, handed down by a court just outside of Beijing, capped the downfall of Liu Tienan, who […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Global economic growth will accelerate moderately next year and some economists predict that the bull market in equities can continue to rally, although at a slower pace. The global real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to reach 3.7 percent next year, compared with 3.2 percent this year, […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Europe’s rapid migration to 4G services and devices helped to stimulate the recovery of the mobile industry, according to a new GSM Association (GSMA) report published during the GSMA Mobile 360-Europe event here on Monday. The new report, “Mobile Economy: Europe 2014,” said the financial outlook of the mobile industry […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s 1st Press News Agency — NsNewsWire — (today) Tuesday passed 1000 fans on Facebook, so to say a big thank you to all those who have ‘liked’ the page since it was launched in July last year. NsNewsWire Facebook page has become a hub for all of its news […]
Read MoreManila, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Typhoon Hagupit weakened further on Tuesday as the storm crawled across the central Philippines, while rescue workers struggled in its aftermath to reach towns in central provinces where thousands of homes were wrecked and at least 27 people killed. Nearly 13,000 houses were crushed and more than 22,300 were partially […]
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by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — In Bangladesh, less than a quarter of the impoverished country’s 153 million people are using the normal banking system in their monetary transactions. But things are changing across Bangladesh with an easy and safe way to send or receive money through the mobile banking system. Mobile banking is […]
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