GP brings Internet enabled Symphony D 51i handset only @ BDT 1490

DHAKA, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone brings in an Internet enabled mobile handset at lowest cost in Bangladesh. The Symphony D51i handset priced BDT 1490 comes with attractive free Data package from Grameenphone.The handset was unveiled today at GPHouse in presence of the officials from Grameenphone Ltd. and Edison Group (Symphony Mobile). Erlend Prestgard, Head […]

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Nigeria abducted schoolgirls: Malala Yousafzai urges action

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a shooting by Taliban insurgents, has said the world must not stay silent over the abduction of more than 200 girls in Nigeria. She told the BBC that “if we remain silent then this will spread, this will happen more and more and more”. The girls were kidnapped […]

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Thailand court ousts PM Yingluck Shinawatra

A Thai court has ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and several cabinet ministers to step down. The Constitutional Court ruled that Ms Yingluck acted illegally when she transferred her national security head. The ruling follows months of political deadlock. Anti-government protesters have been trying to oust Ms Yingluck since November 2013. The remaining cabinet members […]

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Telenor Group names Michael Foley as new CEO of Telenor Pakistan

Norway, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group Wednesday announced that it has appointed Mr. Michael Patrick Foley as the new Chief Executive Officer of Telenor Pakistan. Mr. Foley assumes the role at a significant moment in Telenor Pakistan’s history – as the country moves into a future where everyone will be able to access the […]

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BRAC celebrates Global Day of Action on nutrition in Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Civil Society Alliance for Scaling Up Nutrition (CSA for SUN) in Bangladesh has celebrated “Global Day of Action” on nutrition with 18 other countries. Inaugurated in 2012 by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, SUN is a unique movement founded on the principle that all people have a right to food […]

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US Deputy Asst Secy Ichord to visit Bangladesh from May 7

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert F. Ichord will visit Bangladesh from May 7 to May 10, 2014. Robert F. Ichord serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. He is responsible for promoting the transformation of energy systems to achieve greater efficiency and cleaner performance through use […]

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Monica Lewinsky breaks decade-long media silence

The one-time White House intern whose affair with President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment in the US Senate has broken her long silence in the media. In Vanity Fair magazine, Monica Lewinsky, 40, writes that she deeply regrets the fling. The president “took advantage” of her, she writes, though she describes their relationship as […]

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Bangladesh’s telecom giant sees revenue up 6.1 pct in Q1

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s biggest mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has reported a 6.1-percent on-year increase in revenues for the first quarter of this year. The company, which is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh, said the revenue was 24.9 billion taka for the July- March period, reports Xinhua. Compared with […]

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UCB re-elects Chairman

DHAKA, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — One of the pioneers to fostering corporate governance in business and industry sector, prominent business tycoon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, socialite, Chairman of Partex Group, founder Life Member of NSU Trust & Member of NSU Board of Trustees, member of IBAIS university trustee board and former member of the Parliament Mr. M. […]

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