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Nepal’s parliament elects first female president

Nepal’s parliament elected lawmaker Bidhya Bhandari as the country’s first female president Wednesday, after the adoption of a landmark constitution last month. The former defence minister defeated her opponent Kul Bahadur Gurung by 327 to 214 votes to become the Himalayan nation’s ceremonial head of state. Bhandari, the vice-chair of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), replaces Ram Baran Yadav, reports AFP. 1st female presidnet of NepalHe was elected as the first president in ...

Telenor cuts 2015 forecast

Telenor ASA, the Nordic region’s largest phone company, cut its forecasts for full-year sales growth and profitability as subscriber numbers fell in Thailand and Malaysia in the third quarter and after the carrier failed to merge its Danish operations with those of Swedish rival TeliaSonera AB. Telenor said Wednesday it expects a margin on adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 34 percent to 35 percent this year and sales growth of around telenor5 percent, excluding acquisitions, divestments and currency fluctuations. Th...

Winners of Carmudi Drive Next Contest awarded

The lucky winners of Carmudi Drive Next Contest, organized by the leading online car classified of Bangladesh, Carmudi and Radio Next 93.2 FM, were announced and awarded at the Prize Giving Ceremony held at Radio Next 93.2 FM office in Mohakhali area of the capital yesterday. Carmudi Drive Next had the listeners and followers answer various car related questions aired Prize giving of Carmudi Drive Nexton Radio Next 93.2 FM, through texting to the given number or by post on their Facebook page. One lu...

Oracle extends cloud leadership for IT operation

Oracle recently announced Oracle Management Cloud (OMC), a suite of next-generation integrated monitoring, management and analytics solutions for IT organizations. Part of the Oracle Cloud Platform, the new services enable a real-time, collaborative environment in which DevOps leaders, line-of-business managers and business analysts have a clear end-to-end view into the applications and technologies that support business services. oracle_summit_09252013_620_412_100The three newly available services...

CSR activities of NRBC Bank at former enclaves

NRBC Bank marked a glaring example in the field of Corporate Social Responsibilities. The Bank recently gifted school bags, water pots and exercise books to the school going children of Doholabalapara, one of the former enclaves of Debiganj Upozila of Panchagarh district that merged with the mainland of the country. NRBCBank CRS PanchagarhDr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank, marked the opening of distribution of the gift items as chief guest. Among others, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank Mr. A F M Asaduzzaman...

Drama Festival at RU begins

An eight-day drama festival with the participation of the theatre troupes from Bangladesh and India will begin at Rajshahi University today. RU theatre department and Indian High Commission in Bangladesh will jointly organise the festival while a total of ten dramas will be staged by the ten participating theatre troupes from Bangladesh and India at the university Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium. The festival will begin with staging of Tiner Talowar, directed Mehbub Alam and performed by Tiner Tolwar 7the Rajshahi University theatre troupe,...