China’s first bank for technological innovation opens
August 16th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 16 (IANS) China's first bank for technological innovation, a result of joint investment by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) and America's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), opened here Wednesday.With ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to launch its first satellite in 2015
May 25th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 25 (IANS) China will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said.Local company SupremeSAT said it has reached an agreement with the Sri Lankan board ... Read more...
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States’ demand for ‘green bonus’ legitimate: Ashwani Kumar
April 9th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 9 (IANS) Acknowledging Himachal Pradesh's demand for special incentives to preserve its ecology, Union Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar Monday favoured grant of "green bonus" to ... Read more...
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Finance professional named WICB Corporate Secretary
March 29th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
St. John's (Antigua), March 29 (IANS/CMC) Antiguan Verlyn Faustin has been appointed Corporate Secretary of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), a move president Julian Hunte says will strengthen the operations ... Read more...
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Liverpool striker Suarez banned for 8 games
December 21st, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 21 (IANS) Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned for eight games after a Football Association (FA) disciplinary hearing found him guilty of racism for abusing Manchester United's Patrice ... Read more...
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Satellite equipment seized in Bangladesh
September 28th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 28 (IANS) Satellite equipment worth three million taka (around $40,000) was Wednesday seized from a house owned by a Saudi expatriate in Bangladesh, a media report said.The Rapid ... Read more...
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CESC’s Haldia thermal power project by 2013-14
July 29th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) The 600 MW thermal power project at West Bengal's Haldia, being developed by power utility CESC Limited - a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, is scheduled to ... Read more...
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Airtel has unfair advantage, say Dhaka operators
April 10th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel has an "unfair market advantage" over its competitors in Bangladesh, a report said here Sunday.The draft Cellular Mobile Telecommunication Operators ... Read more...
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India, China sign six pacts to strengthen partnership
December 16th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): India and China on Thursday signed six pacts, including one in the field of green technology to strengthen partnership.Besides the Memorandum of Understanding on green technology, ... Read more...
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Himachal enacts law to regulate private varsities
December 9th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Thursday enacted a law to regulate private universities to maintain quality and standards, becoming the first Indian state to do so.Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said ... Read more...
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Panel to vet Himachal bill on private universities
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) A bill to regulate private universities in Himachal Pradesh was Monday referred to a select committee by the state assembly.
Opposition Congress legislators Kaul Singh Thakur, G.S. Bali ... Read more...
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Bangladesh has nearly 60 mn mobile users
July 21st, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 21 (IANS) Bangladesh added 13.29 million new cellphone subscribers during July 2009-June 2010, taking the total number of users to 59.98 million.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's data, released Tuesday, showed ... Read more...
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Bangladesh bans SIMS for those aged 18 and under
July 8th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, July 8 (ANI): Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Khatun has announced that people under the age of 18 will not be allowed to use or have access to Removable User Identity Module ... Read more...
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Set up telecom appeal board, says Dhaka parliamentary panel
July 6th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) A committee of Bangladesh's parliament has opposed arbitrary government powers to punish erring firms in the telecom and IT sectors and recommended the setting up of a telecom ... Read more...
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Facebook ban in Bangladesh
May 31st, 2010 - 2:15 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dhaka, May 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Close on the heels of Pakistan, there is a Facebook ban in Bangladesh too. And Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia itself to ... Read more...
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Following Pak, Bangladesh ‘blocks Facebook’ over political cartoons
May 30th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, May 30 (ANI): Close on the heels of Pakistan blocking access to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, Bangladesh has blocked access to Facebook after satirical images of the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh parliamentary panel to probe Airtel deal
April 19th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 19 (IANS) A parliamentary committee in Bangladesh is to probe a possible loss to the country from the sale of a substantial portion of mobile operator Warid's stake to Indian ... Read more...
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Bangladesh shuts three phone operators for illegal telephony
March 19th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 19 (DPA) Bangladesh has suspended operations of three private phone operators in less than a week for allegedly running unlicenced phone services, a spokesman of the telecom regulatory body said ... Read more...
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Mobile network suspended in Bangladesh following mutiny
February 26th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 26 (Xinhua) The mobile network in Bangladesh, except in parts of capital city Dhaka has been suspended due to the crisis following Wednesday's mutiny by troopers of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles ... Read more...
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Porn sites to be filtered in Sri Lanka
August 5th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, Aug 5 (IANS) To protect children from internet pornography, Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to immediately filter all websites containing obscene ... Read more...
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Mobile users in Sri Lanka asked to carry ownership certificate
July 13th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka has asked mobile phone users to carry a certificate of ownership of the cellphone and barred them from using phones belonging to others. The Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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Canara Bank gets licence to open branch in Shanghai
July 9th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Canara Bank has obtained a licence from China's banking regulatory commission to open a branch in Shanghai, the leading state-run bank said here Wednesday. As a prelude to ... Read more...
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Court asks B-school, commission to settle recognition issue
June 23rd, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to amiably settle the dispute arising out ... Read more...
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Pune set for daily power cuts
April 1st, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by admin
Pune, April 1 (IANS) It's going to be a tough summer for Pune residents who have virtually enjoyed uninterrupted power supply since 2006. From next week, the city will be subjected to ... Read more...
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‘Bharti Airtel may be re-drawing plans for Sri Lanka’
February 25th, 2008 - 10:34 am ICT by admin
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel, which had announced its entry into the Sri Lankan mobile phone sector with much fanfare last year, is experiencing delays and ... Read more...
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