New UAE ambassador to Bangladesh meets FM

DHAKA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — Newly arrived Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh Saed Mohammed Saed Hmaid Almheiri paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at latter’s office this morning. The Foreign Minister welcomed Almheiri to Bangladesh as the UAE Ambassador and assured him of full support from […]

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Seven Robi employees get a shot at becoming entrepreneurs

DHAKA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — A total of seven Robi employees have started their journey of becoming an entrepreneur with financial, management advisory as well as motivational support and encouragement from Robi. The journey has started in the form of incubating the employees’ business ideas under the company’s innovative digital entrepreneurship development platform, r-ventures. The […]

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A Dance Drama by Dr Mahua Mukherjee on Buddhacharita

DHAKA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Dhaka is pleased to present a Dance Drama by Dr Mahua Mukherjee on Buddhacharita – In Sanskrita Mahakavya style on the life of Gautam Buddha at Main Auditorium, National Museum, Dhaka on 9 July 2018 from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.  Prof. Dr. Mukherjee, M.Sc., Ph.D. […]

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At least 42 killed, 14 missing after boats capsize in southern Thailand

DHAKA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand’s Phuket government said on Saturday that nine bodies were found on Saturday and 14 others remained missing after boats capsized off the resort island of Phuket in southern Thailand, reports Xinhua. The Thai authorities found five bodies in the “Phoenix” tourist boat sunk some 30 to 40 meters under […]

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World has gone off track on water, sanitation goal: UN report

GENEVA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — The world is not on track to reach United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, a new UN report said Thursday, reports Xinhua. Today, billions of people lack safe water, sanitation and handwashing facilities, said the report released here […]

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Situation in Indian-controlled Kashmir tense as 3 civilians killed in army firing

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — A teenage girl and two youths were killed, while a few others wounded Saturday after Indian troops fired upon protesters in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said, reports Xinhua. The contingent of Indian army fired upon civilian protesters at Hawura-Redwani area of Kulgam district, about 57 km south of […]

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Library for studying “all things China” opens in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladesh-China Friendship Center (BCFC) recently established a library in Dhaka’s upmarket Banani area to let people, especially the younger generation, know more about China and its remarkable developments, reports Xinhua. Espousing the Chinese saying: “A good book is a good friend,” the library stacked full of books with old […]

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