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DHAKA,April 25 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement by EU Commissioners Malmström, Thyssen and Mimica on the 3rd anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy: “On Sunday 24 April 2016, it will be exactly three years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a […]
Read MoreThe attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems, reports Reuters. SWIFT, a cooperative owned by 3,000 financial institutions, confirmed to Reuters that it was […]
Read MoreDHAKA,April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement from the EU Delegation to Bangladesh on assassination of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee: “EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, expresses his deep emotion and firm condemnation of the brutal killing of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a Professor of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at BRAC University announce the names of the four Bangladeshi young entrepreneurs who will be visiting the United States from April 30 to June 3 under the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Professional Fellows Exchange Program […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — In line with previous years, Jabbarer Boli Khela and Boishakhi mela will kick off in Chittagong tomorrow. The Late Abdul Jabbar Smriti Kusti Portijogita o Boishakhi Mela committee, in association with leading telecom service provider company Grameenphone, is arranging the event this year. Thousands of visitors and spectators will gather […]
Read More(CNN) An innocent young man is brutally hacked to death in the street by marauding thugs with machetes, and the government’s response is to effectively blame the victim. This is the outrageous and absurd situation in the supposed democratic state of Bangladesh, where a bloody campaign of terror is being waged against secularists and atheists […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping inspected the Central Military Commission (CMC) joint battle command center on Wednesday, calling for building a joint battle command system with Chinese characteristics, reports www.xinhuanet.com
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DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full unedited text of Grameenphone’s clarification on a news: “It has came to our attention that a section of media has been publishing unsubstantiated news regarding a Mobile Financial Service fraud by a group of fraudsters and claiming that 5 of them are employees of Grameenphone […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian Axiata Group’s Robi in Bangladesh has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hot-spots across the country, reports Xinhua. Over the next six months, the company Tuesday said it will provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets, 100 educational institutions, […]
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