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McCullum, 1st skipper to score duck in CWC final

Brendon McCullum becomes the first captain to be dismissed for a duck in the world cup finals’ history, an awkward distinction for the Kiwi skipper.

World Raymen celebrates 11th founding anniversary

DHAKA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — The World Raymen has observed its 11th founding anniversary with a call to serve more people irrespective of cast, color, sex and religion in the coming days. The anniversary ceremony was held in the city’s ICMAB auditorium on Thursday. During the ceremony, members discussed Raymen activities and its future plans […]

Bangladesh: The potential of community radio

While many radio stations in Bangladesh produce unprofessional or politically one-sided reports, community radio stations could become the ones providing reliable local information. DW Akademie is there to support them. In a report on a health station listeners can hear chickens clucking in the background. They can hear meat sizzling on a street stand in […]

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2015) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has become the first multilateral development bank accredited to receive financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in its developing member countries. The […]

Asia’s brightest study Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew’s mantra

SINGAPORE: Dozens of Asia’s best and brightest government officials each year join what has become known as the “Mayors’ Class” – studying good governance, economic management and how to make their countries work like Singapore, reports Times of India.

Singapore’s Lee seen as an inspiration for modern China

BEIJING — Chinese leaders admired modern Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew for his toughness, economic pragmatism and insistence on respect for authority. In many ways, Lee’s model of “Asian values,” combining authoritarianism and economic planning, became China’s own blueprint for modernity. Most significantly, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping looked to Singapore, with its ethnic Chinese […]

9 people burnt ahead of Bangladesh opposition’s fresh strike

DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) — At least nine people sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh before an opposition-called strike, police said on Sunday. A police officer, who declined to be unnamed, said miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the truck in Magura district in southwestern Bangladesh, leaving nine people, including its […]

Bangladesh tea prices fall despite thin supplies amid unrest

March 19 (Reuters) – Tea prices in Bangladesh fell sharply for a second straight week at the weekly auction on Wednesday on subdued demand from local buyers despite a drop in supplies amid political unrest. Bangladesh has been racked by political unrest since anti-government protests turned violent early this year over a disputed election a […]

Google doodle celebrates India-Bangladesh World Cup quarterfinal

The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background. Google released a doodle on the eve of the India-Bangladesh Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match at Melbourne. The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background with the caption, “It’s India v […]