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DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country had incurred a loss of over 1 trillion taka (nearly 13 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 52 days of the opposition’s blockade and strike, local media reported Thursday. Since the indefinite blockade started, 101 people had been killed and 1,173 […]
Read MoreA person scans a figure of a woman for a photosculpture created by the Colombian company Innovar 3D in Bogota, Colombia, on Feb. 18, 2015. The Colombian company offers to anyone interested to scan their image and replicate it in a three-dimensional model called “photosculpture”. (Xinhua/Mario Franco/COLPRENSA) (fnc) (lrz)
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — Indian President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that with the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to India last September, India has significantly expanded its relations with China. While addressing the Indian Parliament on the first day of its budget session, Mukherjee said India and its largest neighbor China […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Alejandro G. Inarritu, director of black comedy movie “Birdman,” went onto the stage of the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony three times on Sunday night. He was the biggest winner on the Oscar night, receiving three golden statuettes for best original screenplay, for best director and, at last, for […]
Read MoreTourists watch tulips at an exhibition in Wuhuan Botanical Garden in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 22, 2015. Xinhua
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF Bangladesh have signed a US$8 million (Taka 62 crore) agreement today to help reduce preventable deaths in children and women by improving maternal, newborn and child health interventions. Ms. Kim Bok-Hee, Resident Representative ofKOICA Bangladesh Office, signed the agreement with UNICEF Bangladesh Representative, […]
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DHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — The public and private universities in Bangladesh have implemented 156 Academic Innovation Fund subprojects which helped them to create enabling condition for better teaching, learning and research. These subprojects helped to establish and upgrade science labs, computer labs, library automation systems and campus network to spur academic innovation in Bangladesh. […]
Read MoreBeijing, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Leaders from around the world are extending their best New Year wishes to the Chinese people. British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed a golden year for bilateral ties, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his first-ever Chinese New Year greeting via the internet. A truly golden year for the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Mamata Banerjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, was on a goodwill visit to Bangladesh from February 19-21, 2015. She was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising of Ministers, Members of Parliament, Cultural Personalities and Senior Officials, said a statement of Indian High Commission in Dhaka. During the visit, […]
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