Myanmar’s first broadcasting bill seeks approval from Lower House

Myanmar’s first ever broadcasting bill will continue to seek approval from the parliament’s Lower House after it was passed by the Upper House, according to the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) Thursday. When the broadcast law comes into effect, all media including state-owned and private broadcasters can fairly compete each other and the law […]

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“Chirkutt” visits India to participate South Asian Bands Festival 2014

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — On the invitation of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India, noted band “Chirkutt” of Bangladesh is visiting New Delhi in India from 5-7 November, 2014, to participate in the 8th South Asian Bands Festival 2014 being organised jointly by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and […]

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Obama to travel to Asia for summits, visits

U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China, Myanmar and Australia on Nov. 10-16 for a series of summits and bilateral talks. The president will be in China on Nov. 10-12 for the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and APEC CEO summit and then a state visit to China by having talks with President Xi Jinping, White […]

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Bangladesh goes Africa way for Bharti Airtel

Gopal Vittal took over as the CEO of Bharti Airtel (India) at a time when the company was under stress. The trump card — Vittal, which Sunil Mittal has played for a possible turnaround of the company, worked in favour. The country’s largest cellular operator reported its first growth in profit after 15 consecutive quarters […]

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Zimbabwe hit by Shakib, Tamim tons

A nuggety Tamim Iqbal century was complemented by a stroke-filled one from Shakib Al Hasan as Bangladesh cashed in on the painstaking foundation they had laid in Khulna to make 433. Zimbabwe’s bowlers struggled to reprise the discipline they had shown on the opening day. The pitch had nothing for them and the onus was […]

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5 killed, 9 wounded in Saudi Arabia shooting

At least five people were killed and nine wounded when three masked men shot them with machine guns and pistols in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province late Monday night, the local Sabaq e-newspaper said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province, one of the main centers of the Shiite Muslims minority […]

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দেশে প্রথমবারের মতো নারী সাইক্লিং এর আয়োজন

ঢাকা, ২ নভেম্বর, (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — দেশে প্রথমবারের মতো অনুষ্ঠিত হলো মেয়েদের সাইক্লিং প্রতিযোগিতা। গতকাল বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়ামে সারাি দনের এ প্রতিযোগিতায় দেশের ১০টি জেলার ৫৫ নারী সাইক্লিস্ট অংশ নেন। আমন্ত্রমূলক সাইক্লিং (মহিলা) প্রতিযোগিতা ২০১৪ নামের এ আয়োজনে সাইক্লিং এর ৬টি ইভেন্টে প্রতিযোগিতা হয়। বাংলাদেশ মহিলা ক্রীড়া সংস্থা প্রথমবারের মতো হতে যাওয়া এ ধরণের প্রতিযোগিতার আয়োজন […]

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Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over Bangladesh Jamaat chief’s sentence

Pakistan on Saturday finally voiced its ‘serious concern’ over the award of death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Bangladesh chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, despite initially following the policy of non-interference over what it termed was Dhaka’s internal matter. “Though what happens in Bangladesh is that country’s internal matter, Pakistan cannot remain divorced from references to 1971 […]

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