Guru Suruj Dewan – a tribute

Protegé to Guru Rajjob Ali Dewan has moved on by Sir Frank Peters          The death of Guru Suruj Dewan last Friday brought a dark cloud of sadness to the village of Haydarabad Ward-39, Gazipur. Guru Suruj, 78, was a man who was loved by all who knew him personally and admired by those who knew […]

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AIIB Helps Bangladesh Reach Energy Targets With up to USD274 in Investments

DHAKA, Sept. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors visited Savar to meet with beneficiaries of AIIB’s investment in the Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion Project. The project is part of a national plan to provide about 2.5 million service connections to rural consumers, upgrade two grid substations […]

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Seminar on ‘Konnectin Achieving 21stCentury Skills’

DHAKA, Sept. 3 (NsNewsWire) — a2i Programme and BishwoShahittoKendro co-hosted a seminartitled “Kishore Batayan (Konnect) in Achieving 21st Century Skills” on Thursday, August 30, 2018  in the presence of students and teachers from different schools and colleges of Dhaka. With the support of ICT Division, UNDP and USAID, a2i programme is working to realizethe Digital […]

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Bangladesh Hindus celebrate Janmashtami festival

DHAKA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — As elsewhere in the world, Bangladesh Hindu community also celebrated Janmashtami, which falls on Sunday, with due religious fervor and enthusiasm. The festival marks the birth anniversary of Hindu god Krishna. The festival since Saturday morning brought thousands of Hindus to the temples in old part of capital Dhaka. Temples […]

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US can’t shift blame on China for N.Korea policy setback

US can’t shift blame on China for N.Korea policy setback Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/30 22:23:41 US President Donald Trump tweeted a White House statement on Wednesday that he “feels strongly that North Korea is under tremendous pressure from China because of our major trade disputes with the Chinese government.” The statement also said China’s aid to North […]

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Korean EPZ to install LG VRF system

CHATTAGRAM, Aug. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Korean multinationl company LG Bangladesh is going to install the Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) system in Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chittagong. The system will ensure sophisticated automatic-central cooling and more energy saving in the second rest house of the zone. An agreement was signed between KEPZ Corporation (BD) […]

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Bangladesh students set to embark on 2nd Bangladesh-China friendship tour

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — An orientation program was organized here Thursday for students participating in the 2nd Bangladesh-China Youth Camp to be held next month in Chinese province Yunnan. A total of 150 Bangladeshi students will pay a two-week visit to the Chinese province under the China-Bangladesh Youth Exchange Program. This is […]

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ARNO welcomes the Report of the Independent International

DHAKA, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) welcomes the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The report acknowledges the continued and “systematic oppression” of the Rohingya people, the complicity of Myanmar Security forces and other actors in the continued violence that precipitated and directly caused the events of August 2017, […]

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West misreads China-Russia partnership

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/29 22:28:43 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reiterated Tuesday that the country in September will hold the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military exercise, its biggest military drills in almost 40 years. The drills will involve almost 300,000 troops and more than 1,000 military aircraft. According to Shoigu, the upcoming war games will be “the […]

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