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Bangladeshi ruling party wins 2 city elections, opposition wins 1

DHAKA, July 31 (Xinhua) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party has maintained supremacy as its candidates won big in two city corporations though suffered a defeat to arch rival ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist (BNP) in another local election. AL’s AHM Khairuzzaman Liton secured 165,096 votes in Monday’s election […]

Sri Lanka launches tourist friendly tuk tuk’s to boost arrivals

COLOMBO, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Sri Lankan government on Monday issued certificates, approved by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), to over 750 tuk tuk drivers in the capital who have been trained as tour guides as well as drivers to local and foreign tourists, reports Xinhua. Tuk Tuk’s are a popular mode […]

Bangladesh Army chief visits India

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — General Aziz Ahmed, BGBM, PBGM, BGBMS, psc, G, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army (CAS) is visiting India from 31 July to 05 Aug 2018 on his first foreign visit after assuming office. The CAS will be meeting high ranking dignitaries of India and will visit important military installations at […]

About the ADB Data Library

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — The ADB Data Library is a platform that hosts publicly available data from the Asian Development Bank. Data is published according to open data standards (DCAT) which makes the datasets: Machine readable (e.g. by other data repositories, apps, visualization tools) Shareable Accessible through Application Program Interfaces (APIs) The […]

Graphic Health Warning in Bangladesh: Poor Implementation Puts the Poor at Risk

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Graphic Health Warning (GHW) warns tobacco users about the dangers they will face as a result of this addiction. GHWs have the potential to communicate risks of smoking up to 7000 times a year with smokers who consume a packet of cigarettes every day. In line with the World Health […]

Marines in AIT not leverage for Taiwan

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/29 22:43:41 The Liberty Times of Taiwan reported Sunday that Washington has informed senior officials of Taiwan’s “Ministry of National Defense” that the US will in September post Marines at the American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) new complex in Taipei. This has triggered collective follow-up reports by Taiwan media. The speculation that […]

Mobile App “Joy” Launched to Combat Violence against Women and Children

DHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — On Sunday July 29, 2018, “Joy”, a mobile app on receiving emergency support to combat violence against women and children, was launched at a ceremony jointly hosted by the Access to Information Program (a2i) Programme of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division and the Multi-Sectoral Program on Violence Against […]

Indonesia’s crude palm oil export edges down in H1

JAKARTA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — Shipment of Indonesia’s crude palm oil and its derivative products offshore drifted down in the first half of this year as demand dropped amid import tariffs, the industry association said here on Friday, reports Xinhua. Data from the country’s palm oil grower association showed that the cumulative exports of the […]

Outgoing Belgian Ambassador Jan Luykx calls on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs

DHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — Outgoing Belgian Ambassador Jan Luykx made his farewell call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. ShahriarAlam MP in his office in Foreign Office this afternoon. Ambassador Luykx was based in New Delhi, India with concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh as nonresident Ambassador. While expressing satisfaction by the Ambassador Luykxover […]