DHAKA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people were crushed to death and over 50 others injured on Monday after a stampede occurred during a funeral rite of a political leader in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong city. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Iqbal Bahar confirmed the death of 10 people during the tragedy. He said […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved an additional $245 million to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of major safety net programs in Bangladesh. To support the poor and vulnerable, the government implements a number of safety net programs. The financing to the ongoing Safety Net Systems for the Poorest Project […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — Customs officials at Bangladesh’s main airport in Dhaka seized 74 gold bars weighing about 8 kg, from three passengers landed here by a local Regent Airways flight from Thailand, an official said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the customs official who declined to be unnamed, told Xinhua that they detained […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The Keel Laying Ceremony of 5 floating hospital ships was held on 17 th December, Sunday at Ispahanir Char, Gozaria, Munshiganj. For the first time in the history of Bangladesh a fully dedicated floating hospital ship is being designed and constructed by naval architects and shipbuilding engineers exclusively from Bangladesh. […]

  The top UN human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to a television interview to be shown on Monday, Reports Reuters. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Bangladesh, the global leader in electronics, has recently launched a brand ambassador program named ‘Samsung Edge Bangladesh’ in which young individuals from different universities participated and will get the chance to experience Samsung Bangladesh in Mobile, Consumer Electronics and customer care divisions . The selected students will get a […]