SEEDSTARS WORLD LOOKING FOR THE MOST PROMISING TECH STARTUP

DHAKA, Sept. 19 (NsNewsWire) — On September 23rd, 2017, 8 of Bangladesh’s best seed stage startups will compete in a pitching event powered by GP Accelerator to represent Bangladesh at the Seedstars Regional and Global Summits and win up to USD 1 million in equity investments. (Dhaka, 19th September 2017) Seedstars Dhaka, part of Seedstars […]

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40 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (NsNewsWire) — New research developed jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO)1  and the Walk Free Foundation2 , in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)3 , has revealed the true scale of modern slavery around the world. The data, released during the United Nations General Assembly, shows that more than 40 million […]

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At least 10,000 Bangladesh hardliners rally for Rohingya

DHAKA, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh police braced Monday as more than 10,000 Islamist hardliners marched on the Myanmar embassy to protest against the violence driving the Rohingya Muslim minority out of the Buddhist-majority nation, reports AFP. A huge crowd of demonstrators in white robes chanting “God is great” assembled outside Bangladesh’s largest mosque ahead […]

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Brisbane airport gets on board

Gold Coast: Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Brisbane Airport will be hub of activity during GC2018 with over 20,000 athlete bags, more than 500 bike travel cases and the Queen’s Baton which will arrive on Christmas Eve, just 100 days before the Games begin. With prized cargo checking in at the terminal, it’s only fitting that […]

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Baton arrives just in time for Christmas

Gold Coast, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The Queen’s Baton will arrive on home soil just in time for Christmas, landing at Brisbane Airport on December 24, 100-days before the Games. Already 188 days into its 288-day international journey, the Baton is currently in Europe having already navigated its way through Africa, island-hopped the Caribbean and […]

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IPU concerned about the flawed justice in Mongolian MP’s assassination case

Geneva, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — A delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians has expressed deep concern about the flawed justice, torture and intimidation in the investigation of the 1998 assassination of the parliamentarian and Minister of Infrastructure Zorig Sanjasuuren. Sanjasuuren is regarded by many as the leader of […]

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ICC declines to protect Stateless Rohingya from Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

DHAKA, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) in a statement Sunday said, “We the undersigned organisations would like to stress that, with the initiative of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), the Rohingya Intellectual Community Association of Australia filed through their Counsel, a communication with the International Criminal Court (“the ICC”) in […]

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Bangladesh: UNHCR emergency airlift lands in Dhaka as Rakhine crisis deepens

DHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A major UNHCR airlift with emergency relief supplies for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is today under way, with the first flight having landed in Dhaka just before 04:30 this morning. A UNHCR-chartered Boeing 777 flew in with 91 metric tonnes of aid, including much needed shelter materials, jerry cans, blankets, […]

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