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BANGLADESHI PEACEKEEPERS HELP BRING PEACE AND SENSE OF NORMALCY TO WAR AFFECTED CIVILIANS IN SOUTH SUDAN

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewWire) — In late October, a unit of Bangladeshi peacekeepers spearheaded an integrated UN patrol in the northwestern part of South Sudan to assess the situation on the ground and to talk to civilians who had been affected by conflict in the region. The Bangladeshi peacekeepers were joined on the patrol by […]

alnutrition rates among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh appear to be at least double earlier estimates

GENEVA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today. “The Rohingya children in the […]

Spotlight: Bangladeshi experts eye greater role for APEC in combating climate change, food security

by Naim-Ul-Karim The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should make more positive contributions in combating climate change and food security specially this year as the focus of the current U.S. administration is shifting, Bangladesh environmental watchers have noted, reports Xinhua. They stressed that 21 APEC economies, which account for approximately 60 percent of world energy consumption, […]

2 dead in shooting inside Colorado Walmart

At least two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting inside a Walmart store in suburban Denver on Wednesday, US police said, reports Reuters. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible for the gunfire. In a Twitter post about 90 […]

GC2018 Gala set to have X Factor appeal

Gold Coast, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — She’ll carry the Queen’s Baton in April next year, but singer-songwriter Dami Im’s Games journey will start this Saturday night when she performs at the GC2018 Charity Gala and Medal reveal. The 2013 X Factor winner and Australia’s entrant in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will take to the […]

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine

Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited areas hit by conflict in the western state of Rakhine on Thursday for the first time since attacks by militants from the Rohingya Muslim minority two months ago sparked a refugee crisis, reports reuters. A Reuters reporter saw Suu Kyi board a military helicopter at Sittwe, […]

Bangladesh’s apex court upholds death sentence for one, life terms for three in Saudi diplomat murder trial

DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s apex court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for one person and life terms for three others in the murder case of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali, reports Xinhua. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, who is carrying out the […]

Pilot among 4 arrested for “plane sabotage plot”

DHAKA, Nov. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four people including a pilot on charges of plotting sabotage with aircraft, reports Xinhua. RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the arrest of the militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Tuesday at a press briefing. He said […]

UNESCO recognizes Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibu’s historic 7th March speech

DHAKA, Oct. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The historic 7th March speech of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been included in the Memory of the World International Register, a list of world’s important documentary heritage maintained by UNESCO. The Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, announced the decision on 30 October2017, […]