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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, […]

Xi urges study, implementation of CPC congress spirit

EIJING, Oct. 30 (NsNewWire) — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has said that the study and implementation of the “spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress” is the “primary political task” for the Party and country from now on, reports Xinhua. Xi made the remarks while presiding […]

Malnutrition among Rohingya child refugees

GENEVA, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — We are working to get a clear understanding on the extent of acute malnutrition among Rohingya child refugees and a nutrition survey is underway which will give us this data in November. What we already know is that the combination of malnutrition, sanitary conditions, and disease in the refugee settlements, is […]

Chinese association holds HR cooperation fair in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — The Overseas Chinese Association in Bangladesh (OCAB) on Saturday organized a fair in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka aimed at building a longtime human resource (HR) partnership between Chinese companies in Bangladesh and local universities. Hundreds of students, teachers and HR personnel from 14 institutions of 11 leading Bangladeshi universities, including Dhaka […]

China-funded PPD secretariat building in Bangladesh ready to open

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The permanent secretariat building of the Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is ready to open, officials have said here. PPD, a global inter-governmental organization of 26 developing countries, is with deep commitment to promote the south-south cooperation. China has contributed 2.2 million U.S. dollars to the 2.5-million-USD PPD secretariat […]

Bangladesh suffers slow Internet for 1st submarine cable repairs

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is experiencing slow Internet as the country’s first undersea cable, SEA-ME-WE-4, has been shut down Tuesday afternoon for repairs, an official said, reports Xinhua. The official of the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) told Xinhua that Internet users in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country would likely […]

Bangladesh approves China-funded elevated expressway project

DHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body has approved a China-funded elevated expressway project. The project was approved at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. After the ECNEC meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters that the […]

IFRC Secretary General visits Cox’s Bazar

Geneva/Cox’s Bazar, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Elhadj As Sy, arrives tomorrow in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where Red Cross and Red Crescent operations are continuing to build in the face of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Mr. Sy will […]