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Bangladesh’s conjoined twins to undergo separation surgery: doctor

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — A pair of Bangladeshi conjoined twins will undergo operation to separate them on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. The conjoined twins Tofa and Tohura are united back to back along their spinal columns. They are currently at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh’s biggest public hospital, which set up a team of […]

Unnayan Onneshan (UO): private sector credit growth unlikely to boost investment

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its rapid assessment of recently announced monetary policy statement for the first half of the FY 2017-2018 cautions that targeted private sector credit growth may fail to boost private investment in absence of a business enabling environment. Rising food inflation may […]

Rain, run-down roads cause for Dhaka dwellers’ grave concer

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire)– Distance between Kuril-Purbachal link road near Dhaka‘s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Tarabo, an area on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital city is 32 km, reports Xinhua. It takes usually about one hour for a passenger bus service to reach Tarabo from Kuril-Purbachal. The one-hour trip also includes the time […]

India removes entry/exit restrictions on visas issued to Bangladesh nationals

DHAKA, July 25 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian authority has removed entry/ exit restrictions on visas issued to Bangladesh nationals. By removal of this restriction, now, any Bangladesh national having Indian visa with name of entry/exit point (i.e. by air/ by road) will be able to enter to/ exit from India through any of the 24 […]

UN expert accuses Myanmar of acting like military govt

United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has accused the government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation. Lee, ending a 12-day visit to the country, listed a catalogue of concerns including reports of killings, torture, the use of human shields by […]

Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to return home under royal amnesty: Saudi Gazette

Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshis are eager to return home from Saudi Arabia as the amnesty by the Kingdom ends Monday, according to the Saudi Gazette. Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to go back home, the Saudi Gazette reports citing Bangladesh diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Saudi government launched a 90-day amnesty earlier this year and extended it for another 30 […]

Addiction and intrigue – Inside the Saudi palace coup

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca, reports reuters. There, according to a source close to […]

Top Chinese political advisor urges concerted efforts to boost private economy

BEIJING, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng Tuesday called for the building of better government-business relations to boost the country’s private economy, reports Xinhua. Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks while presiding over a symposium on private economy in Beijing. The […]

Patients swamp hospitals in Bangladesh amid mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus epidemic

by Naim-Ul-Karim Throngs of people with Chikungunya fever symptoms have been queuing up for doctors’ advice in Bangladesh’s top Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the capital city of Dhaka in recent days. Such was the overflow, that many of those who suspected they had the fever flocked to a help desk for the viral […]