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Bangladesh launches nationwide helpline for vulnerable children

DHAKA, Oct. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has launched nationwide coverage of the country’s first toll-free “Child Helpline-1098” to provide a free telephone service to children who are facing violence, abuse and exploitation, reports Xinhua. The Child Helpline “1098” enables anyone to report child rights violations, child abuse, exploitation or any other act of disruption to […]

Bangladesh economy records 7.11 pct growth in 2015-16 fiscal year

DHAKA, Oct. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh economy grew at a faster-than-expected 7.05 percent in the last 2015-16 fiscal year (July 2015-June 2016) helped by stronger industrial performance, reports Xinhua. “Bangladesh economy grew by 7.11 percent in the previous financial year,” Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told the press in Dhaka on Tuesday. According to the […]

Political Consultations between Bangladesh and Greece held in Dhaka

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Political Consultation between Bangladesh and Greece was held on 23 October at the State Guest House Meghna. Bangladesh side was led by Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque and Greek side was led by Ambassador Dimitrios Paraskevopoulous (w`wgwÎI cvivm‡K‡fvcyjk), Secretary General (Foreign Secretary) of the Hellenic Republic (Greece). The second political Consultations […]

More international support for Bangladesh’s midwives

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Midwives are the heartbeat of maternal and newborn health, Honourable State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mr. Zahid Maleque said at a workshop opened today. He also said “We are looking into how midwifery in Bangladesh can be improved to make sure mothers and babies receive the professional care […]

England beat Bangladesh by 22 runs on final day of first Test – as it happened

In a match like this, there should really be three people on the podium. Gold would go to Stokes, of course; silver to Sabbir Rahman, who made a magnificent game of it on his Test debut, and bronze to Jonny Bairstow, who scored 47 and 52 and took some superb catches behind the stumps in […]

US becoming nothing more than troublemaker: Global Times

The US military revealed to Reuters that its guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur on Friday conducted a so-called freedom of navigation mission in the South China Sea. The US military mentioned China’s Yongxing and Zhongjian islands, and said the Chinese mainland, the island of Taiwan and Vietnam all claim ownership of the Xisha Islands. It said […]

Development partners join hands to produce competent midwives in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sunday signed a grant agreement for a program titled “Strengthening the National Midwifery Programme (SNMP)” in Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. The UK grant, through UNFPA, will support the Bangladeshi Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to produce […]

Xinhua Insight: 80 years on, Long March legacy inspires China in transition

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — Zhang Xiaoping would have named his second child Changzheng (Long March) if she had been a boy. While some 3,000 people gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Long March victory in Beijing on Friday, Zhang was celebrating the first birthday of his second daughter in Yudu County in […]

Bangladesh says dead militant headed group behind cafe attack

By Ruma Paul | DHAKA A militant who died in a raid in Bangladesh this month was identified as the head of a militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, security officials said on Friday, reports Reuters. Abdur Rahman leapt to his death from a five-story […]