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Chinese president visits Mosque to win hearts and minds among Muslim community

The president hoped religious people to play a positive role in promotion of development while carrying on and forwarding the traditions of loving their country and religions. The imams and Muslims at the mosque agreed to continue contributing toward a harmonious environment for social progress. Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4fa_1469070351#sVu7cVTSlGh4vfWa.99

a2i honored with Bangladesh’s prestigious “Public Administration Award 2016”

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Access to Information (a2i)” program, an UNDP and USAID supported project having its office at the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Public Administration Award 2016’ for its innovative initiatives in leveraging ICTs in public service delivery. On behalf of a2i, its Director General Kabir Bin Anwar […]

India expels three Chinese correspondents for un-journalistic activities

India has expelled three journalists of the Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, by refusing to renew their visas to work in the country, a move that could worsen the already strained relations between the two countries, reports http://www.hindustantimes.com. The three journalists have been ordered to leave India by July 31. Journalists Wu Qiang and Lu […]

Bangladeshi ex-PM’s son sentenced to 7 years in money laundering case

DHAKA, July 20 (Xinhua) — A High Court Division Bench in Bangladesh has awarded former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman a sentence of seven years in jail after scrapping a lower court order that had acquitted him in the money laundering case. The High Court division bench also upheld the previous lower […]

Renowned cardiologist Dr. M Akhteruzzaman passed away

Dhaka, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — Renowned cardiologist and former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICBD) Professor Dr. M Akhteruzzaman passed away Tuesday at Metropolitan Medical Center (MMC). He was 74. He left behind his wife, 3 daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives to mourn his death. His namaz-e-janaza will be held at […]

UNICEF to work closely with Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights

Dhaka, Tuesday, 19 July 2016: UNICEF has formally joined forces with the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights to better protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the most vulnerable. Children constitute 40 per cent of the country’s population, but hardly have any say in articulating the laws that are supposed to protect and […]

Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner calls on Shahriar Alam

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — Departing Pakistan High Commissioner Shuja Alam, paid a farewell call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. During the call on, the Pakistan High Commissioner deeply appreciated Bangladesh’s socio-economic development and the warmth and hospitality of the people of […]

Development For Deprived Mother and Children distributes Eid clothes among 200 disadvantaged people

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — Development For Deprived Mother and Children, a non-profit local development organization, has distributed Eid clothes among over 200 disadvantaged people The Eid clothes distribution ceremony was held on a house premises on July 4 in capital Dhaka. Fatimah Rahman, chairman of Development For Deprived Mother and Children, among others, were […]

Three sentenced to death, five life in prison for Bangladesh 1971 war crimes

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced three persons including several Islamist party leaders to death on Monday and five others life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971, reports Xinhua. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, led by its Chairman Justice Shahinur Islam found Ashraf […]