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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 […]

Chinese premier arrives in Mongolia for official visit, Asia-Europe summit

ULAN BATOR, (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Mongolia and the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. This is Li’s first trip to the landlocked Asian country since he took office as Chinese premier in 2013, and the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the country […]

Bangladesh got elected as President of the Assembly in the 22nd Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority

DHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) —Bangladesh has been elected President of the Assembly of the 168-member International Seabed Authority (ISA). It is a remarkable achievement and honor for Bangladesh to be the President of the Assembly which is the supreme organ of the ISA. ISA was established in 1994 pursuant to the United Nations Convention on […]

No reason for China to accept South China Sea arbitration award: Bangladeshi experts

DHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) — There is no reason for China to accept the award of an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the request of the Philippines, Bangladeshi experts said here Tuesday, reports Xinhua. The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government […]

Raymen distributes Eid clothes among school going street children

DHAKA, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — The World Raymen, a consortium for peace-keeping and voluntary aids, has distributed Eid clothes among over 100 school going street children like previous years. The main distribution ceremony was held on the Shishu Academy premises on July 3 evening. Journalist Naim-Ul-Karim, chief raymen (president), Safiul Azam,ACMA, secretary general, Engineer Rupom […]

Bangladesh decides to ban India-based Islamic preacher’s Peace TV

DHAKA, July 10 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV which is a Mumbai-based TV channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation. “We’ve decided to stop airing the channel across the country,” said Amir Hossain Amu, Industries Minister, after attending a cabinet committee meeting on Sunday. […]

The Significance of Lailatul Qadr

by Safiul Azam * Lailatul Qadr is most commonly known as Shab-e-Qadr, the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is one of the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan and is better than thousands months […]

PM inaugurates construction work metro rail service

DHAKA, June 26 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday inaugurated construction work of the 2.5 billion US dollars metro rail service project. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing 165.95 billion taka of the 220 billion taka project covering a distance of 20km. Through a video conference from a function in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu […]

World Bank Increases Support for Health Sector in Bangladesh

Dhaka, June 26 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank approved $150 million in additional financing to help strengthen Bangladesh’s health systems and improve health services, particularly for the poor. This additional financing to the Health Sector Development Program will continue support to implement the government’s Health Sector-wide Program. The support will help the government address health […]