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DHAKA, May 12 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali would be paying a bilateral visit to Bhutan from 12-14 May at the invitation from the Bhutanese Foreign Minister. During the visit, the Foreign Minister would have bilateral talks with his Bhutanese counterpart. He is also expected to pay courtesy calls on His Majesty […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh on Wednesday executed Islamist party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, convicted of war crimes in 1971 during the country’s war of independence, reports Xinhua. The Bangladesh authorities Tuesday night ordered to execute death row war criminal Nizami as the Islamist party chief chose not to seek presidential pardon. Home Minister […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Since 2013, Bangladesh has witnessed a series of brutal killings of secular intellectuals by religious militants. As assailants have targeted an increasingly diverse set of people — from bloggers to academics and publishers, to gay rights activists and religious minorities — people have begun to look critically at the different […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Robi, as part of its Corporate Responsibility initiative has observed ‘World Thalassemia Day’ on May 8, 2016 by organizing a blood donation camp and awareness session on Thalassemia at its corporate office. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes excessive destruction of red blood cells, leading to anemia. In […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — Indian bard Rabindranath Tagore will soon have more readers in China, where his works have been part of middle-school curriculum for decades, than in his home country, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu was quoted as saying by Indian daily DNA India. “We will soon have more Tagore […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim, Liu Chuntao, DHAKA, May 6 (Xinhua) — China has made immense contributions to Bangladesh’s efforts to meet its development goals with a key focus on building economic independence for the country, said an influential member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Cabinet. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Tuesday in Bangladeshi’s capital Dhaka, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 08 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh Sunday launched implementation of $100 million additional financing provided by the World Bank to strengthen technical and vocational education in the country. The World Bank’s additional financing will provide 420,000 poor students with the skills to find better jobs in the local and overseas job markets. […]
Read MoreBy Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court has upheld its previous verdict on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer (president) Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971, meaning that the country’s largest Islamist party chief now only has the option of seeking the president’s mercy to stall […]
Read MoreNaim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 4 (Xinhua) — Just a few days ago rickshaw puller Kawsar Islam was a chain smoker but once the health risks of smoking became crystal clear to him recently he drastically cut down the number of cigarettes he smokes a day. He is now seriously planning to kick his smoking addiction for […]
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