Xi urges confidence in overcoming corruption

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China is gaining ground to overcome corruption, President Xi Jinping said at an anti-graft meeting on Tuesday, urging confidence in the campaign, reports Xinhua. “Party members should maintain confidence in the Communist Party of China [CPC] Central Committee’s anti-corruption volition, the campaign’s achievements, the positive energy it brings and the […]

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Naval Symposium kicks off in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire)– The fifth biennial assembly of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) kicked off in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid opened the assembly of IONS, which was established in 2008 as a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of littoral states of the […]

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Xi calls for advancing reforms in all sectors

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping called for advancing reforms in all sectors as China’s leading group for overall reform convened its 20th meeting on Monday, reports Xinhua. The meeting was also attended by Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist […]

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1st phase of Muslim congregation ends with prayer for world peace in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of thousands of devotees from Bangladesh and other countries swarmed into the main venue of the first phase of Biswa ljtema, the world Muslims’ second largest congregation in Bangladesh which ended Sunday afternoon amid the Akheri Munajat or concluding prayer. The devotees prayed to Allah for global peace, prosperity […]

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Jahangirnagar University plans four days of events to celebrate 45th anniversary

by Sharmin Rahman DHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) —  The country’s leading Jahangirnagar University considered kingdom of natural beauty  is all set celebrate its 45th founding anniversary amid pomp and dcor with participation of thousands of current and former students. As part of marking the anniversary,  which falls on Jan. 12,  the university authority has already […]

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US launches new centre for counter-violent-extremist communications

DHAKA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The US State Department is revamping its counter-violent-extremist communications efforts through a new Global Engagement Center. According to a State Department press release received here Saturday, Michael D Lumpkin was appointed by the State Department to lead this new effort as the Director of the new Global Engagement Center. The global […]

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Ijtema begins with religiius sermons

DHAKA, Jan.8 (NsNewsWire) — The first phase of Ijtema began Friday with religious sermons for millions of devotees from home and abroad.The grand prayer at the congrgation called Biswa Ijtema on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi will be held on Sunday, seeking divine blessings and welfare of all mankind.

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Bangladesh Jamaat enforces nationwide strike over party chief’s death penalty

DHAKA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party enforced a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike Thursday in protest of an apex court verdict that upheld death penalty for its chief for 1971 war crimes. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, in a press release published on its website on Wednesday, made the announcement of the dawn-to-dusk strike starting from […]

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JU teachers stage sit-in, threaten indefinite work abstention for better pay

By Sharmin Rahman Savar, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Jahangirnagar University (JU) teachers have staged a two-hour work abstention in protest against anomalies in the 8th national pay scale. They also staged a sit-in program in front of the university’s New Arts building demanding immediate revision of the pay scale in line with the assurance made […]

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