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International Labour Organization (ILO) Assistant Director General and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific visits Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific arrived in Dhaka Sunday 19 April, ahead of the second-year Rana Plaza commemoration. She is due to meet with the Hon’ble State Minister Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Minister for Labour and Employment as well as Hon’ble Minister […]

Chinese president arrives in Islamabad for state visit

ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Monday for his first state visit to Pakistan, a South Asian neighbor that Beijing has long described as an “iron friend.” Xi’s trip is expected to focus on strengthening bilateral ties and advancing the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a planned network of […]

Medical App From Burlington Debuts in Bangladesh

A medical mobile app designed to save the lives of children with potentially life-threatening medical conditions has begun its first phase of field testing, in Bangladesh, and is already showing very encouraging results, reports http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/04/14/medical-app-from-burlington-debuts-in-bangladesh. As Seven Days reported in its March 4 story, “Pocket Pediatrics: A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids’ Lives,” pediatricians […]

Thousands join campaign to stop 11-year-old and his mother from being sent back to Bangladesh after little brother’s death following lengthy cancer battle

Thousands of people have launched a campaign to stop an 11-year-old boy being deported to Bangladesh weeks after his little brother died following a long battle with cancer, reports mailonline. Maarij Khan and his mother Mushammat are set to be removed from their home in Newcastle after the Home Office turned down their bid to […]

Bangladesh has a plan to stop 18,000 kids from drowning every year

DHAKA, April 15 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is determined to stop a public health epidemic that kills 18,000 children every year: drowning. In Bangladesh, drowning is the leading cause of death for children aged one to 17, and causes 43% of deaths for kids between the ages of one and four—more than measles, cholera, diarrhea and pneumonia combined, reports http://qz.com/383205/bangladesh-has-a-plan-to-stop-18000-kids-from-drowning-every-year/. […]

Tens of thousands join procession to usher in Bengali New Year

DHAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) — Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi people wearing masks and traditional dress Tuesday morning joined the colorful Mangal Shobha Jatra procession in the capital Dhaka to welcome the Bengali New Year with good spirits. They carried large symbolic figures of a fish, a horse, a tiger and an elephant all made […]

Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman convicted of war crimes

Bangladesh on Saturday night executed Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, an Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes, which is the second execution for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The death sentence of the war crimes accused Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed days after an Appellate […]

At least 24 killed, 22 injured in road accident in central Bangladesh

By Jasim Katabi DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — At least 24 people were killed and more than 22 others injured when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Bangladesh’s central Faridpur district, some 101 km away of capital Dhaka, early Thursday. “The passenger bus fell into a road side […]

Bangladesh select rookie Talukdar for Pakistan series

DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh have named uncapped opening batsman Rony Talukdar in a 14-man squad for their one-day series against Pakistan next week. Talukdar, who has been named in the party for two of the three ODIs, top-scored in the Dhaka Premier League with 714 runs at an average of 51. He replaces […]