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Bangladesh offers cash money to improve maternal, child health

DHAKA, March 24 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh will offer cash money to improve health of expectant mothers and under-five children in the country’s poverty prone districts. To bolster its efforts to improve maternal and child health in the seven northern Bangladesh districts which suffer from Monga, seasonal famine, the country’s Ministry of Health has signed an […]

9 people burnt ahead of Bangladesh opposition’s fresh strike

DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) — At least nine people sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh before an opposition-called strike, police said on Sunday. A police officer, who declined to be unnamed, said miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the truck in Magura district in southwestern Bangladesh, leaving nine people, including its […]

Google doodle celebrates India-Bangladesh World Cup quarterfinal

The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background. Google released a doodle on the eve of the India-Bangladesh Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match at Melbourne. The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background with the caption, “It’s India v […]

Bangladesh’s Third Gender

DHAKA, March 19 (NsNewsWire) — Shahria Sharmin had gone to her husband’s factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, looking to tell a positive story about the garment industry, one that would offset negative public perceptions. What she found, instead, was an even more challenging topic: the lives of five hijras, the local term for the culture of […]

Bangladesh opposition alliance extends nationwide strike

DHAKA, March 18 (NsNewsWire) — Ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia’s 20- party opposition alliance announced on Tuesday an extension of its ongoing 72-hour nationwide strike in Bangladesh till Friday morning, demanding the safe return of a spokesman. Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) spokesman Barkat Ullah Bulu made the announcement at a press release, demanding necessary […]

Turkey sends teenagers back to UK after Syria attempt

London, March (NsNewsWire) — Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey have been flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard has said. Two boys aged 17 from north-west London and a man aged 19 were returned to the UK on Saturday night, the Met said, reports BBC. They were […]

Huawei Opens Its First Global Aesthetics Research Center in Paris

DHAKA, Bangladesh, MARC 15 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei has opened its first global research center focused on innovation in aesthetics and design, part of the $600 million investment plan in France in the coming 5 years. The Paris Aesthetics Research Center will bring creative ideas in color and style to Huawei products, integrating innovative technologies with […]

Indian Visa Helplines

Indian Visa Helplines Following Helplines are available for Indian visa applicants at Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) in Bangladesh. IVAC, GULSHAN, DHAKA “Lake View” House # 12, Road # 137, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212 Phone : 00-88-02-9893006, 8833632 Email : info@ivacbd.com Cell : 01713389499 IVAC, DHANMONDI, DHAKA House # 2, Road # 24, Dhanmondi , […]

Bangladesh opposition calls 72-hour strike

DHAKA, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance has called another round of nationwide strike from Sunday morning. The announcement of fresh strike came shortly after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled any possibility of holding talks with opposition parties about a fresh election,reports Xinhua. Demanding fresh election, the opposition alliance had observed a series […]