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Bangladesh elected vice-chair of Intergovernmental Council of IPDC

DHAKA, Nov. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has been elected Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The election took place in the opening session of the 29th IPDC Intergovernmental Council (IGC) in UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Thursday. Bangladesh previously was a member of the Council during […]

India hands dossier to Bangladesh on terror plots

DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — India has handed Bangladesh a list of 11 men suspected of plotting attacks including one targeting its prime minister, officials said on Wednesday, as the two countries tighten security cooperation against Islamist militants. Indian security officials uncovered the plot against Sheikh Hasina last month after two members of a banned […]

BRAC chairperson receives Trust Women 2014 Hero Award

DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — BRAC founder and chairperson, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG has been honoured with the Trust Women 2014 Hero Award. His innovative work through BRAC has helped to defend and advance women’s rights. The ceremony took place at the two-day-long Trust Women Conference in London on 18 November where the award […]

Bangladesh officials arrested on gold smuggling charges

DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Three senior officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with two others have been arrested on charge of smuggling gold through the country’s principal Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Biman’s flight scheduling department officials — Emdad Hossain, Captain Abu Mohammad Aslam Shaheed and Tozammel Hossain were arrested from Dhaka on Tuesday night, […]

The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change

CHARBHANGURA, Bangladesh — Each year the brown waters of the Gumani river swell during the summer monsoon, creeping over the surrounding fields to flood Charbhangura, a village of 2,500 people in the Pabna district of northwest Bangladesh. From July to October the waters can rise at least 10 feet. The trunks of trees more than […]

IFJ urges journalists to join campaign for justice against massacre of 32 Filipino journalists

Manila, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Tuesday announced a commemoration program for the 5th year anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre in the Philippines. In a statement, IFJ said it is joining its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) as they launch their week-long campaign to commemorate the […]

Bangladesh ranked 23rd in global terrorism index

London, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — At least 13 countries including Bangladesh are facing a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity. Bangladesh ranked 23rd among 162 nations in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). The countries which face a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity also include Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, […]

Boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants seized in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — A boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants has been seized in the Bay of Bengal near Saint Martin’s island in Teknaf, close to Bangladesh’s southeastern border with Myanmar. Bangladesh’s Navy intercepted the Myanmar flag carrying boat with 600 illegal migrants about 50 nautical miles southeast of Saint Martin’s Island in […]

BNP deputy chief summoned for calling Bangladesh founding president ‘Pakbandhu’

DHAKA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — A Dhaka court Monday summoned Tarique Rahman, deputy chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in connection with a case filed against him on charge of calling the country’s founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a “Pakbandhu (Friend of Pakistan)”. Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Rezaul Karim asked Tarique Rahman, also son of ex-Prime […]