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China’s rich want to send children abroad for education

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — An overwhelming majority of China’s richest people are planning to send their children abroad for education, the United States and the United Kingdom being their first choices, according to a Hurun Report on education. The report said that some 80 percent of the country’s rich people have plans to send […]

Ex-leader of Bangladesh ruling party sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) –A local leader of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 announced verdict Monday. The ICT-1 awarded Mobarak Hossain the capital punishment for killing 33 people in Brahmanbaria district, some 109 east of […]

Qulkhwani of former ICMAB president at Azad mosque

Dhaka, Nov 23 (NsNewsWire) — The qulkhwani of former ICMAB president late Zahir Uddin Ahmed will be held at Gulshan central mosque (Azad mosque) after Asr prayers tomorrow (Monday). All the relatives, colleagues and well wishers are requested to attend the qulkhwani to pray for his departed soul, said a press release. The son of […]

Nisha Biswal Travels to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Switzerland

Washington, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will travel to New Delhi, India for internal consultations and bilateral meetings. She will then travel to Kathmandu, Nepal where she will represent the United States as an observer state at the 18th Annual South Asian Association […]

English ‘soulmates’ die just 10 minutes apart after lifetime of love

London, Nov. 21 (NsNewsWire) — A devoted English couple died just 10 minutes apart after a 65-year romance that started in their teen years. In their final days, Harry and Mavis Stevenson had been living in St. Werburgh’s House Care Home in Derby because she had fallen ill and they could not stand being apart. […]

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, […]