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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 […]

Indian investigation agency team sits with Bangladesh officials

DHAKA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — A four-member Indian National Investigation Agency team which arrived in Dhaka on Monday afternoon on a two-day visit met Bangladesh’s Home Ministry officials and discussed bilateral security issues. The team led by NIA Director General Sharad Kumar, is visiting Dhaka more particularly to share information it had received from Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen […]

Indian National Investigation Agency Team Arrives Today

DHAKA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — In response to queries by the media on Burdwan blasts, the Spokesperson of the High Commission of India confirmed that a team led by Mr. Sharad Kumar, Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be visiting Bangladesh on November 17-18, 2014. They will hold meetings with relevant authorities of Bangladesh […]

Arrests follow Bangladesh professor murder

DHAKA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi police have arrested at least 20 people for questioning over the murder of a prominent university professor who was hacked to death, several years after he led a push to ban students wearing full-face veils. The victim, Shafiul Islam, was killed on Saturday near Rajshahi University in the west […]

Accidental grenade explosion kills 2 soldiers, wounds 4 in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — An accidental explosion of a grenade killed two soldiers of paramilitary Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in the country’s hill district Khagrachari on Sunday afternoon. Four soldiers were also seriously injured in the explosion during a training excercise in a cantonment in the southeastern Khagachari district, said a local police […]