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DHAKA, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — When Bangladeshi authorities last month released the names of 261 men who have gone missing from their families, in an attempt to find militants hidden in this country of 160 million people, at the very end of the list was “Jilani alias Abu Zidal”, reports reuters. He was not in […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The glorious history of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a long saga of a protracted war of the Chinese Army against imperialist and reactionary forces, said a former chief of Bangladesh Army. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on the occasion of the 89th anniversary of the establishment […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Donald Trump “unfit” to be U.S. president amid bipartisan outcry following the Republican presidential nominee’s feud with the family of a fallen U.S. Muslim soldier. “I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” said Obama here at a press conference, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Defense Ministry on Tuesday expressed strong opposition to Japan’s 2016 defense white paper, calling the annual document hostile to the Chinese military and deceptive to the international community. “The white paper issued on August 2, full of hackneyed expressions, distorts China’s justified and reasonable defense work, heightening issues in […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on Tuesday issued a regulation of judicial interpretation to clarify China’s jurisdiction over its territorial seas. The explanation provides clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order, marine safety and interests, and to exercise integrated management over the country’s jurisdictional seas, said an SPC […]
Read MoreBEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — Over three and a half years ago, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, announced his dream of building a strong army, an idea that has since been the basis of all work concerning military affairs. From combat capability to strengthened Party leadership and […]
Read MoreDhaka, July 27 (NsNewsWire) — “UNICEF Bangladesh expresses grave concerns on the recent incident of a 10 year old child being subjected to violence and killed in a heinous way at his work place in Narayangonj (central Bangladesh). This is a serious violation of child rights. UNICEF restates its apprehension of children being used as […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Access to Information (a2i)” program, an UNDP and USAID supported project having its office at the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Public Administration Award 2016’ for its innovative initiatives in leveraging ICTs in public service delivery. On behalf of a2i, its Director General Kabir Bin Anwar […]
Read MoreHafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to […]
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