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DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s apex court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for one person and life terms for three others in the murder case of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali, reports Xinhua. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, who is carrying out the […]
Read MoreNay Py Taw, Oct. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Myanmar issued on Tuesday. “At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, the Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, U Kyaw Tint Swe visited Dhaka, Bangladesh from […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 19 (NsNewsWire) — On September 23rd, 2017, 8 of Bangladesh’s best seed stage startups will compete in a pitching event powered by GP Accelerator to represent Bangladesh at the Seedstars Regional and Global Summits and win up to USD 1 million in equity investments. (Dhaka, 19th September 2017) Seedstars Dhaka, part of Seedstars […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, Sept. 19 (NsNewsWire) — New research developed jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO)1 and the Walk Free Foundation2 , in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)3 , has revealed the true scale of modern slavery around the world. The data, released during the United Nations General Assembly, shows that more than 40 million […]
Read MoreMichelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday about Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country from Myanmar, but she expects no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees. As Trump left an event he hosted at […]
Read MoreGold Coast, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The Queen’s Baton will arrive on home soil just in time for Christmas, landing at Brisbane Airport on December 24, 100-days before the Games. Already 188 days into its 288-day international journey, the Baton is currently in Europe having already navigated its way through Africa, island-hopped the Caribbean and […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2017/8/30 0:03:39 India withdrew its troops to its own territory along the China-India border on Monday. The next day, it announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China in early September. Both China and India have indicated that they intend to leave the Doklam border […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2017/8/26 0:03:39 Following US sanctions on Chinese and Russian companies and individuals on August 22, the Japanese Cabinet on Friday passed unilateral sanctions, adding four Chinese companies and a Chinese individual to the list. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to Japan’s move. Though Japan’s sanctions […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 6 (NsNewsWire)– Rows of Chinese bonsai trees planted recently along a major road in Bangladesh capital Dhaka now have produced greenish new leaves, giving the city an exquisite look, reports Xinhua. The major Dhaka road just outside the country’s main Hazrat Shahjala Airport got a huge facelift with the plantation of the trees […]
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