Indian Air Force Hands Over 1971 Dakota Aircraft

DHAKA, Feb. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Air Marshal S.B. Deo, AVSM, VM, VSM, AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF), formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft, which has been installed at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Museum, Tejgaon on 16 February 2015 at an impressive ceremony.  This Dakota aircraft took part in the para […]

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China’s Silk Road Fund starts operation

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — A Silk Road Fund designed to finance the China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiatives is now active, the central bank said in a statement Monday. “The priority [of The Silk Road Fund Co. Ltd] is to seek investment opportunities and provide monetary services throughout the Belt and Road Initiatives,” according to […]

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BNP calls another 72-hour strike

DHAKA, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called another 72-hour  nationwide strike form Sunday morning. BNP Spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement of latest strike through a press release on Saturday. Salauddin Ahmed, a BNP joint secretary general, said the 72-hour strike will start at 6:00 a.m. local time Sunday and will […]

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Narendra Modi makes phone call to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Narendra Damodardas Modi has made a phone call to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Both Modi and Hasina talked over phone on Friday morning, sources. But the sources could not tell immediately what they discussed during the phone talks

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Bangladesh on the Brink

By The New York Times EDITORIAL BOARD Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark […]

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Bangladeshi job seekers rush to land jobs in Saudi Arabia

by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Everybody seems to be in a mad rush to have their names registered with the relevant authorities to try and secure jobs in Saudi Arabia. Unemployed and in a dire need of employment, job seekers braved opposition enforced strikes and non-stop blockades to travel […]

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Bangladesh opposition points finger at ruling party men for bomb attacks

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh opposition has pointed finger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party men for carrying out petrol bomb attacks. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) Spokesman Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement on Thursday said this is nothing but a trick of AL to […]

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UN Concerned Over Bangadesh Violence

New York, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has said the Secretary‑General is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh, as you know, is a critical partner of the United Nations in many areas. And obviously, I think, as we’ve said here a […]

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