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DHAKA, Oct. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has launched nationwide coverage of the country’s first toll-free “Child Helpline-1098” to provide a free telephone service to children who are facing violence, abuse and exploitation, reports Xinhua. The Child Helpline “1098” enables anyone to report child rights violations, child abuse, exploitation or any other act of disruption to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh economy grew at a faster-than-expected 7.05 percent in the last 2015-16 fiscal year (July 2015-June 2016) helped by stronger industrial performance, reports Xinhua. “Bangladesh economy grew by 7.11 percent in the previous financial year,” Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told the press in Dhaka on Tuesday. According to the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The Chinese yuan continued to weaken on Tuesday, with the fix breaking its six-year low against the U.S. dollar for a third trading day. The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 54 basis points to 6.7744 against the U.S. dollar, according to the China […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before their 85th birthday, a new report has found. While survival rates among Australian women with breast cancer were the highest in the world, evidence have shown that Aussie women were still not receiving the most appropriate care when […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected her ruling Bangladesh Awami League or AL party president for the eighth consecutive time, reports Xinhua. Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has been elected the new general secretary of the party. Quader replaced Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam who […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — Zhang Xiaoping would have named his second child Changzheng (Long March) if she had been a boy. While some 3,000 people gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Long March victory in Beijing on Friday, Zhang was celebrating the first birthday of his second daughter in Yudu County in […]
Read MoreBy Ruma Paul | DHAKA A militant who died in a raid in Bangladesh this month was identified as the head of a militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, security officials said on Friday, reports Reuters. Abdur Rahman leapt to his death from a five-story […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister (PM), Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Digital Training Bus project for Sustainable Women Development through ICT. The hon’ble PM inaugurated the project right after inaugurating the three day long ICT event Digital World 2016 at the International Convention City, Basundhara. ICT Division of the Ministry of Posts & […]
Read MoreThe competition to develop much-needed modern port facilities in Bangladesh has intensified following the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the South Asian country, reports www.joc.com. Despite the clear need for a new port, and plenty of commercial incentives to build one, projects have been slow to materialize, as China, Japan, and India […]
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