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World Bank Support to Improve Weather Forecasting, College Education in Bangladesh

WASHINGTON, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank on June 3, 2016 approved $213 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve weather and climate information services and to strengthen college education provided through affiliates of the National University. The $113 million Weather and Climate Services Regional Project will help Bangladesh provide reliable weather, water […]

Indo-Bangladesh border to be sealed on war footing: Sarbananda Sonowal

GUWAHATI, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — With Union Home minister, Rajnath Singh stating the Indo-Bangladesh border will be sealed, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure sealing of border on a war footing, reports The Economic Times. Chairing a high level meeting with the top brass of the BSF led […]

China-U.S. relations shouldn’t be hijacked by South China Sea issue: Chinese ambassador

WASHINGTON, June 2 (NsNewsWire) — The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In an opinion piece published on bloomberg.com, Cui pointed out that China and the U.S. share important […]

Brothers found guilty of 1971 war crimes in Bangladesh, one sentenced to death,two life in prison

DHAKA, June 1 (Xinhua) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced one man to death on Wednesday and two others life in prison for their crimes committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, found three brothers guilty of all the four charges […]

6 Bangladesh militants awarded death sentence in deadly bank robbery

DHAKA, May 31 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh capital Dhaka awarded on Tuesday death sentence to six militants, affiliated with the banned outfits Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team, for staging a bank robbery last year in which at least eight people including a banker were killed. The court found nine militants […]

10 dead in Bangladesh’s local government polls violence

DHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — Violence surrounding the 5th phase polls of Bangladesh’s lowest tier of local government have left at least 10 dead as of Saturday night, reports Xinhua. Stray incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, explosion of hand bombs, chase and counter-chase and firing were reported in many of the 720 unions that went […]

Six Bangladeshis charged with financing terrorism in Singapore

SINGAPORE, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Six Bangladeshis were charged with financing terrorism in Singapore on Friday, the first to be prosecuted under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA) in the city state, reports Xinhua. According to a statement from the Singapore Police, these six radicalized Bangladeshi nationals — Rahman Mizanur, Mamun Leakot Ali, Miah […]

World Bank Group Launches Groundbreaking Financing Facility to Protect Poorest Countries against Pandemics

SENDAI, Japan, May 24 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank Group today launched the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), an innovative, fast-disbursing global financing mechanism designed to protect the world against deadly pandemics, which will create the first-ever insurance market for pandemic risk. Japan, which holds the G7 Presidency, committed the first $50 million in funding […]

SWIFT to unveil new security plan in the wake of Bangladesh heist

The SWIFT secure messaging service that underpins international banking says it plans to launch a new security program as it fights to rebuild its reputation in the wake of the Bangladesh Bank heist, reports http://www.zdnet.com. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication’s (SWIFT) chief executive, Gottfried Leibbrandt, is expected to tell a financial services conference […]