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Naval Symposium kicks off in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire)– The fifth biennial assembly of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) kicked off in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid opened the assembly of IONS, which was established in 2008 as a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of littoral states of the […]

Xi calls for advancing reforms in all sectors

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping called for advancing reforms in all sectors as China’s leading group for overall reform convened its 20th meeting on Monday, reports Xinhua. The meeting was also attended by Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist […]

Tripura’s Palatana to supply power to Bangladesh at Rs. 5.50/unit

AGARTALA: The price of 100 MW power to be exported to Bangladesh from Tripura’s Palatana power station has been fixed through signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh. As per the decision, the cost for the power is Rs. 5.50 per unit. If everything goes right, export of the 100 MW […]

1st phase of Muslim congregation ends with prayer for world peace in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of thousands of devotees from Bangladesh and other countries swarmed into the main venue of the first phase of Biswa ljtema, the world Muslims’ second largest congregation in Bangladesh which ended Sunday afternoon amid the Akheri Munajat or concluding prayer. The devotees prayed to Allah for global peace, prosperity […]

Chinese top leaders to attend AIIB opening activities

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will attend activities marking the opening of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in which Bangladesh is a member, reports Xinhua. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing on Friday. Xi will attend and address the inaugurating ceremony […]

Foreign minister meets OIC secretary general

DHAKA, Jan.8(NsNewsWire)–Foreign minister A H Mahmood Ali met the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, at his office at the general secretariat in Jeddah . During the meeting on Thursday they discussed issues of common interest of OIC member states.The minister offered readiness of the government of Bangladesh to […]

Ijtema begins with religiius sermons

DHAKA, Jan.8 (NsNewsWire) — The first phase of Ijtema began Friday with religious sermons for millions of devotees from home and abroad.The grand prayer at the congrgation called Biswa Ijtema on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi will be held on Sunday, seeking divine blessings and welfare of all mankind.

Bangladesh Jamaat enforces nationwide strike over party chief’s death penalty

DHAKA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party enforced a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike Thursday in protest of an apex court verdict that upheld death penalty for its chief for 1971 war crimes. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, in a press release published on its website on Wednesday, made the announcement of the dawn-to-dusk strike starting from […]

World Bank cuts 2016 global growth forecast to 2.9 pct

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank on Wednesday cut global growth forecast for 2016 down to 2.9 percent, saying that weak growth among major emerging markets will weigh on global growth in 2016, reports Xinhua. In its Global Economic Prospects Report, the Washington-based institution expected the world economy to grow 2.9 percent in […]