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NITI Aayog to Get India-Bangladesh Rail Project on Track

NITI Aayog to Get India-Bangladesh Rail Project on Track “NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has called a meeting on Thursday (June 18) to break the deadlock on the 15-km Agartala-Akhaura rail project along Tripura,” Mr Dey told reporters here. Meanwhile, a senior state official said that the central government was “yet to provide […]

World’s displaced hits record high of 60 mln, half of them children – UN

LONDON, June 18 (NsNewsWire) — Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday, reports reuters. More than half the displaced from crises including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia were children, UNHCR said in its […]

Controversial Bangladesh Cola Ad mocks Team India for India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2015

DHAKA, June 17 (NsNewsWire) — There is a thin line between being funny and disgustingly offensive. Obviously, there is no yardstick or parameter to judge what is funny for one can totally disappoint other, reports http://www.india.com Take for instance this controversial local Bangladesh Cola television commercial (TVC), which is taking potshot at the Indian Cricket […]

Bangladesh, the Netherlands and the World Bank Group join hands to Further Strengthen Delta Management

DHAKA, June 16 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement today with the Netherlands and the World Bank Group including its private sector arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC) with the 2030 Water Resources Group to strengthen management of the Bangladesh Delta, Asia’s largest and the world’s most populated delta. The partnership will help […]

4 South Asian countries ink deal to enhance trade, connectivity

Thimpu, June 15 (Xinhua) — Four South Asian countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal Monday signed a motor vehicle transport deal in Bhutanese capital Thimphu to enhance trade, connectivity among them, officials said. The deal aims at facilitating transit of passenger, cargo and personal vehicles among the four countries, Gahendra Raj Bhandari, under secretary […]

UN concern at Bangladesh plan to move thousands of Rohingya to flooded island

DHAKA, June 14 (NsNewsWire) — The remote Bangladeshi island of Thengar Char disappears completely under several feet of water at high tide, and has no roads or flood defences. But that hasn’t stopped the government from proposing to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in the south-eastern district of Cox’s Bazar which borders […]

World Bank lowers global economic growth projection to 2.8 pct

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Xinhua) — The World Bank has tamed down its estimate of the global economic growth from 3 percent to 2.8 percent for this year, with developing economies facing a string of challenges. According to its latest Global Economic Prospects report, high- income countries are projected to grow by 2 percent this year, […]

China’s Xi meets Aung San Suu Kyi

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping met with a delegation from Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by NLD chair Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. “China and Myanmar are close, friendly neighbors,” said the Chinese president, who is also general secretary of […]

Development Partners Move Hand in Hand to Improve Sanitation Market System in Bangladesh

DHAKA, June 11 (NsNewsWire) — To improve access to affordable and hygienic sanitation solutions for poor and disadvantaged communities, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has signed an agreement with UNICEF Bangladesh committing US$ 6.35 million (approximately 49.42 crore). The agreement of the four-year project, Improving Sanitation Market Systems in Bangladesh (SanMarkS)’ was […]