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DHAKA, Aug. 9 (NsNewsWire ) — The Bangladeshi government will purchase another four heavy duty gantry cranes for the smooth handling of containers at the country’s Chattogram seaport, some 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, reports Xinhua. Chattogram Seaport Authority signed an agreement with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co Ltd of China in the capital Dhaka Wednesday. Chattogram […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/8 23:08:40 China has successfully tested Starry Sky 2, a hypersonic aircraft which can fly six times the speed of sound, making it the third country to acquire the technology after the US and Russia. According to a CNBC report, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the US Strategic Command, warned […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Dr. Sabit Subasic, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bangladesh with residence in New Delhi paid a farewell call on Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP, Foreign Minister on 07 August 2018 at latter’s office. The Ambassador was accompanied by the Honorary Consul of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bangladesh. Director-General (East […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday seized over 200,000 yaba tablets in capital Dhaka. Four persons were arrested with suspected links to the seizure of the yaba pills from two vehicles which reached Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh’s southernmost district bordering Myanmar, RAB spokesman Mufti […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Australian High Commissioner HE Ms Julia Niblett inaugurated the International Development Program (IDP) Australia higher education exhibition at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on 8 August. Ms Niblett said, “There are many good reasons for a student from Bangladesh to consider an education in Australia. Australian universities and educational institutions […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — UNICEF has partnered with WFP to use the food agency’s SCOPE digital assistance system to distribute soap supplies to up to 50,000 refugees in Rohingya Refugee camps, strengthening hygiene practices and helping prevent disease outbreaks. The pilot was launched in Balukhali Refugee camp on 1 August 2018. “UNICEF is proud […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — The point-to-point inflation rate in Bangladesh dropped by 0.03 percentage point in the first month of the current fiscal year of 2018-19 (July 2018-June 2019). Inflation dropped to 5.51 percent in July compared to that of 5.54 percent in the previous month, reports Xinhua quoting leading English newspaper The Financial […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — The Commonwealth Secretary General Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is visiting Bangladesh on a three-day working tour from 8 August 2018. This is a part of her first official visit to three Commonwealth member countries in Asia. The Secretary General will lead a four-member delegation. During the visit, she is […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/7 22:51:00 The US reimposed sanctions against Iran Tuesday, putting an end to the era of solving problems through peaceful negotiations in the Middle East. Prior to this, the US moved its Israel embassy to Jerusalem, shutting the door on Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Now it has basically cut off negotiations with Iran and […]
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