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DHAKA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people were crushed to death and over 50 others injured on Monday after a stampede occurred during a funeral rite of a political leader in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong city. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Iqbal Bahar confirmed the death of 10 people during the tragedy. He said […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved an additional $245 million to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of major safety net programs in Bangladesh. To support the poor and vulnerable, the government implements a number of safety net programs. The financing to the ongoing Safety Net Systems for the Poorest Project […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — Customs officials at Bangladesh’s main airport in Dhaka seized 74 gold bars weighing about 8 kg, from three passengers landed here by a local Regent Airways flight from Thailand, an official said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the customs official who declined to be unnamed, told Xinhua that they detained […]

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The Keel Laying Ceremony of 5 floating hospital ships was held on 17 th December, Sunday at Ispahanir Char, Gozaria, Munshiganj. For the first time in the history of Bangladesh a fully dedicated floating hospital ship is being designed and constructed by naval architects and shipbuilding engineers exclusively from Bangladesh. […]

  The top UN human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to a television interview to be shown on Monday, Reports Reuters. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein […]