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Suicide bombing kills 15, injures 22 in eastern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Xinhua) — At least 15 people were killed and 22 others injured as a suicide blast hit the downtown area of Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore on Monday afternoon, said rescue officials. According to local media reports, the blast took place at about 4:00 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber riding on […]

U.S.-backed SDF controls 41 pct of IS stronghold in Syria’s Raqqa

DAMASCUS, July 24 (Xinhua) — The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has controlled 41 percent of the Islamic State (IS) stronghold in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa after launching nearly 50-day offensive there, a monitor group reported on Monday. The battles for Raqqa have been raging for 49 days since the Kurdish-led SDF, with the […]

Forum to be held to boost China-Bangladesh investment

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 24 (Xinhua) — The first-ever China-Bangladesh Investment Forum, organized by Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of the leading financial publications in the world, will be held in Beijing on Aug. 21. The City Bank Limited, a leading Bangladeshi bank, and Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh are the lead sponsors of the forum, […]

Post-Brexit U.S.-Britain trade deal to be reached no time soon

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) — Britain and the United States here on Monday kicked off their first round of talks on a potential bilateral trade deal in the post-Brexit era, but British trade officials and experts didn’t expect such a deal to be reached anytime soon. LEGAL HURDLES Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox traveled […]

Grameenphone Star Customers to get special discount at US Bangla Airline

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd has signed an agreement with US Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh to provide a special discount to its Star Customers under a joint partnership promotion. Under this promotion, Grameenphone STAR customers will get special discount (12% on Business & 10% on Economy class) on Base […]

UN expert accuses Myanmar of acting like military govt

United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has accused the government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation. Lee, ending a 12-day visit to the country, listed a catalogue of concerns including reports of killings, torture, the use of human shields by […]

Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to return home under royal amnesty: Saudi Gazette

Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshis are eager to return home from Saudi Arabia as the amnesty by the Kingdom ends Monday, according to the Saudi Gazette. Over 50,000 Bangladeshis want to go back home, the Saudi Gazette reports citing Bangladesh diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Saudi government launched a 90-day amnesty earlier this year and extended it for another 30 […]

Bangladesh indebted to China for friendship bridges, eyes more infrastructure projects

Millions of people living in central Bangladesh used to refer to the Dhaleshwari River as the “River of Sorrows” as the waterway made it extremely difficult for people to get to the capital city Dhaka, reports Xinhua. In the absence of a bridge spanning the river, people were cut off from the capital for centuries, […]

Addiction and intrigue – Inside the Saudi palace coup

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca, reports reuters. There, according to a source close to […]