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Dhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Death toll of the suicide blast that hit a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday afternoon has risen to 23, officials said. Deputy Administrator of the region, Naveed Akbar, said that the death toll rose after seven of the injured succumbed to injuries during treatment at different hospitals, adding that […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — China is ready to further enhance cooperation with India’s State of Maharashtra to achieve mutual beneficial and win-win results, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said on Friday. Yang made the remarks when he met with Governor of Maharashtra State Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao in Mumbai, reports Xinhua. China and India are […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — With the first U.S. presidential debate coming up soon, the economy leads the long list of top concerns for Americans, found a Gallup poll released Friday. Economy continues to lead the list at 14 percent, followed by dissatisfaction with government, at 11 percent, and jobs and unemployment, also at 11 […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese marine forecasting authorities on Friday upgraded the warning for storms to “orange” as Typhoon Malakas is approaching the east coast of Taiwan. Malakas, the 16th typhoon in 2016, will hit the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces from Saturday night to Sunday noon, China’s National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) —The United States has said their decades-long partnership with Bangladesh has helped bring about some of the most impressive development gains the world has ever seen, including self-sufficiency in food production, a reduction of the poverty rate from over half the population to less than a third, and a drastic increase […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has warned that enforced disappearances are on the rise, and expressed deep concern and frustration for what it defined as “a very frightening trend.” “We are seriously concerned that the number of enforced disappearances is increasingly rising with the false […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire/AFP) –The streets may be paved with gold in heaven but in New York, it’s a gold toilet providing creature comfort – and an eyeful for visitors to the city’s Guggenheim museum. The working toilet, cast in brightly gleaming gold, has been installed in a fourth-floor bathroom for the private use of […]
Read MoreBritain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been inundated with congratulations from across the Islamic world after it emerged that he converted to Islam and carried out the first Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ever performed by a senior UK diplomat, reports www.telegraph.co.uk. The conversion of Simon Collis, the UK envoy to Riyadh, became public after pictures […]
Read MoreHyderabad, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering and, Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, has announced the launch of “Data Revenue Booster (DRB)”. DRB allows Communication Service Providers (CSP) to open up additional revenue opportunities while delivering innovative services to users. The DRB […]
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