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Modern Brick Kilns Yield Development Benefits in Bangladesh

Hafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to […]

Bangladeshi ex-PM’s son sentenced to 7 years in money laundering case

DHAKA, July 20 (Xinhua) — A High Court Division Bench in Bangladesh has awarded former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman a sentence of seven years in jail after scrapping a lower court order that had acquitted him in the money laundering case. The High Court division bench also upheld the previous lower […]

Renowned cardiologist Dr. M Akhteruzzaman passed away

Dhaka, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — Renowned cardiologist and former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICBD) Professor Dr. M Akhteruzzaman passed away Tuesday at Metropolitan Medical Center (MMC). He was 74. He left behind his wife, 3 daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives to mourn his death. His namaz-e-janaza will be held at […]

UNICEF to work closely with Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights

Dhaka, Tuesday, 19 July 2016: UNICEF has formally joined forces with the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights to better protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the most vulnerable. Children constitute 40 per cent of the country’s population, but hardly have any say in articulating the laws that are supposed to protect and […]

Strong growth momentum with healthy contribution from data

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 55.6 billion for the first half of 2016, up 8.1% from the same period last year. Subscription and traffic revenue grew by 10.9% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 64.6% (YoY) with 186.4% (YoY) growth in corresponding volume. Voice revenue also […]

Biased award in South China Sea arbitration has no binding force: expert

SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — The biased award rendered by an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration has no binding force as the ad hoc tribunal violated international law principles and standards, an expert said here on Monday. Sienho Yee, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University, […]

Expert views negotiation and consultation best way to solve disputes in South China Sea

by Bao Xuelin SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — Dialogues, negotiations and consultations are the best way to solve disputes in the South China Sea, a Singapore-based expert said on Monday during a seminar on South China Sea and regional cooperation. The final award, issued by an arbitral tribunal on July 12, sweepingly sided with the […]

Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner calls on Shahriar Alam

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — Departing Pakistan High Commissioner Shuja Alam, paid a farewell call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. During the call on, the Pakistan High Commissioner deeply appreciated Bangladesh’s socio-economic development and the warmth and hospitality of the people of […]

Development For Deprived Mother and Children distributes Eid clothes among 200 disadvantaged people

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — Development For Deprived Mother and Children, a non-profit local development organization, has distributed Eid clothes among over 200 disadvantaged people The Eid clothes distribution ceremony was held on a house premises on July 4 in capital Dhaka. Fatimah Rahman, chairman of Development For Deprived Mother and Children, among others, were […]