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DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced three persons including several Islamist party leaders to death on Monday and five others life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971, reports Xinhua. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, led by its Chairman Justice Shahinur Islam found Ashraf […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 14 (Xinhua) — China’s telecommunication giant Huawei has launched a “Customer Solution Innovation & Integration Experience Center (CSIC)” in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Officials said the center which has been set up in Dhaka‘s diplomatic enclave Gulshan is the first of its kind in the South Asia region. With the launch of the new […]
Read MoreULAN BATOR, (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Mongolia and the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. This is Li’s first trip to the landlocked Asian country since he took office as Chinese premier in 2013, and the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the country […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) —Bangladesh has been elected President of the Assembly of the 168-member International Seabed Authority (ISA). It is a remarkable achievement and honor for Bangladesh to be the President of the Assembly which is the supreme organ of the ISA. ISA was established in 1994 pursuant to the United Nations Convention on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) — There is no reason for China to accept the award of an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the request of the Philippines, Bangladeshi experts said here Tuesday, reports Xinhua. The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) — G20 economies agreed to improve global trade governance to arrest the slowdown of global trade growth, said a statement released Sunday after the two-day G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, reports Xinhua. These economies would remain committed to an open global economy, and will further work towards trade liberalization and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — The World Raymen, a consortium for peace-keeping and voluntary aids, has distributed Eid clothes among over 100 school going street children like previous years. The main distribution ceremony was held on the Shishu Academy premises on July 3 evening. Journalist Naim-Ul-Karim, chief raymen (president), Safiul Azam,ACMA, secretary general, Engineer Rupom […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 10 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV which is a Mumbai-based TV channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation. “We’ve decided to stop airing the channel across the country,” said Amir Hossain Amu, Industries Minister, after attending a cabinet committee meeting on Sunday. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling to $200 million with the World Bank to improve health systems and delivery of health services, and, the living conditions of the urban poor in selected municipality areas. The $150 million additional financing to the Health Sector Development Program will […]
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