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Afforestation and Reforestation in Hilly and Coastal Areas Improving Livelihoods and Resilience to Climate Change

DHAKA, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank is supporting the Bangladesh Forest Department to reduce forest degradation and increase forest coverage through community participation in nine coastal and hilly districts: Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Lakshimipur, Barisal, Pakuakhali, Barguna, Bhola, and Feni. The Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project has contributed to increase forest […]

Statement from the EU Delegation to Bangladesh on assassination of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee

DHAKA,April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement from the EU Delegation to Bangladesh on assassination of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee: “EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, expresses his deep emotion and firm condemnation of the brutal killing of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a Professor of the […]

Four Young Entrepreneurs clinch Professional Fellowship to USA

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at BRAC University announce the names of the four Bangladeshi young entrepreneurs who will be visiting the United States from April 30 to June 3 under the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Professional Fellows Exchange Program […]

JABBARER BOLI KHELA AND BOISHAKHI MELA IN COOPERATION WITH GRAMEENPHONE STARTS TOMORROW

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — In line with previous years, Jabbarer Boli Khela and Boishakhi mela will kick off in Chittagong tomorrow. The Late Abdul Jabbar Smriti Kusti Portijogita o Boishakhi Mela committee, in association with leading telecom service provider company Grameenphone, is arranging the event this year. Thousands of visitors and spectators will gather […]

Introducing Rural Women to Formal Employment in Garments Sector

DHAKA, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative (NARI) project economically empowers poor and vulnerable women from the northwestern region of Bangladesh by facilitating their access to jobs in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. The project offers training, transitional housing, counseling and facilitates formal employment in garment factories for around 10,800 women from […]

Bangladesh’s shameful response to religion critic killings

(CNN) An innocent young man is brutally hacked to death in the street by marauding thugs with machetes, and the government’s response is to effectively blame the victim. This is the outrageous and absurd situation in the supposed democratic state of Bangladesh, where a bloody campaign of terror is being waged against secularists and atheists […]

India gov’t says 330 million people affected by drought

NEW DELHI, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian government told its apex court that a total of 330 million people in the country were affected by an ongoing drought, officials said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The Supreme Court was informed by additional solicitor general P A Narasimha that the affected population lives in 256 districts spread […]

Xi stresses joint battle command for military reform

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected the Central Military Commission (CMC) joint battle command center on Wednesday, calling for building a joint battle command system with Chinese characteristics, reports www.xinhuanet.com

Clarification on a news from Grameenphone

DHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full unedited text of Grameenphone’s clarification on a news: “It has came to our attention that a section of media has been publishing unsubstantiated news regarding a Mobile Financial Service fraud by a group of fraudsters and claiming that 5 of them are employees of Grameenphone […]