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Iran holds an anti-Islamic State cartoon contest

Not long after staging a cartoon contest satirizing the Holocaust, a group in Iran launched another event — this time, aimed at the Islamic State extremist group. According to its organizers, Iran’s House of Cartoon, the anti-Islamic State cartoon contest has received more than 800 submissions from countries as far afield as Brazil and Australia reports Ishaan […]

Kunming-Dhaka international air cargo route opens

KUNMING, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — An air cargo service connecting southwestern Chinese city of Kunming and Bangladesh capital Dhaka opened on Wednesday. The 1,281-km route is the first international cargo route from Kunming. It is run by Zhejiang Loong Airlines Co. Ltd. with a Boeing 737-300F aircraft that has a loading capacity of 12 tonnes, […]

Denial of rights in Burma, Bangladesh lead to trafficking: HRW

DHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said today. A regional meeting scheduled on May 29, 2015, in Bangkok must find solutions to the so-called boat […]

UN, Myanmar vow to cooperate in tackling “boat people” issue

YANGON, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations and Myanmar have vowed to cooperate in tackling “boat people” issue both nationally and regionally, said a statement of the UN published Wednesday following the temporary visit of UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar Vijay Nambiar to the camp in Rakhine state where rescued migrants were located. […]

Indian PM to visit Bangladesh next week

DHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a two-day visit to Bangladesh on June 6. During the visit, Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina are expected to discuss bilateral relations. A number of deals, including a much-anticipated land boundary one, are likely to be signed, reports Xinhua. Many issues, […]

Huawei organizes competition named “Seeds for the Future”

DHAKA, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd is organizing a competition called “Seeds for the Future”. Seeds for the Future is Huawei’s global CSR flagship program. It seeks to develop local ICT talent, enhance knowledge transfers, and improve people’s understanding of ICT and interest in the telecommunications Students of University of Dhaka (DU), […]

Bangladesh bans Islamist outfit linked to the killings of three bloggers

DHAKA, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers in recent months that have evoked outrage in the country and across the globe. The Bangladesh government banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) for its militant and anti-state activities with […]

Militants kill Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper in Mali

Mali, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Militants opened fire on two Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday, killing one and wounding the other, security sources said. The dead is Nilkanto Hajong while the injured has been identified as Sirajul Islam, reports AFP. “Armed men that we have not yet identified shot at […]

Myanmar, Bangladesh in pact for return of 200 rescued from boat

Yangon, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with neighbouring Bangladesh to repatriate 200 Bangladeshis rescued from a boat off the Myanmar coast last week. A migrant crisis has flared up in Southeast Asia as Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar and Bangladeshis trying to escape poverty at home […]