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Top of Mind wins Bangladesh sponsorship rights

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — BCB has awarded Top of Mind, a media planning company, the team sponsorship rights for Bangladesh’s home series against Pakistan this month. The agreement was reached on Tuesday after their contract with Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara India Parivar, was cut short 15 months before it was scheduled to […]

Japan hints interest in China-led AIIB, earmarking 1.5 bln USD as contribution

TOKYO, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Japan has indicated that it remains interested in joining the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with local media reporting Wednesday that the government had earmarked 1.5 billion U.S. dollars as its contribution. The government here has prepared a draft document on the possibility of its joining the AIIB, which […]

Ericsson’s Radio Dot System to bring cell signal everywhere

DHAKA, April 8 (NsNewsWire) — Ericsson has introduced its Radio Dot System in Bangladesh, which is designed to bring cell phone signal to hard-to-reach places, such as the inside of a big building. The world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to the telecom operators introduced and showcased the cutting edge technology at a press […]

Chinese cyclists’ globe-trotting tour

Chinese globe-trotting cyclists Lai Likun (R) and Zhang Hui pose for photos at the Heroes’ Square in Budapest, Hungary, on April 6, 2015. Lai and Zhang arrived in Budapest on April 4. Lai began his global cycling tour in 2009, while Zhang, a university student in Beijing, joined him last year. Hungary is the 46th […]

Bangladesh-Oman will sit together to create more opportunities

DHAKA, April 7 (NsNewsWire) — State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has met the Omani Minister of Manpower Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri in Muscat, said Foreign Ministry Press Release received on Tuesday . The State Minister is on a two-day official visit to the Sultanate. During the meeting, the Omani […]

Bangladesh: Suspend Death Sentence of War Crimes Accused

(New York) – The Bangladesh Supreme Court’s rejection on April 6, 2015, of the death penalty review petition for Muhammed Kamaruzzaman permits his imminent execution despite a seriously flawed trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Kamaruzzaman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islaami party, was convicted of war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. The authorities […]

Shakib to captain Bangladesh in first ODI against Pakistan

Bangladesh’s iconic allrounder Shakib Al Hasan will be doing captain’s duty for his team in the first ODI against Pakistan on April 17 since regular skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is serving a one-match suspension. Mortaza was suspended for an ODI due to his team’s slow over rate in the ICC World Cup quarter-final against India in […]

36 dead, dozens hurt as tropical storms clobber Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Separate tropical storms that have swept through parts of Bangladesh have left at least 36 people dead and scores injured. Media reports Monday said that the casualties have been recorded since Saturday and that most deaths took place in the northern district of Bogra, reports AP. The Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspaper reported […]

Jamaat calls strike for Tuesday, Wednesday

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party has called a 48-hour strike strike from Tuesday morning after an apex court bench Monday morning upheld its previous verdict on its leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The declaration was […]