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Bangladesh has a plan to stop 18,000 kids from drowning every year

DHAKA, April 15 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is determined to stop a public health epidemic that kills 18,000 children every year: drowning. In Bangladesh, drowning is the leading cause of death for children aged one to 17, and causes 43% of deaths for kids between the ages of one and four—more than measles, cholera, diarrhea and pneumonia combined, reports http://qz.com/383205/bangladesh-has-a-plan-to-stop-18000-kids-from-drowning-every-year/. […]

Tens of thousands join procession to usher in Bengali New Year

DHAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) — Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi people wearing masks and traditional dress Tuesday morning joined the colorful Mangal Shobha Jatra procession in the capital Dhaka to welcome the Bengali New Year with good spirits. They carried large symbolic figures of a fish, a horse, a tiger and an elephant all made […]

Investing in Better Rural Connectivity for Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — The Second Bangladesh Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP II) helps to improve the rural roads network in the country side. It provides rural communities with improved access to school, hospitals, markets and jobs, said a World Bank press release. The project benefits approximately 22 million people living near project area […]

2016 U.S. presidential race likely to be showdown between two families

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) — As many in and outside the U.S. have anticipated, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally said “Yes, I am running for president” on Sunday. With rich experience on the political stage that could attest to her leadership skills and unrivaled popularity among all possible Democratic candidates, Clinton is most […]

Grameenphone signs dividend distribution mandate with HSBC

DHAKA, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — The largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, Grameenphone (GP) has awarded the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh the mandate to manage the company’s annual and interim dividends for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016 (if any). The selection of the banking partner has been made based on a […]

AIIB to be lean, clean and green, Chinese officials say

China and all the member countries of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be committed to building a bank which would be lean, clean and green, said Jin Liqun in Singapore on Saturday, reports Xinhua

India-Bangladesh coastal shipping service sets sail

India-Bangladesh cross-border trade received a major fillip with the introduction of a new coastal shipping service between the two neighboring nations. The service, branded the Prantik Bangladesh India Xpress, or Prantik BIX, connects Kolkata to Chittagong, Bangladesh’s main cargo gateway, reports http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/trade-lanes/india-bangladesh-coastal-shipping-service-sets-sail_20150410.html. “Industry leaders have opined that this direct service will benefit shippers from all […]

Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman convicted of war crimes

Bangladesh on Saturday night executed Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, an Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes, which is the second execution for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The death sentence of the war crimes accused Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed days after an Appellate […]

Bangladesh suffers 2.2 bln USD economic loss from political unrest in 3 months of 2015: World Bank

DHAKA, April 12 (Xinhua) — The World Bank Sunday said the Bangladeshi economy has suffered a heavy loss from the prolonged political unrest. The Washington-based lender in an updated report revealed that the country has suffered a financial loss of around 2.2 billion U. S. dollars in the last three months of political turmoil. “Bangladesh […]