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DHAKA, Feb. 10, (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has signed a 300 million U.S. dollars financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA) for the Income Support Program for the Poorest Project. IDA is the World Bank’s concessional arm that helps the world’s poorest countries. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, senior secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division, and Johannes Zutt, […]
Read MoreThe Grammy award winners are being announced now in Los Angeles. Here’s who won what at the 57th Grammy Awards. Winners’ names in bold. Album of the year Winner: Morning Phase, Beck Beyoncé, Beyoncé x, Ed Sheeran In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith G I R L, Pharrell Williams Song of the year […]
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MUNICH, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Faced with increasing terror threats, European countries have yet to come up with a strategy to fight the war on terror, which they can not afford to lose. In an address made at the the 51st Munich Security Conference, which concluded on Sunday, U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry […]
Read MoreISTANBUL, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The global economy faces big and crucial challenges with uncertainty and complexity in 2015, a Chinese government official said in an international financial meeting here on Sunday. While addressing financial officials and bankers from more than 40 countries just ahead of the first Ministerial Meeting of the Turkish G20 Presidency, […]
Read MoreWill Bangladesh stun the World as they did in 2007? Bangladesh cricket team has the ability to defeat the strongest of teams. They created such a magic in 2007 when they defeated Rahul Dravid led Indian team and entered the super eights with a roar. In World Cup 2015 the idea of Bangladesh stunning the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Passengers on the Indo-Bangla ‘Maitree Express’ on Sunday had a narrow escape when opposition activists in Bangladesh hurled petrol bombs on the train going to Dhaka. Violence allegedly triggered by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-enforced nationwide transport blockade continued unabated in Bangladesh. The suspected blockaders hurled several rounds of petrol bombs […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Anxieties spread Bangladesh over the unabated political violence which has left scores of people dead, mostly in arson attacks, and hundreds injured since last month. The fresh wave of violence broke out on Jan. 5 after former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance had called for countrywide nonstop blockade […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) — Malaysia beat Bangladesh, 3-2, in the final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football Tournament 2015 here on Sunday night. The hosts equalised twice in the second half but a goal by Malaysian midfielder Mohammad Faizad during the extra time broke the hearts of millions of Bangladeshis at the Bangabandhu National […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — In what could be a setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all the exit polls Saturday predicted a clear majority for the anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly elections. The AAP is most likely to win between 31 and a stunning 53 seats in the […]
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