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PM Narendra Modi’s Statement Ahead of SAARC Summit in Nepal: Full Text

New Delhi, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to seek the cooperation of India’s neighbours to check extremist violence and adopt an approach of zero tolerance towards terrorism at the two-day SAARC Summit beginning Wednesday in Kathmandu, reports NDTV. Following is the full text of his statement prior to his departure […]

China’s rich want to send children abroad for education

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — An overwhelming majority of China’s richest people are planning to send their children abroad for education, the United States and the United Kingdom being their first choices, according to a Hurun Report on education. The report said that some 80 percent of the country’s rich people have plans to send […]

C&A agrees deal to aid Tazreen disaster factory fire victims in Bangladesh

London, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Dutch retailer C&A has agreed to pay compensation to victims of the Tazreen disaster two years after a fire at the Bangladeshi clothing factory killed more than 120 people. C&A Foundation, a charitable group linked to the retailer, pledged to contribute a “significant amount” towards full compensation for those injured […]

Ex-leader of Bangladesh ruling party sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) –A local leader of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 announced verdict Monday. The ICT-1 awarded Mobarak Hossain the capital punishment for killing 33 people in Brahmanbaria district, some 109 east of […]

Tunisia holds first post-revolution presidential elections

Tunis, Nov. 24, (Xinhua) — Tunisian voters headed to tens of thousands of polling centers nationwide early on Sunday to choose the country’s first elected president since the social upheavals of December, 2010 and January 2011. Over the past three years under a temporary transitional government, a new constitution was written, and the first parliament […]

Bangladesh defeats Zimbabwe by 68 runs in 2nd ODI

DHAKA, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Arafat Sunny took four wickets while Mashrafe Mortaza grabbed three wickets to steer Bangladesh to a 68-run victory over Zimbabwe in the 2nd of the five-match one day international or ODI cricket series on Sunday. Tigers (Bangladesh) set a target of 251 runs losing 7 wickets at the Zahur Ahmed […]

Qulkhwani of former ICMAB president at Azad mosque

Dhaka, Nov 23 (NsNewsWire) — The qulkhwani of former ICMAB president late Zahir Uddin Ahmed will be held at Gulshan central mosque (Azad mosque) after Asr prayers tomorrow (Monday). All the relatives, colleagues and well wishers are requested to attend the qulkhwani to pray for his departed soul, said a press release. The son of […]

Center to serve shrimp farmers inaugurated in southwestern Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — A ‘SaFaL (Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages) Shrimp Service Centre’ was inaugurated at Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district on Sunday. The centre will be operated by ‘SaFaL Bagda Lead Farmers Associations’ of Debhata sub-district under Shatkhira with the support from SaFaL programme of the Solidaridad Network Asia and facilitated by […]

Microsoft Bangladesh captures World’s largest selfie

Dhaka, Nov 23 (NsNewsWire) — Microsoft Mobile Device & Services (MMDS) Bangladesh mesmerized the world to create World’s Largest Selfie. The World’s Largest Selfie has been captured with at least 1,151 selfie lovers in one gigantic selfie in front of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Saturday evening, said a press release. Microsoft also released a […]