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India agrees to upgrade Bangladesh Visa Office in Agartala

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) –The Indian government has conveyed its concurrence to the upgradation of the Bangladesh Visa Office in Agartala to an Assistant High Commission. This is in response to a request made by Bangladesh, Indian High Commission in Dhaka said in a statement on Friday. India’s decision to do so is in keeping […]

Google Driving A Bus Across Bangladesh To Help 500,000 Students Learn About The Internet

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Google has launched ‘Google Bus Bangladesh’, an educational program aimed at teaching key digital skills to more than half a million students in the South Asian country. There are some outlandish programs to help connect the world’s population — including Google’s balloons, SpaceX’s forthcoming satellites, and Facebook’s drones – but […]

Indian National Investigation Agency Team to Visit Dhaka on Nov. 17

New Delhi, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A team of Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be visiting Bangladesh on Nov. 17 to brief the authorities in Dhaka and also seek cooperation of that country to unravel all plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit. After getting necessary sanction, a team of NIA, headed by an […]

51 IS militants killed in air strikes and attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A total of 51 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in air strikes and clashes with Iraqi security forces in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin on Thursday, a provincial security source said. In early hours of the day, dozens of IS militants, who have captured part of the town of […]

iPhone 6 and 6 plus for Grameenphone customer

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd customers will now be able to enjoy the most awaited iPhone 6and 6 plus. The pre-order will start from November 14 and the handsets delivery willstart from November 20, 2014. In this exclusive package customers are going to receive 50% discount on selectedinternet packs and receive special 3G […]

Bangladesh Opposition Leader Sentenced to Death for War Crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal Thursday awarded death to a local-level opposition party leader for war crimes including mass killings in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict Thursday morning on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentence to ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader […]

Vitamin B12 may not reduce risk of memory loss: study

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Taking vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements may not reduce the risk of memory and thinking problems, a new study said Wednesday. The study, published online in the U.S. journal Neurology, involved people with high blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that has been linked to memory loss and […]

Xi’s South Pacific trip to promote regional cooperation

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Days after hosting his colleagues for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, Chinese President Xi Jinping will fly across the equator Friday for a back-to-back gathering of world leaders. In Australia’s Brisbane, where the 9th Group of 20 (G20) Summit is to be held on Nov. 15-16, Xi will continue brainstorming […]

Bangladesh labour supply to Malaysia to increase

Malaysia, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is ready to help supply labour to meet demand from Malaysia’s agriculture and plantation industries for workers and this can be best done through the government to government transfer system between both nations. “There are around 500,000 Bangladeshi laborers across Malaysia at the moment, except in Sabah. Through the […]