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”We are so very hungry and thirsty” one survivor told the BBC’s Jon Donnison in Tacloban The head of the Red Cross in the Philippines has described the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan as “absolute bedlam”. Up to 10,000 people are believed to have died in Tacloban city and hundreds elsewhere. Hundreds of thousands of […]
Read Moreঢাকা, ১১ই নভেম্বর — আঞ্চলিক দুর্যোগে আরো ভালোভাবে সাড়া দিতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী নভেম্বর ৯ – ১৩, ২০১৩ বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুতে অনুষ্ঠিতব্য কোপ সাউথ ১৪ অনুশীলনে একসংগে প্রশিক্ষণ করবে। এ বছর নিয়ে তৃতীয় বারের মতো যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও বাংলাদেশ কোপ সাউথের জন্য একসংগে প্রশিক্ষণ করবে এবং এ বছর বাংলাদেশ সরকারের আমন্ত্রণে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 11 (U.S. Embassy Press Release) The U.S. and Bangladesh Air Forces will train side-by-side to better respond to regional disasters during exercise “Cope South 14” at Bangladesh Air Force Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh, November 9 – 13, 2013. This is the third year that United States and Bangladesh have trained together for Cope South […]
Read MoreNew Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) — Bangladeshi Siddikur claimed a nerve-wracking one-stroke victory over local hopes S.S.P. Chowrasia and Anirban Lahiri at the 50th Indian Open golf tournament here Sunday for his second career title on the Asian Tour. Leading by four overnight, Siddikur made life difficult for himself with a wobbly final round of […]
Read MoreChina has better relationships with some news organizations than others, because the restrictive country doesn’t hesitate to toss out the ones that defy it. For example, Bloomberg recently killed two stories for fear of getting evicted, and a Reuters journalist was denied a visa over his past misgivings. So things go in China. The New York […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — An auto-rickshaw passenger was dead and dozens of others including cops injured Sunday in stray incidents of violence during the first day of a nationwide 84-hour non-stop general strike enforced by Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance. Nirmal Das, 45, died on Sunday morning when the auto-rickshaw he was travelling in overturned […]
Read MoreMANILA — As many as 10,000 people are feared dead in one city alone after Super Typhoon Haiyan — one of the most powerful storms ever recorded — slammed into the central islands of the Philippines, officials said. Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 10 (Nrityanchal Press Release) — Leading dance group of the country ‘Nrityanchal’ is invited to participate in 13th Asia Arts Festival in Kunming, China. Organized by Ministry of Culture, Peoples Republic of China and the peoples Government of Yunnan Province. The Festival will be held on 18-22nd November. Eminent dance artistes Shamim Ara Nipa […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 10 (nsnewswire) — Li Jun, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Bangladesh, along with other Embassy officials visited the Head Office of Impact Foundation Bangladesh to donate office equipment including computers for better administration and monitoring of various projects run by the Foundation. The Chinese Ambassador visited Impact Foundation’s flagship […]
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