Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi app developers to sell products on Google Play
Nov 8, 2017Tech giant Google has inducted Bangladesh’s name in its merchant account, paving way for country’s android-based application developers to sell their products on Google Play, official app store for the android operating system. “Though we have... -
Maj Zia was present when Avijit Roy was murdered in Bangladesh
Nov 7, 2017News Hour: Counterterrorism police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy. Md Abu Siddique Sohel, 34, was arrested in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday night, said Dhaka Metropolitan... -
Bangladesh Govt shuts down Lakehead Grammar School for patronising militancy
Nov 7, 2017News Hour: The school had no government approval. The Education Ministry has ordered the Dhaka district administration to shut down the Lakehead Grammar School for patronising militancy and involvement in ‘anti-liberation’ activities. In a letter signed... -
Second phase of vaccination begins in Cox’s Bazar for vulnerable population
Nov 7, 2017News Hour The second phase of the oral vaccination drive began today to provide an additional dose of the vaccine to children of newly arrived Rohingya population against the deadly diarrheal disease. The children are also... -
Bangladesh government Cabinet rejoices UNESCO recognition of 7th March speech
Nov 7, 2017News Hour The cabinet today rejoiced the UNESCO recognition of Bangabandhu’s historic 7th March speech and greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the UN body’s acknowledgment. “The cabinet greeted the Prime Minister during the weekly meeting... -
Workshop for MISREOR partners on Assessment of Effects/Changes started at Dhaka
Nov 6, 2017News Hour Program for the MISREOR partner workshop on Assessment of Effects/Changes started today (6th November) at Caritas Bangladesh Dhaka regional office located in Mirpur Pallabi. The program will run until 8th of November. The workshop... -
Bangladesh set to join nuclear club Nov 30
Nov 5, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh is set to join the world’s nuclear club as 32nd nation on November 30 through the first pouring of the structural concrete for installation of the country’s first nuclear reactor at Rooppur, Pabna,... -
Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas, reiterates PM Sheikh Hasina
Nov 5, 2017News Hour: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the parliaments of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association member countries to exert pressure on the Myanmar government to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from... -
Clean water, sanitation vast challenges as Bangladesh copes with 607,000 new refugees
Nov 5, 2017News Hour Since 25 August, over 607,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar. Although the number of new arrivals is now slowing, people continue to arrive in the makeshift settlements of Cox’s... -
British-Bangladeshi IS fugitive claims to be sexually harassed in Indian prison
Nov 4, 2017News Hour: Samiun complained that five guards stripped him naked and touched his genitals while laughing. A British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who was arrested in Dhaka in September 2014 on charges of recruiting for the...
