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Female Pak rights activist shot dead

A female Pakistani rights activist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Karachi Friday as she made her way home after hosting a seminar about human rights abuses in Baluchistan province, police said. Sabeen Mehmood, who runs ‘The Second Floor’, a cafe that organises debates and art Pakistani activist--3WBevents, had just left the venue with her mother when her car was attacked by gunmen in the upmarket neighbourhood of Defence. Mehmood was hit by five bullets and died at the scene, police said. Her mother was inju...

EU calls for credible city elections

The European Union has insisted that Bangladesh’s all actors “must refrain from any actions that could spark further violence” in the run up to city polls on 28 April. “We look to political leaders to create favourable conditions for peaceful, inclusive, eutransparent and credible elections to take place,” the EU spokesperson said in a statement issued in Brussels on Friday. A number of international actors including the United Nations and the United States issued similar statements underlining the importance of peaceful voting in Dhaka and Chittagong. Withou...

CSE Chairman to attend SAFE AGM

Chairman of Chittagong Stock (CSE) & South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) Dr. Abdul Mazid left here today for Colombo to attend the South Asian Investment Conference (SAIC) to be held on 27 April. dse cse He will attend the SAFE AGM there on 26 April as well. SAFE in collaboration with the Colombo Stock Exchange are hosting the SAIC. The conference aims at promoting investment in South Asian markets. The conference will focus on improvement of cross-border capital market linkages, the cultivation of a favorable environment for cross border li...

Universal Theatre presents ‘Mahatma’

11188296_490470047768962_3928059010057096492_nUniversal Theatre has staged a special show of its acclaimed production ‘Mahatma’ at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city recently. President of Universal Theatre Azizul Parvez in his welcome speech said, "To uphold the spirit of non-violence, we are staging the show of Mahatma, a production which highlights the philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi. The play was premiered on the occasion o...

Bangladesh happier than India: UN report

Indians are less happy than their counterparts in Bangladesh, according to a report published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which is a global initiative for the United Nations (UN). street-childrenIndia comes in at the 117th spot out of 158 countries in the 2015 World Happiness Report. The report takes into account GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as indicators of happiness. India’s rank dropped six notches from the 2013 report, when it was on t...

Bangladesh to simplify visa process of Nepalese

Bangladesh has agreed to simplify the process of granting visa on arrival to overland Nepali travellers at two border points, Banglabandha and Burimari. Although the facility is already in force, there is a lengthy documentation procedure. bd-nepalBangladesh expressed its willingness to cut the paperwork during the bilateral trade talks that concluded in Kathmandu on Thursday. An eight-member Bangladeshi delegation led by Monoj Kumar Roy, additional secretary of the Commerce Ministry of Bangladesh, and the Nepali team led by Jib Raj Koirala, joint secr...
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