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IFRC commends BD leadership championing disaster resilience

The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Elhadj As Sy, has commended the success and leadership of Bangladesh in successfully reducing the human and financial impact of natural disasters and for establishing the country as a world reference in disaster resilience. Since the catastrophic Bhola Cyclone of 1970, a disaster that claimed an estimated 500,000 lives, the joint Government of Bangladesh/Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Cyclone Preparedness Programme has prevented tens of thousands of deaths and enabled communities to withstand shocks and respond effectively to extreme meteorological events. Speaking at the end of an official visit to Dhaka, Mr Sy said: “Bangladesh has demonstrated that hazards do not need to become disas...

ICC,B invites former Indonesian Prez to Dhaka

ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman recently called on Former President of Indonesia Prof. Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bali and extended invitation to him to be the Keynote Speaker at Asia Pacific Business Forum(APBF) of UNESCAP to be hosted by ICC Bangladesh in Dhaka sometimes in November-December this year. It may be mentioned that earlier Mahbubur Rahman was honoured by the President of Indonesia as the “Presidential Friend of Indonesia” in 2012. The ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta in August 2012 at the celebration of the 67th Independence of Indonesia.

Russia makes 7 mi-171sh helicopters for BD

In 2015, Moscow delivered five Mi-171Sh helicopters to Bangladesh. Following the delivery, Moscow signed a contract for the supply of another batch to Dhaka. “At the moment the helicopters are under construction at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant [located in Russia Hcthe eastern Russian Republic of Buryatia] and are planned to be delivered before the end of 2016,” Alexander Shcherbinin told RIA Novosti. Russia Plans to Sign Deal on 48 Mi-17V-5 Helicopters Delivery to India in 2016 He added that Mi-171Sh helicopters had alread...

Tally of Rohingya minority starts

Bangladesh has begun a count of the number of Rohingya Muslims living on its territory, as reported persecution continues to drive thousands from Myanmar. The census will also include data on living conditions. Authorities in Bangladesh have already begun a survey to document the number of Rohingya living there, according to reports on Saturday. Until now, some 33,000 Rohingya have been recorded as living in two official camps near the southern coastal area of Cox’s Bazar, which borders Myanmar. rohingya-children

US intel warns of expansion of terror groups in BD

The U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday efforts by Bangladesh’s prime minister to undermine the political opposition will probably provide openings for transnational terrorist groups to expand their presence in the South Asian country. Director Of National Intelligence James Clapper questioned Bangladesh’s public insistence that the killings of foreigners were the work of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and are intended to discredit the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In written testimony to a Senate hearing on worldwide threats, Clapper noted the claims of

49pc pupils cyberbullied in BD, says Telenor

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, the Telenor Group said has released the results of its Safe Internet study. It found that more pupils in Bangladesh had experience online peer pressure, bullying or had carried out bullying, than those in Malaysia and Thailand. The study covered 1,510 pupils aged 12 to 18 in Bangladesh, 1,896 in Malaysia and 1,336 in Thailand, mostly in key cities. Telenor found 49 percent of pupils in Bangladesh said they succumbed to at least one form of peer pressure, compared with 39 percent of Malaysian pupils and 35 percent of Thai students.
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