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Kuwait, Bangladesh sign cooperation agreement

The Kuwait House for National Works on Thursday signed a cooperation agreement with Bangladesh to exchange expertise with Bengali armed forces and to establish a pavilion about Kuwait’s history and culture in Bangladesh. Bangladesh-KuwaitKuwait and Bangladesh share a deep relationship over the years, most notably when Bangladesh joined the international coalition in liberating Kuwait in 1991 as well as contributing to removal of mines left behind by the invading Iraqi forces, said Head of Kuwait House for National Works Youse...

Iran, world powers reach deal

Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear program for at least a decade, a step toward a comprehensive accord that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation. iran-450x300The tentative agreement, after eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, clears the way for talks on the future settlement that should allay Western fears that Iran was seeking to build an atomic bomb and in return lift economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The framework is contingent on r...

Top Indian diplomat to come Dhaka

India’s External Affairs Ministry’s Secretary for multilateral and economic relations Sujata Mehta is coming to Dhaka on Sunday to discuss the ongoing development partnership issues between Bangladesh and India. sujata MehtaAccording to Indian High Commission, Alok Kumar Sinha, the Joint Secretary for development partnership administration and Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh and Myanmar desk Sripriya Ranganathan will accompany her in this official visit. “We hope the ongoing India-Bangladesh development partnership and economic c...

CPJ concerned by arrest of Bangladeshi journo

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Bangladeshi authorities to release a detained journalist and probe allegations that he was mistreated in custody. Mizanur Rahman has been in jail since March 17, according to news reports and Rahman’s coworker. cpjLocal police arrested Rahman, a correspondent for the privately owned Bangla-language daily Prothom Alo, in the southwestern Patuakhali district, according to news reports and Kamal Ahmed, consulting editor at Prothom Alo, who spoke to CPJ. Rahman was charged with assaulting an officer and obstruct...

PBL Chairman, Vice-Chairmen re-elected

Eminent industrialist and social worker Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd (PBL). Besides, eminent industrialist and social worker Habibur Rahman and eminent industrialist and social worker Fahim Ahmed Faruk Chowdhury have been re-elected as the Vice-Chairmen of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. Photo_chairman_VC_2015Mr. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder is an eminent Industrialist and Tea planter. Prominent social worker Mr. Majumder is associated wi...

Modi’s popularity in rural India punctured by discontent, suicides

More than a dozen debt-laden farmers have committed suicide in recent weeks in India, and discontent in many rural areas against government policies is turning into anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi less than a year after he swept into office. pm-narendra-modi_650x400_51424803339Unseasonal storms have badly damaged the winter crop in large parts of the fertile northern plains, most likely contributing to the suicides, and villagers have blamed Modi for not stepping in to help th...
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