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Germanwings airliner crashes in French Alps

An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said. The jet belongs to the German airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa. german wingsThe plane, flight 4U 9525, had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and six crew. French President Francois Hollande said: “The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, lead us to think there are no survivors.” Mr Hollande said the crash was a tragedy, add...

Remittance mostly used in consumption: ILO

Use of remittance in Bangladesh is still more in consumption than investment even after receiving billions of dollars from migrant workers for over three decades, according to a latest finding. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its study found out the causes of such unproductive state of the foreign exchanges the country’s overseas workers send home, thr Financial Express reports. ILOIt points out lack of policy and programmes, including absence of awareness-building campaigns and training for migrating workers and families dependent on ...

Aushad Shilpa Samity new body formed

Mr. Nazmul Hassan MP, Managing Director, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd & Advisor, Pharmatek Chemicals Ltd.and Mr. S M Shafiuzzaman, Managing Director, Hudson Pharmaceuticals Ltd. have been elected as President & Secretary General of Bangladesh Aushad Shilpa Samity for the term 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 at the 44th Annual General Meeting held on 23rd March 2015 in a local hotel. Nazmul Hasan MPMr. Harunur Rashid, Chairman & MD, Globe Pharmaceuticals Ltd. & Mr. Syed S Kaiser Kabir, CEO & MD, Renata Limi...

Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies

Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has died, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and built over five decades as his lasting legacy. Lee, who would have turned 92 this September, died at the Singapore General Hospital where he had been warded for severe pneumonia since Feb 5. mkleekuanyew1eA statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said: “The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Lee passed away peacefully a...

Iran upbeat over nuclear talks

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says that progress made in nuclear talks means a final deal can be reached. “There is nothing that cannot be resolved,” although some differences still remain, Iranian state media quoted him as saying. IranUS Secretary of State John Kerry also said that “substantial progress” had been made in the talks. Six world powers are negotiating a deal with Iran aimed at limiting its nuclear activity, with a late March deadline. Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes but world powers fear it has mil...

Bombings kill 120 in Sanaa mosques

Suicide bombers have attacked two mosques in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, killing at least 77 people and wounding 121 others, medics say. Worshippers were attending noon prayers at the Badr and al-Hashoosh mosques when at least three attackers struck. [caption id="attachment_14086" align="alignleft" width="300"]Eamen Jihadist militant groups have targeted Houthi supporters several times in recent months[/caption] The mosques are used mainly by supporters of the Zaidi Shia-led Houthi rebel movement, which controls Sanaa. Islamic State (IS), which set up a...
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