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US-BD partnership deeper ever, terms Mozena  

Outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said he is proud of the current state of partnership between Bangladesh and the USA saying it has never been deeper, broader and stronger than today. “I reviewed the state of our partnership. It’s never been broader, deeper and stronger than today. I’m very proud of that,” he told reporters after his meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at the latter’s office on Thursday, UNB reports. mozenaGiving his brief statement, Mozena said having disagreement is an important part of any matured relationship an...

WB commits $ 1.1b for 3 development projects

The World Bank (WB) has approved approximately 1.1 billion U.S. dollars for three projects in Bangladesh, according to a statement of the Washington-based lender received here Wednesday. The projects would benefit almost 36 million people by improving the quality of primary education, building coastal communities’ resilience to natural disaster, and increasing the nutrition and cognitive development of children from the poorest households, the statement showed, reports Xinhua. wbThe projects approved by the bank’s Board of Executive Directors are 400 mi...

Taliban attack leaves 141 dead in Pakistan

Militants from the Pakistani Taliban have attacked a school in Peshawar, killing 141 people, 132 of them children, the military say. Pakistani officials say the attack is now over, with all of the attackers killed. A total of seven militants took part, according to the army. Scores of survivors are being treated in hospitals as frantic parents search for news of their children. The attack is the deadliest ever by the Taliban in Pakistan. There has been chaos outside hospital units to which casualties were taken, the BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Peshawar. Bodies have been carried out of hospitals in coffins, escorted by crowds of mourners, some of them visibly distraught.

2nd round of BCIM talks tomorrow

The second round of discussions for the BCIM corridor, an economic silk route between Bangladesh, India, China and Myanmar, will begin tomorrow at Cox’s Bazar. The two-day meeting will discuss the scope and modalities of cooperation in sectors of goods and services, investment, energy, multimodal connectivity and sustainable development, a press release from Bangladesh foreign ministry said. route-of-hopeThe “joint study group” meeting, organised by the government of Bangladesh, will be chaired by the host country’s foreign secre...

UN Volunteers at Dhaka to curb gender based violence

The 16 days of activism campaign is a global initiative to raise awareness and combat all forms of gender based violence. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme joined the 2014 campaign in Bangladesh and decided to focus on an issue often raised during discussions with Bangladeshi citizens: gender and public transportation. [caption id="attachment_11379" align="alignleft" width="300"]Bangladesh_2014_UNV_and_Gender_and_public_transportation_1 UN Vo...

Pakistan journos recall horror of atrocities in Dhaka

The creation of Bangladesh is one of the most sensitive and tragic chapters in the history of Pakistan. While the trauma of partition may now be behind us, stories of 1971 still raise hackles among anyone who lived through that era. While there are two, very forceful narratives on what exactly happened, history is unequivocal. Perhaps this is why journalists who lived through the painful partition of Pakistan are best placed to recall and ruminate on the mistakes that were made in that fateful year. On March 23, 1971, the flag of Bangladesh was put up in East Pakistan. At the time, Ali Ahmed Khan was a journalist in Dhaka. “I worked for a progressive Urdu weekly, Pasban, which promoted the rights of East Pakistan and consistently campaigned for the restoration of democracy unde...
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