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Bangladesh eyes arms exports

Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF), a state-run manufacturer of arms and ammunition, will soon export arms and ammunition produced by it. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already given approval for export of arms and ammunition from the BOF. However, it will also need clearance from the ministries of home affairs and foreign affairs, and the commerce and law ministries, before it can export arms and ammunition, reports The Independent. armsBOF commandant Maj. Gen. Anwarul Momen told The Independent that they are expl...

International Women’s Day being observed

The International Women’s Day is being observed Saturday in the country as elsewhere across the globe with a call to work for women’s rights, empowerment and gender equality.
International-Womens-Day-Logo_0This year, the theme of the day is “Equality for women is progress for all.” Various organisations, including the women and children affairs ministry, have taken up elaborate programmes to mark the day.s ...

Malaysia, Vietnam searching missing plane

maloyasia_bimanMalaysian and Vietnamese search-and-rescue teams have activated their operations in the South China Sea along the border of the Malaysian and Vietnamese airspaces where the contact with the flight was lost, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reports. Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya has dismissed speculation that a Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing had landed in Nanming of China. He told a news conference that Flight MH370 lost contact with the Subang Air Traffic Control a...

Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in South China Sea with 239 people aboard

Tuoi Tre, a leading daily in Vietnam, reports that the Vietnamese Navy has confirmed the plane crashed into the ocean. According to Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat, Commander of the Region 5, military radar recorded that the plane crashed into the sea at a location 153 miles South of Phu Quoc island. M-AIR-640A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappear...

Two more tea auctions this season

Bangladesh will hold two additional tea auctions, extending the season by two weeks, as a large volume of tea remains unsold due to poor quality and a supply glut, brokers said on Thursday. The last auction of the season will now be held on April 15, an official of the National Brokers Limited said after a meeting with the Bangladesh Tea Board. teaIn the latest auction on Wednesday, tea prices fell for a sixth straight week, dragged down by end-of-season leaf that tends to be of poor quality. ...

Dhaka matters to Beijing

China on Thursday said that Bangladesh “really matters” to Beijing as it is an “important developing country” with a booming economy. According to Chinese ambassador Li Jun, China wants to contribute to Bangladesh’s development as the country was contributing to global peace and regional stability. china BDMr Li Jun, who met diplomatic correspondents on Thursday, also remarked that Bangladesh’s “improving” ties with its neighbours added to regional stability and its zero-tolerance of terrorism...
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