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Brussels hit by ‘blind, violent, cowardly’ attacks

Belgian Prime Minister said Brussels was hit early Tuesday by two "blind, violent and cowardly" attacks on its airport and metro system which left many dead and wounded. Brussels"Two attacks took place this morning in Zaventam airport and Maalbeek metro station, blind, violent, cowardly attacks," Michel announced on national television. "There are many dead and many wounded, some of them seriously," he said, with the death toll so far put at 31.

-AFP

Indian senior activists join hands to save Sunderbans

In yet another major initiative strengthening people-to-people cooperation between South Asian nations, people's movements in India joined hands with their Bangladesh counterparts to save the Sunderbans. This was declared in Delhi by a delegation of 11 senior activists who took part in the Long March organized by National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and started from Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka on March 10 to Kathakhali Morh, Bagherhat district, Bangladesh – a distance of 250 kms from the capital. Ashok Choudhury, and Roma Malik of All India Union of Forest Working People, Soumya Dutta,

Zika in BD confirmed

Bangladesh confirmed on Tuesday its first case of the Zika virus in an old sample of blood from a 67-year old man who had not been overseas, health ministry officials said. The man lives in southeastern port city of Chittagong and was well, junior health minister Zahid Maleque told a news conference. None of his relatives had tested positive, he said. Mahmudur Rahman, director of the ministry’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said the man had never traveled outside Bangladesh. zika“The virus was foun...

Nordic firms to invest more in Bangladesh

Around 91 percent of Nordic companies doing business in Bangladesh are contemplating to increase their activities in Bangladesh over the coming 3-years period. The reason behind increasing activities in Bangladesh could be due to 34% of the respondents experiencing higher profits compared to other markets they are active in, a rise from 25% in 2013. There has been a 9% rise in favorability of doing business in Bangladesh since 2013 with 56% of the Nordic businesses reporting a very favorable outlook in 2015. [caption id="attachment_22411" align="alignleft" width="650"]

India keen to develop Payra seaport

India has evinced keen interest to invest for developing the Payra seaport in Bangladesh in a move to further strengthen the existing ties between the two neighboring countries. The interest was shown while Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla payra portpaid a curtsey call with Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan in his secretariat office here today, according to a press release. During the meeting they discussed bilateral issues including seaports of Chittagong, Mongla, Ashuganj and Pangaon, co...

China to help Bangladesh build deep seaport: Envoy

China would help Bangladesh build its first deep seaport at any site in the country to facilitate trade and business, Chinese Ambassador Ma Mingqiang said today. “China is willing to cooperate with any other country in this regard...the cooperation is open and it is not exclusive,” he told diplomatic correspondents at Jatiya Press Club here. Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) organized the discourse styled “DCAB Talk” with its President Angur Nahar Monty in the chair. DCAB General Secretary Pantho Rahman also spoke. China h... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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