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Sydney family fears prejudice if deported to Bangladesh

A Sydney boy being deported because he has autism will have a seriously diminished quality of life in Bangladesh where his family will face discrimination, his father says. The immigration department has ordered four-year-old Australian-born Fayyed Hoque and his family to leave the country because his autism has been deemed too burdensome for taxpayers. [caption id="attachment_18026" align="alignright" width="718"]sydnee family Fayyad with his father Mohammad and mother Tonima. (Facebook)[/caption] Fayyad, along with his father Mohammad Hoque and...

Stampede at Maymensing clothes handout kills 25

At least 25 people have been killed in a stampede during a handout of free clothes in the northern Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh, police said. The stampede erupted on Friday when hundreds of people tried to force their way into a factory compound through a small gate after massing outside the building before dawn, local police chiefs told the AFP news agency. [caption id="attachment_18023" align="alignright" width="643"]-Mymensing Stampede Photo Courtesy: Prothom Alo[/caption] “We have so far recovered 23 bodies. Most of the dead are p...

US Professor calls on DU VC

Prof Dr Pranab K Sen of the North Carolina University, USA called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique on Thursday at the latter’s office. Prof Dr Md Amir Hossain of the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT) of DU was present on this occasion. [caption id="attachment_18000" align="alignright" width="504"]Prof Dr Pranab K Sen of the North Carolina University, USA called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique on Thursday at the latter’s office. Prof Dr Pranab K Sen of the North Carolina University, US...

President sends notes to Qatar- Emir

The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar has received a written message from the President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways of enhancing bd -qatarthem. The message was received by the Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi when he met the ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar Sayyed Massoud Mahmoud Khandoukar yesterday. -MENAFN - Gulf Times

Oral cholera vaccines end dreadful disease in BD

It is a sigh of relief for Bangladesh, where oral cholera is an endemic disease, as a vaccine called Shanchol which is given as part of routine health services has been tagged safe and will protect children and adults from severe cholera. The findings lend support to the use of the vaccine in routine mass vaccination programmes to help to control cholera in endemic countries. oral colera vacccineThe study shows that even with moderate vaccination coverage, cases of severe life-threatening cholera were reduced by nearly 40 pe...

Major powers turn the screws for Iran nuclear deal

Foreign ministers from major powers were set Thursday to turn the screws on Iran to finalise a historic nuclear deal on the eve of a deadline to present it to US lawmakers. If the US Congress does not receive the text by early Friday morning Vienna time—midnight in Washington—it makes the approval process longer and potentially more problematic. But despite this pressure, and almost two weeks of talks in the Austrian capital, it is unclear whether an accord aimed at ending a 13-year standoff can be sewn up at all, let alone in time, AFP reports. Iran nuclear d... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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