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  ADB approves addl $110mn for BD’s urban health services

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:59pm on September 19, 2018

  The Asian Development Bank has approved an additional loan financing of $110 million for a project to improve urban primary healthcare services in Bangladesh through...

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  PM seeks India’s support for Bangladesh’s development

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:05am on September 19, 2018

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday described Bangladesh-India relations a crucial factor for common development challenges as she jointly opened with her Indian counterpart Narendra...

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  Cabinet nods allowing India to use Ctg, Mongla ports

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on September 18, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of an agreement allowing India to use Chattogram and Mongla ports for movement of goods from one place...

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  China plans bullet train to Kolkata via Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:39pm on September 13, 2018

  Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh,...

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  Harsh next Indian ambassador to US  

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 05:29pm on September 12, 2018

  Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla is likely to become India's next ambassador to the United States, replacing Navtej Sarna, who is scheduled...

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  Bangladeshi protesters ill-treated: UN rights chief

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on September 11, 2018

  New United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that student protesters and media professionals in Bangladesh were recently attacked, arrested...

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  215 tonnes of stolen OMS rice, flour seized from black market

  Emran Hossain and Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 11:52pm on September 09, 2018

  The Rapid Action Battalion in a drive from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon seized 215 tonnes of rice and flour meant for open market sale...

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  Bangladesh urges global community to force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 11:45pm on September 09, 2018

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar into taking back their over...

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  Bangladesh, India fight common enemy: Shringla

  United News of Bangladesh . Barisal | Updated at 01:19am on September 09, 2018

  Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that Bangladesh and India shared the historical legacy of fighting and winning the War of...

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  7 Bangladeshis critically injured by speeding car in Kuala Lumpur

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:49am on September 09, 2018

  At least seven Bangladeshi workers were seriously injured after being hit by a speeding car while they were queuing to board a bus in Malaysian...