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Justice S K Sinha becomes first Hindu Chief Justice of Bangladesh

January 13, 2015

Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. With this appointment, he has become the first Hindu to hold highest judicial post  in the Muslim-majority country. He will succeed incumbent Chief Justice Md Muzammel ..

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Bangladesh oil spill disaster threatens wildlife in Sundarbans forest

December 13, 2014

Bangladesh’s oil spill disaster is considered as ecological catastrophe which may threaten rare dolphins, other wildlife species and world’s largest mangrove forests in the Sundrban’s. Oil spill disaster: The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres of furnace oil partly sank in ..

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Trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service flagged off from Guwahati

December 10, 2014

The trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service was flagged off from the Inter State Bus Terminus in Guwahati. This trail will be monitored by joint team of India and Bangladesh consisting of seven-member Bangladesh delegation including Joint Secretary of Home ..

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Bangladesh and Bhutan sign agreements on trade and land allocation

December 8, 2014

Bangladesh and Bhutan have signed two agreements. The two signed agreements are Agreement on Trade: It will allow the two neighbouring countries to enjoy duty-free export of 90 items to each other. Earlier, Bhutan enjoyed duty-free export of 74 items ..

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Bamiyan finalized as SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16, Dhaka for 2016-17

September 26, 2014

Bamiyan in Afghanistan is best known for two 6th century colossal statues of Buddhas , belonging to ancient Gandhara School of Art.  These colossal buddha images were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. In September 2014, Bamiyan has been given the ..

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Nalanda University in Bihar reopens after 800 years

September 3, 2014

Approximately 800 years after the ancient education institution was ruined, on September 1, 2014, Nalanda University (also known as University of Nalanda), in Bihar’s Rajgir district, commenced its first academic session. Nalanda is a Central University in Rajgir, about 55 ..

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BSF & BGB agreed on vulnerability mapping to implement CBMP along Bangladesh border

August 26, 2014

An agreement has been reached between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Board Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out vulnerability mapping in every 6 months. It will be conducted to implement a Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) to check trans-border ..

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Team India equals world record of maximum dismissals at zero in a Test innings

August 8, 2014

In an utterly disappointing performance by Indian cricket team on the first day of the Manchester Test played against England, six Indian players got out without opening their account. With this dismal show, India equaled the world record of maximum ..

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World has only 3,200 tigers left: WWF report

July 30, 2014

In a sharp contrast to the 100,000 tigers that once lived in the wild a century ago, the number now has reduced to just 3,200. This was revealed by a latest report released by the World Wide Fund (WWF). WWF ..

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Health Ministry focuses on Kala Azar eradication

July 8, 2014

Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, has set up a core group to sketch a detailed plan of action to wipe out the vector-borne disease Kala Azar by 2015. In 2004, the government had set a target for eradicating the ..

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