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Int’l community speaks highly of China’s aid to Ebola-hit countries

Since the Ebola outbreak in April, China has offered four batches of aid to West African countries, which has not only been a makeshift emergency relief, but also sought to improve those countries’ ability in crisis response and state governance. The record-breaking assistance, worth 122 million U.S. dollars, demonstrated China’s sincerity and selflessness with Africa […]

Mobile distributor SiS subsidiary to be listed in Bangladesh bourses

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — A leading Asian investment holding company has announced that its subsidiary — Information Technology Consultants Limited (ITCL) — will be separately listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange in Bangladesh. ITCL Wednesday made the announcement in a press release. SiS International Holdings, engaged in the distribution […]

Myanmar’s first broadcasting bill seeks approval from Lower House

Myanmar’s first ever broadcasting bill will continue to seek approval from the parliament’s Lower House after it was passed by the Upper House, according to the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) Thursday. When the broadcast law comes into effect, all media including state-owned and private broadcasters can fairly compete each other and the law […]

Obama to travel to Asia for summits, visits

U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China, Myanmar and Australia on Nov. 10-16 for a series of summits and bilateral talks. The president will be in China on Nov. 10-12 for the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and APEC CEO summit and then a state visit to China by having talks with President Xi Jinping, White […]

Bangladesh Creates New Marine Protected Area for Dolphins, Whales, Sharks, and Sea Turtles

The Government of Bangladesh has created the country’s first marine protected area that will now safeguard whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and other oceanic species, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The creation of the “Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area” occurs as the world’s conservation community prepares to meet at the World Parks […]

5 killed, 9 wounded in Saudi Arabia shooting

At least five people were killed and nine wounded when three masked men shot them with machine guns and pistols in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province late Monday night, the local Sabaq e-newspaper said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province, one of the main centers of the Shiite Muslims minority […]

Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over Bangladesh Jamaat chief’s sentence

Pakistan on Saturday finally voiced its ‘serious concern’ over the award of death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Bangladesh chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, despite initially following the policy of non-interference over what it termed was Dhaka’s internal matter. “Though what happens in Bangladesh is that country’s internal matter, Pakistan cannot remain divorced from references to 1971 […]

Growing China to contribute more to Asia development: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the prospect for Asian countries’ cooperation is promising and a growing China will make bigger contribution to Asian development. Xi made the comments in a meeting with the members of the board of directors of the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA), who gathered in Beijing for a working conference on […]

Winners of WMS Global Awards for Excellence on mainstream Bangladesh media

A large number of mainstream Bangladesh media outlets published news on winners of the first- ever World Media Summit Global Awards for Excellence. Bangladesh media reports have focused largely on the Bangladeshi female journalist who won Honorable Mention in the World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 in Beijing. Sheuli Akter, special correspondent […]