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India raises issue of illegal immigrants with Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — India raised the issue of illegal immigrants settling in the country’s northeast areas with Bangladesh during a bilateral meeting between the home ministers of the two countries in India’s New Delhi on Wednesday, an official statement released by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The […]

SAARC secy. general addresses opening ceremony of SDG4 Monitoring Framework and APMED2030 in Kathmandu

Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), defined “education” as “enlightenment”. Delivering a Key-Note Address at the Inaugural Session of the South Asia Statistical Capacity Development Workshop on Developing SAARC SDG4: Monitoring Framework and Preparatory Meeting for the Fifth APMED in Kathmandu today, the Secretary General said, […]

What’s on in Beijing

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — The following are a selection of shows in Beijing for the coming week: Un Ballo in Maschera Date: April 10-14 Time: 7 p.m. Place: National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Introduction: Produced by the NCPA and directed by renowned director Hugo De Ana, the opera recreates scenes from the […]

China’s R&D spending sees rapid growth in past decades

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s spending on research and development (R&D) has seen rapid growth in the past 25 years as the country pursues a strategy of development through scientific and technological progress. A report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that China’s R&D spending surged by an average of 20.3 percent […]

TITLE ：Interview: Belt and Road Initiative helps sustain growth momentum: Bangladeshi economist

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — The idea of the Belt and Road Initiative is to bring people and cultures together on the back of cross-border business expansion and economic prosperity, said a leading Bangladeshi think-tank chief. Zaidi Sattar, chairman of Policy Research Institute, told Xinhua in an interview that the Belt and […]

Vast majority of Australians subjected to sexual harassment: survey

CANBERRA, Sept. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Seven out of 10 Australians have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their lives, a major survey found, reports Xinhua. The study, released by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins on Wednesday, revealed that 71 percent of Australians over the age of 15 have experienced sexual harassment, with 85 percent […]

Thailand launches Southern Economic Corridor project

BANGKOK, Aug. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand has launched a Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) project covering several of its southern provinces, repoerts Xinhua. During Tuesday’s roving cabinet meeting in Chumphon province, about 466 km south of Bangkok, the government approved the SEC project to be implemented in four southern provinces, namely Ranong, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si […]

New regulation to allow HK, Macao, Taiwan residents to apply for mainland residence permits

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire ) — A new regulation will allow residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to apply for residence permits in the Chinese mainland, reports Xinhua . A document issued at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office Thursday said the regulation, to be promulgated by the State Council […]

Gaza’s only power plant shuts down due to fuel shortage

GAZA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — The only power plant in the Palestinian Gaza Strip stopped operation on Monday due to shortage of fuel, an official in Gaza announced, reports Xinhua. The plant’s halt will affect all aspects of life in Gaza, said Mohammed Thabet, media officer in Gaza’s energy distribution company, in a statement. He […]