China joins hands with neighbors to elevate subregional development

BANGKOK, Dec. 21 ( NsNewsWire) — China and its southeast neighbors will soon embark on a series of major cooperation projects after Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his fruitful visit to Thailand on Saturday. MAJOR BILATERAL PROJECTS China eyes deeper cooperation with Thailand and hopes for a more balanced bilateral trade and economic relationship, Li […]

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Pakistan Moves to End Policy on ‘Good Taliban’

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 20 (NsNewsWire) — In the wake of the Peshawar school massacre, some U.S. and Afghan officials are beginning to express optimism that Pakistan may finally be changing its decadeslong policy of supporting jihadist groups. Pakistan’s military for several months has been moving away from the policy, under which these militant groups have long […]

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80 pct of smokeless tobacco users in India, Bangladesh: report

Mumbai, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco has found that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use the carcinogenic product. Eighty per cent of smokeless tobacco users in the world are in India and Bangladesh. The report ‘Smokeless Tobacco […]

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In Bangladesh, ‘Floating Farms’ Overcome Monsoon Rains

DHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — During the monsoon rains in northwest Bangladesh, swollen rivers can flood villages for months at a time. For the rural poor who rely on agriculture, there is no way to make money. But now some people are building small floating farms, where they grow vegetables and raise animals, right on […]

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Bangladesh: MSF responds to an upsurge in malaria cases

Dhaka/Amsterdam – In the last three months the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated nearly 1,700 people affected by malaria in remote areas of southeast Bangladesh. In August, MSF launched an emergency intervention in Bandarban district in the Chittagong Hill Tracts – an area where malaria is endemic – to support the […]

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Bangladesh’s besieged Islamist party fights for life

By Shafiqul Alam, AFP: Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party faces an existential crisis after a series of body blows, including the sentencing to death of its leaders and abandonment by its main secular ally, say analysts. Bangladesh sentences another top Islamist to death Associated Press Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies Associated Press Ghulam Azam: Bangladeshi war […]

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