Cyber rumors must be effectively addressed

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/26 23:28:40 Police have disclosed the preliminary results of the investigation into the alleged child abuse at the RYB Education-run kindergarten in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. One of the kindergarten teachers has been sent to criminal detention, which seems to indicate there was abuse. Another 31-year-old woman, who admitted fabricating fake news claiming […]

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Bill Gates elected foreign academician at top Chinese think tank

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of TerraPower, has been elected as a foreign academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), one of China’s top science think tanks. He was among the 18 new foreign academicians at the institution, the CAE announced Monday. The academy published the list […]

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Bangladesh pleased over arrangement with Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: FM

DHAKA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, who Thursday signed a deal with Myanmar on repatriation of the Rohingyas, has expressed his satisfaction over the bilateral arrangement. Upon his return from Myanmar, the foreign minister held a press briefing in Dhaka Saturday saying both sides agreed to seek the assistance of […]

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Myanmar, Bangladesh hold meetings on Rohingyas issue

Nay Pyi Taw, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — At the invitation of U Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, the Bangladesh delegation led by H.E. Mr. Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has begun an official visit to Myanmar yesterday, after attending […]

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Yunus Calls on Indian Tribal Youth to Become Entrepreneurs

DHAKA, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said that education system needs to change and encourage entrepreneurship over seeking job offers. He was addressing a house packed with tribal youth from all over India, activists and scholars at an event in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in India at the concluding day of Samvaad – Tata Steel’s […]

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Urgent measures to improve hygiene practices underway inside Rohingya refugee camps

GENEVA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire)  —  UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports suggesting high levels of bacterial contamination (E.coli) from water drawn from wells inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The latest figures from the World Health Organization suggest that 62 per cent of water available to households is contaminated. We […]

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Bangladesh athletes demonstrate traditional Chinese martial Wushu arts skills

DHAKA, Nov. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Some 130 athletes Monday demonstrated traditional Chinese martial Wushu arts skills in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh Wushu Association and Shanto-Mariam CRI Confucius Classroom jointly organized the “Ambassador Cup China-Bangladesh Wushu Demonstration-2017″ under the sponsorship of Chinese embassy in Dhaka. Bangladeshi State Minister for Sports Biren Sikdar as the […]

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ADB provides 260 mln USD to boost infrastructure in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh have signed agreements for 260 million U.S. dollars in loans to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh, particularly in financing public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as renewable energy interventions, reports Xinhua. Kazi Shofiqul Azam, secretary of Bangladesh’s […]

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