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DHAKA, June 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is not in the FIFA World Cup 2018 competition but the world’s most-watched sports tournament still attracts throngs of soccer supporters from the nation’s population of 160 million, reports Xinhua. The country is gearing...

PRETORIA, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called for pragmatic cooperation among the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, reports Xinhua. Speaking here at the Formal Meeting of the...

Wang Fuman, also known as “Ice Boy,” is living out his dream of visiting Beijing. The 8-year-old from southwest China’s Yunnan Province became a nationwide Internet sensation last week after a photo of him in classroom with frosted hair went viral. Wang braved...

MOGADISHU, May 7 (Xinhua) — Somali security forces killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader heading the group in Lower Shabelle region on Friday in southern Somalia, a government official confirmed on Sunday. Information Minister Abdirahman Omar Osman said the security forces...

  DHAKA, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank today launched a cash benefits program for 600,000 of the country’s poorest mothers and pregnant women in exchange for their participation in activities to improve their children’s...

SYDNEY, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued an alert for the Pacific after a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The undersea earthquake struck 41 km northwest of Panguna on the Papua New Guinea...

DHAKA, Nov. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved additional $100 million financing to scale up its support to strengthen technical and vocational education  in Bangladesh. This financing will enable 200,000 poor students to complete vocational training and diploma...

PARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — French and British interior ministers will meet on Thursday and sign a cooperation agreement to stem immigrants flows who risked their lives to reach London via the Eurotunnel, French interior ministry said on Tuesday. France‘s Bernard...

  Trade between Mizoram, Myanmar and Bangladesh would be launched soon as border infrastructures were almost ready, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here on Saturday, reports IANS. “The land customs station at Zokhawthar (in eastern Mizoram) was recently inaugurated...

The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background. Google released a doodle on the eve of the India-Bangladesh Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match at Melbourne. The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian...