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  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...

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China will focus on improving economic quality in 2015 and adapt itself to slower growth against global economic headwinds, top policy makers agreed on Thursday. Economic growth should remain within the desired range and restructuring of the...

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Restrictions imposed by authorities and shutdown called by separatist groups hit Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir Wednesday for the third straight day. Clashes also sparked in Srinagar, summer...

BEIJING, Jan. 27  (NsNewsWire) — China’s 2015 GDP growth forecast has been maintained at 6.8 percent, as further policy support and export recovery is expected to help bolster the sluggish economy, said UBS on Monday. “December and Q4’s better than...

NANJING, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Rescuers have saved three people after a tug boat sank on the Yangtze River in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Thursday, said local rescue headquarters. Twenty-five people aboard the boat fell into the water, including eight foreigners...