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385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day

Dhaka, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Approximately 8,370 babies will be born in Bangladesh on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.17 per cent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day. Kiribati’s Christmas Island, a small island in the Pacific, will most likely […]

New York City apartment fire kills 12, injures several others

Reuters, New York Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire that swept through several floors of an apartment building in the New York City borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The blaze started on the first floor of the brick building and […]

Xi steers Chinese economy toward high-quality development

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (NsNewsWire) — The world’s second-largest economy is setting sail toward a new phase of development with Xi Jinping at the helm, reports Xinhua. The Chinese economy will focus on quality, a shift from the rapid growth the country has been known for over the past decades since the reform and opening up […]

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 […]

U.S. Congressional delegation meets FM, visits Rohingya camp

DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The visiting U.S. Congressional delegation led by Senator Jeffrey Alan Merkley met the Hon’ble Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP, at a hotel in Dhaka yesterday evening (18 November 2017). Senator Richard Durbin, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Congressman David N. Cicilline, U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia […]

Chinese FM calls on Bangladesh, Myanmar to properly settle Rohingya issue, offers help

DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Saturday that China is willing to help Bangladesh and Myanmar properly solve the Rohingya issue, reports Xinhua. Speaking to the press, the Chinese foreign minister said the turbulence in Myanmar has spread to Bangladesh and brought burden to it, yet Bangladesh has […]

Foreign Ministry statement on Chinese FM’s Dhaka visit to discuss Myanmar’s refugee crisis

DHAKA, Nov. 18 ( NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent on Saturday night regarding Chinese FM’s Dhaka visit:”Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on an official visit to Bangladesh, had a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali today. At […]

Chinese FM to attend ASEM FM meeting, visit Bangladesh and Myanmar

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will lead a delegation to the 13th foreign ministers’ meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s capital, from November 20 to 21, reports Xinhua. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the announcement at a daily press briefing here on Thursday. Wang […]

Five foreign ministers visit Bangladesh today

DHAKA, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign ministers China, Japan, Germany, Sweden and European Union will arrive in Bangladesh capital Dhaka (today) Saturday to discuss Rohingya crisis. They ould hold separate bilateral meetings with their Bangladeshi counterpart AH Mahmood Ali and also call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Four foreign ministers, except the Chinese minister, are […]