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Rakhine crisis: Two years on, the struggle for safety, privacy and dignity

Cox’s Bazar / Kuala Lumpur, 19 August 2019 – Tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Rakhine to camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are living their lives in cramped tents and shelters, in conditions that fall well below international standards. Two years on from the exodus triggered by violence on 25 August 2017, over […]

Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor to replace Michelle Beadle on ESPN’s ‘NBA Countdown’e on ESPN’s ‘NBA Countdown’

ESPN is planning to replace on “NBA Countdown” host Michelle Beadle with a pairing of Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor, according to The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch. Per Deitsch, Nichols will still host “The Jump,” her daily basketball analysis show with a rotating stable of co-hosts. Jalen Rose is also reportedly set to return as an […]

Over 470,000 people in Hong Kong say “no” to violence

“Anti-violence!”, “Save Hong Kong!” Over 470,000 people gathered on Saturday in a rally held at Tamar Park, Admiralty of Hong Kong, to voice out their demand for peace and stability in Hong Kong. At around 4 p.m. local time, the metro station near Tamar Park was swarming with people. An hour later, the rally started […]

India raises issue of illegal immigrants with Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — India raised the issue of illegal immigrants settling in the country’s northeast areas with Bangladesh during a bilateral meeting between the home ministers of the two countries in India’s New Delhi on Wednesday, an official statement released by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The […]

SAARC secy. general addresses opening ceremony of SDG4 Monitoring Framework and APMED2030 in Kathmandu

Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), defined “education” as “enlightenment”. Delivering a Key-Note Address at the Inaugural Session of the South Asia Statistical Capacity Development Workshop on Developing SAARC SDG4: Monitoring Framework and Preparatory Meeting for the Fifth APMED in Kathmandu today, the Secretary General said, […]

What’s on in Beijing

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — The following are a selection of shows in Beijing for the coming week: Un Ballo in Maschera Date: April 10-14 Time: 7 p.m. Place: National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Introduction: Produced by the NCPA and directed by renowned director Hugo De Ana, the opera recreates scenes from the […]

China’s R&D spending sees rapid growth in past decades

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s spending on research and development (R&D) has seen rapid growth in the past 25 years as the country pursues a strategy of development through scientific and technological progress. A report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that China’s R&D spending surged by an average of 20.3 percent […]

TITLE ：Interview: Belt and Road Initiative helps sustain growth momentum: Bangladeshi economist

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — The idea of the Belt and Road Initiative is to bring people and cultures together on the back of cross-border business expansion and economic prosperity, said a leading Bangladeshi think-tank chief. Zaidi Sattar, chairman of Policy Research Institute, told Xinhua in an interview that the Belt and […]

Vast majority of Australians subjected to sexual harassment: survey

CANBERRA, Sept. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Seven out of 10 Australians have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their lives, a major survey found, reports Xinhua. The study, released by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins on Wednesday, revealed that 71 percent of Australians over the age of 15 have experienced sexual harassment, with 85 percent […]