DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded its annual development award of 2018 to BRAC for its continued humanitarian support programme for the Rohingya people who have taken shelter in Bangladesh. OFID, the development platform of the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has been […]

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix called on  Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali, MP at the State Guest House Padma today. The UN Under-Secretary-General was accompanied by United Nations Military Adviser  Lieutenant General Carlos Humberto Loitey and United Nations Police Adviser  Luís Carrilho. Foreign Minister welcomed the […]

By Zhang Hui Source:Global Times Published: 2018/6/24 19:22:49 China has enshrined Xi Jinping’s thought on diplomacy as the supreme guidance to the country’s foreign affairs at a key conference, which also urged the country to take an active part in leading the reform of the global governance system. In an address at the Central Conference […]

MANILA, June 25 (Xinhua) — Philippine Finance Minister Carlos Dominguez is in Mumbai, India for the third annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) that kicked off in Mumbai, India on Monday. This year’s meeting will feature the launching of the Asian Infrastructure Forum (AIF), which aims to […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/6/24 22:58:39 A keynote speech made by Liu Yadong, editor-in-chief of Science and Technology Daily, at a science communication salon last week has sparked heated discussions online. Liu highlighted the widening technological gap between China and western developed countries. He stressed that while some Chinese have been bragging about China’s technological achievements, […]

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, has announced an additional humanitarian funding package of AUD18.4 million to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya people and the host community in Bangladesh affected by the crisis. The large number of Rohingya people that have fled across the […]

DHAKA, June 24 (NsNewsWire) — Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC will arrive in Dhaka on 24 June 2018 on an invitation from the Chief of Naval Staff Bangladesh Navy, Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed, (TAS), OSP, ndc, psc. The Chief will be accompanied […]