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Suicide bombing kills 15, injures 22 in eastern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Xinhua) — At least 15 people were killed and 22 others injured as a suicide blast hit the downtown area of Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore on Monday afternoon, said rescue officials. According to local media reports, the blast took place at about 4:00 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber riding on […]

U.S.-backed SDF controls 41 pct of IS stronghold in Syria’s Raqqa

DAMASCUS, July 24 (Xinhua) — The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has controlled 41 percent of the Islamic State (IS) stronghold in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa after launching nearly 50-day offensive there, a monitor group reported on Monday. The battles for Raqqa have been raging for 49 days since the Kurdish-led SDF, with the […]

Post-Brexit U.S.-Britain trade deal to be reached no time soon

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) — Britain and the United States here on Monday kicked off their first round of talks on a potential bilateral trade deal in the post-Brexit era, but British trade officials and experts didn’t expect such a deal to be reached anytime soon. LEGAL HURDLES Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox traveled […]

Grameenphone Star Customers to get special discount at US Bangla Airline

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd has signed an agreement with US Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh to provide a special discount to its Star Customers under a joint partnership promotion. Under this promotion, Grameenphone STAR customers will get special discount (12% on Business & 10% on Economy class) on Base […]

UN expert accuses Myanmar of acting like military govt

United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has accused the government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation. Lee, ending a 12-day visit to the country, listed a catalogue of concerns including reports of killings, torture, the use of human shields by […]

Caixin Media Expands its Global Presence with New English-Language Platform

DHAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) — Caixin Media has expanded its global reach with the launch of its new English-language platform on January 18th, Caixin Breakfast Meeting Davos 2017 at Davos, Switzerland. \ Caixin – China Economics & Finance was China’s only magazine to be shown at the main venue on the opening day of the […]

ADB approves loans to boost public-private infrastructure in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has approved 526 million U.S. dollars to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh, particularly in financing public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as renewable energy interventions. reports Xinhua. The assistance consists of a 500-million-U.S. dollar market-based loan to finance medium and large-scale PPP […]

Patients swamp hospitals in Bangladesh amid mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus epidemic

by Naim-Ul-Karim Throngs of people with Chikungunya fever symptoms have been queuing up for doctors’ advice in Bangladesh’s top Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the capital city of Dhaka in recent days. Such was the overflow, that many of those who suspected they had the fever flocked to a help desk for the viral […]

2 security personnel killed in suicide attack in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) — At least two security personnel were killed and five others injured when their vehicle came under a suicide attack in Pakistan‘s northwest city of Peshawar on Monday morning, police said. Muhammad Shoaib, assistant superintendent of police, said that the attack took place at about 9:00 a.m. local time when a […]