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China welcomes Denmark, Australia to AIIB

China’s Ministry of Finance Sunday welcomed the decisions of Denmark and Australia to apply to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, reports Xinhua

China eyes more maritime cooperation with ASEAN

BOAO, Hainan, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — China hopes all-round maritime cooperation with the ASEAN will become a model for building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Chines State Councilor Yang Jiechi said here on Saturday. Yang made the remark at a ceremony launching the maritime cooperation year between China and the ASEAN, held on the […]

McCullum, 1st skipper to score duck in CWC final

Brendon McCullum becomes the first captain to be dismissed for a duck in the world cup finals’ history, an awkward distinction for the Kiwi skipper.

World Raymen celebrates 11th founding anniversary

DHAKA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — The World Raymen has observed its 11th founding anniversary with a call to serve more people irrespective of cast, color, sex and religion in the coming days. The anniversary ceremony was held in the city’s ICMAB auditorium on Thursday. During the ceremony, members discussed Raymen activities and its future plans […]

Bangladesh: The potential of community radio

While many radio stations in Bangladesh produce unprofessional or politically one-sided reports, community radio stations could become the ones providing reliable local information. DW Akademie is there to support them. In a report on a health station listeners can hear chickens clucking in the background. They can hear meat sizzling on a street stand in […]

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC

GREEN CLIMATE FUND ACCREDITS ADB TO TAP KEY FINANCE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2015) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has become the first multilateral development bank accredited to receive financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation in its developing member countries. The […]

Asia’s brightest study Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew’s mantra

SINGAPORE: Dozens of Asia’s best and brightest government officials each year join what has become known as the “Mayors’ Class” – studying good governance, economic management and how to make their countries work like Singapore, reports Times of India.

Singapore’s Lee seen as an inspiration for modern China

BEIJING — Chinese leaders admired modern Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew for his toughness, economic pragmatism and insistence on respect for authority. In many ways, Lee’s model of “Asian values,” combining authoritarianism and economic planning, became China’s own blueprint for modernity. Most significantly, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping looked to Singapore, with its ethnic Chinese […]

9 people burnt ahead of Bangladesh opposition’s fresh strike

DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) — At least nine people sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh before an opposition-called strike, police said on Sunday. A police officer, who declined to be unnamed, said miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the truck in Magura district in southwestern Bangladesh, leaving nine people, including its […]