DHAKA, Nov. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and stakeholders at a dissemination forum today discussed tools for designing climate-smart development projects. Programming Division, Planning Commission of Bangladesh and ADB jointly organized the dissemination forum on “Establishing a Climate Risk Screening System for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into National Development […]

Bias stops West seeing real Xinjiang Source:Global Times Published: 2018/11/27 23:08:40 Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur woman who claimed she came from the Xinjiang vocational education and training centers, which the West calls “re-education camps,” cried out to reporters in the National Press Club of the US. She said she was locked in a 37-square-meter cell […]

 by Sir Frank Peters The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is calling for an immediate ban on corporal punishment worldwide in all settings including schools, homes and madrasahs. In a strong statement issued this week the august medical association comprising of 67,000 professional pediatricians, raised a loud voice in unison to alert the world to the […]

DHAKA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — A High Court division bench in Bangladesh on Tuesday said a convict jailed to more than two years cannot contest the election. The High Court division bench of Justice Mohammad Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order, rejecting an appeal seeking a stay order on the […]

DHAKA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi and Chinese business organizations have signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen further relations and develop mutual cooperation. The MoUs were inked between Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and Dezhou Economic and Technological Development Zone at a seminar titled “China (Dezhou) Bangladesh Investment and Industry Cooperation” on Monday. […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/11/26 20:58:39 A severe maritime friction broke out between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday. Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships entering the Sea of Azov. Moscow said the ships passed into Russian territorial waters and Russia used weapons to seize them. Ukraine claimed that Russia opened fire on Ukrainian vessels, injuring six […]

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan Saturday emerged as the country’s first cricketer to reach 200 wickets while his team scripted its first-ever Test cricket victory over West Indies on home soil, reports Xinhua. Shakib also became the fastest to reach the dual milestone of 200 wickets and […]

Will EU, Japan follow US lead in waging tech cold war against China? Source:Global Times Published: 2018/11/23 22:58:40 The US government is trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in allied countries, including Germany, Italy and Japan to avoid telecommunication equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. One of the […]