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Bangladesh: World Bank Provides $510 Million to Improve Secondary Education

DHAKA, Aug. 13 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed a $510 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enhance the quality and effectiveness of secondary education system in the country. This will benefit 13 million students studying in Grades 6-12. The Transforming Secondary Education for Results (TSER) program will support the government’s ‘Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP).’ It […]

Five men sentenced to death for Bangladesh 1971 war crimes

DHAKA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh capital Dhaka sentenced five men to death on Monday for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Shahinur Islam, found the suspects Md Esahaque Shikder, Abdul Gani, Md Awal, Md A Sattar […]

Protecting peace, stability is top of human rights agenda for Xinjiang

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/12 21:43:39 Politicians and media outlets of the US and other Western countries have been lashing out intensively at China’s governance of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region recently, claiming massive human rights violations in Xinjiang and comparing the region to an open-air prison. Their purpose is to stir trouble for Xinjiang and destroy […]

Handling ungranted expansion of religious structures needs caution, wisdom

By Shan Renping Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/11 7:06:49 The local authorities’ plan to demolish the Weizhou Grand Mosque in Tongxin county, Wuzhong city, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has become a controversy, receiving a great deal of attention in China. The dispute started in 2015. The Weizhou Grand Mosque applied for renovations in 2015, […]

Australian Parliamentarians Visit Cox’s Bazar

DHAKA, Aug. 12 (NsNewsWire) –Australian Parliamentarians Visit Cox’s Bazar From 6-9 August, seven Australian Parliamentarians travelled to Bangladesh to visit Cox’s Bazar to observe the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis. This visit was arranged as part of the Australian Aid & Parliament Project, an initiative of Save The Children Australia, funded by the Bill […]

Mondelēz International Establishes Operations in Bangladesh Expands the company’s presence in South Asia

DHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Mondelēz International today announced that it has established operations in Bangladesh, expanding the company’s presence in South Asia. The company set up its country headquarters in Dhaka, marking its entry into Bangladesh, the eighth most populous country in the world with around 160 million consumers. Kallappa Pattanashetti, who was earlier […]

Asian Youth Assembly-2018 kicks off in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — H. E. Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Secretary General of SAARC, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Youth Assembly-2018 this morning. The Assembly was devoted to the theme, “Revitalizing Asian Youth Integration for Climate Change in the era of SDGs.” Co-organized by the Global Youth Parliament and the Youth […]

Commonwealth Secretary visiting Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Commonwealth Secretary General the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is visiting Bangladesh with a four members delegation on a three-day working tour from 08 August 2018. This is a part of her first official visit to the three Asian Commonwealth member states in Asia Sri Lanka, Brunei and Bangladesh. She […]

ADB Provides $25.4 Million Grant to Spur Off-Grid Solar-Driven Irrigation Pumping in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed agreements for $25.44 million in grant to spur off-grid solar photovoltaic (SPV) pumping for agricultural irrigation. The grant will further support activities for promoting SPV water pumping systems under the ADB-financed Power System Efficiency Improvement Project. […]