China moves to safeguard social justice

A white paper released Monday detailed how China has improved the judicial protection of people’s rights and freedoms, showing the country’s determination to safeguard social justice, reports Xinhua

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Huangluo: China’s ‘long hair village’

A woman of Yao ethnic group adjusts her hair in Huangluo village, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo by Huo Yan/China Daily] To 51-year-old Pan Jifeng, the long hair that women of the Yao ethnic group have kept for generations is a symbol of auspiciousness. Huangluo village in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is home to descendants […]

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a2i honored with Bangladesh’s prestigious “Public Administration Award 2016”

DHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Access to Information (a2i)” program, an UNDP and USAID supported project having its office at the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Public Administration Award 2016’ for its innovative initiatives in leveraging ICTs in public service delivery. On behalf of a2i,  its Director General  Kabir Bin Anwar […]

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BugsBD offers low cost cyber security in Bangladesh

There has been burgeoning growth of internet users in Bangladesh which has reached up to 58.31 million in February 2016 as per BTRC. Due to change in client’s behavior, almost all sectors in Bangladesh are making their efforts to provide the online transactions facility in line with traditional system. Online facility creates new opportunities for […]

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Bangladesh gets 2nd Confucius Institute at prestigious University of Dhaka

DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — Second Confucius Institute in Bangladesh will begin its activities early next year at the country’s leading University of Dhaka here. Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka AAMS Arefin Siddique and Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Bangladesh Chen Shuang Monday cut the ribbon to inaugurate the construction of […]

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Tahmima Anam: ‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh’

There’s a moment in Tahmima Anam’s latest novel when her protagonist, Zubaida, realises that she may never be as fulfilled as her parents, who lived through the war in Bangladesh. “The war was fundamental, a kind of birth not just for the country but for all the too-young people who had willed the country into […]

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