Award-winning Taiwan journalist connects with stranger who saved his life

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — It took months – but the award-winning reporter for Taiwan’s SET News, a Taipei-based cable television channel, was finally able to thank a man who came to the spot to become his lifesaver after a fatal road accident. Jouranlist Fu Chia-ching Saturday found the benevolent stranger who was identified as the […]

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Spotlight: Bangladeshi experts eye greater role for APEC in combating climate change, food security

by Naim-Ul-Karim The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should make more positive contributions in combating climate change and food security specially this year as the focus of the current U.S. administration is shifting, Bangladesh environmental watchers have noted, reports Xinhua. They stressed that 21 APEC economies, which account for approximately 60 percent of world energy consumption, […]

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2 dead in shooting inside Colorado Walmart

At least two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting inside a Walmart store in suburban Denver on Wednesday, US police said, reports Reuters. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible for the gunfire. In a Twitter post about 90 […]

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GC2018 Gala set to have X Factor appeal

Gold Coast, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — She’ll carry the Queen’s Baton in April next year, but singer-songwriter Dami Im’s Games journey will start this Saturday night when she performs at the GC2018 Charity Gala and Medal reveal. The 2013 X Factor winner and Australia’s entrant in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will take to the […]

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine

Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited areas hit by conflict in the western state of Rakhine on Thursday for the first time since attacks by militants from the Rohingya Muslim minority two months ago sparked a refugee crisis,  reports reuters. A Reuters reporter saw Suu Kyi board a military helicopter at Sittwe, […]

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Pilot among 4 arrested for “plane sabotage plot”

DHAKA, Nov. 1  (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four people including a pilot on charges of plotting sabotage with aircraft, reports Xinhua. RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the arrest of the militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Tuesday at a press briefing. He said […]

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