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Disease outbreaks, funding shortages compound suffering of South Asia flood survivors: IFRC

By Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of thousands of flood-affected people across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are struggling to survive in the aftermath of the worst flooding to hit the region in decades. Flood waters are receding in many areas but there are already shortages of critical supplies, with personal food […]

UNICEF scaling up its emergency response in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Sept. 4 (NsNewsWire) — UNICEF with partners are scaling up the emergency response in the flood-affected northern and central parts of Bangladesh. UNICEF is also providing urgent support in Cox’s Bazar district with the recent influx of Rohingya children and their families. Children are the hardest hit and require the support to survive and […]

At least 20 Rohingya people dead after boat sinks off Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — The death toll from a sunken boat packed with Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar in a border river in southeastern Bangladesh rose to 20 on Thursday after another 14 bodies were retrieved, said a local police official. Chailau Marma, additional superintendent of police in Bangladesh‘s Cox’s Bazar district, some 292 […]

Aid agencies help hardest-hit in flood-ravaged Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands await relief

Boats are now the only lifeline for hundreds of people living on a remote island on Jamuna, one of the three major rivers in Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. Beribari Island in Bangladesh’s northern Sirajganj district, some 134 km northwest of Dhaka, has been left completely cut off from the mainland for a month by flesh floods […]

Anxiety drives China manipulation theory in US warship collision probe

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/8/27 23:18:40 After the USS John S. McCain collided with a commercial ship on August 21, Western media recently cited US navy officers as saying that the review of the accident would include the possibility of cyber intrusion or sabotage. These media outlets then pointed their fingers at China. Among the Western […]

Long queues could be prime terror target: Aussie airports

CANBERRA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Bosses of Australian airports have expressed concerns that long check-in queues could be a prime target for terrorists. Under proposed new laws, anyone flying domestically in Australia will be required to present identification before checking-in for a flight, a move that will drastically increase the length of airport queues. Airports […]

Photo exhibition of ancient Chinese architectural-styled Mosques enthralls Bangladesh audiences

DHAKA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Islamic architecture in China is as rich and varied as the great continent of Asia itself. Styles of ancient Chinese architecture are rich and diverse and include temples, imperial palaces, altars, pavilions, official residencies and folk houses, which greatly reflect Chinese ancient ideology which prioritizes the harmonious unity of human […]

Bangladeshi cellular service provider to invest half bln USD in 4G network

DHAKA, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s cellular service provider Banglalink Tuesday announced its decision to invest half a billion U.S. dollars in the development of digital infrastructure for a powerful 4G network in the country, reports Xinhua. Banglalink, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based company VEON Ltd., is one of the leading digital communications service providers in […]

Trump’s Afghan strategy sticks to old script

Trump’s Afghan strategy sticks to old script Source:Global Times Published: 2017/8/23 0:33:39 In his new strategy for Afghanistan released Monday, US President Donald Trump said he would put more US troops into the nation. His predecessor Barack Obama was clear in pulling US troops out of Afghanistan, so he reduced the US presence and […]