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Building Resilience Against Climate Change: Women in Bangladesh Lead the Way

DHAKA, Sept. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Rajena Boiragi wakes up at six in the morning to collect crab and shrimp in her family fishing pond, usually spending around five hours a day in muddy waters gathering what she can to sell at the local market. The 55-year-old lives with her son, Heatler and her daughter, Indira, […]

China, U.S. pin high hopes on Xi’s visit for breakthrough in BIT talks

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — Pushing for earlier completion of their marathon talks on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), both China and the United States have placed high hopes on President Xi Jinping‘s Sept. 22-25 state visit for a breakthrough. But, as stumbling blocks in the way are not easy to remove, painstaking efforts from […]

Dubai declares three day mourning over death of ruler’s son

Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the son of the Gulf emirate’s ruler passed away, the official state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid, eldest son of the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, suffered a heart attack on Saturday morning, the […]

Britain to accept refugees in coming days: Home Secretary

LONDON, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The first wave of Syria refugees will arrive in Britain in the coming days, British Home Secretary Theresa May said on Wednesday, reports Xinhua In accordance with a new plan announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron last week, Britain will receive up to 20,000 refugees over the next five […]

Unmasking terrorists in Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami disguises its violent extremism with political legitimacy

Sajeeb Wazed’s article in The Washington Times The dreaded Islamic State has redrawn sovereign borders in the sands of the Middle East and North Africa, and the threat it and other terrorist organizations pose around the world is serious and growing. To confront and defeat these international terrorists, top U.S. lawmakers and […]

New Zealand welcomes Sri Lankan reconciliation measures

WELLINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — New Zealand’s government Wednesday welcomed the Sri Lankan government’s move to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help the country recover from its decades-long civil war. “New Zealand welcomes the measures announced by the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this […]

Bangladesh PM honored with UN Champions of Earth award

by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — Her all-out efforts quickly caught the attention of the Bangladesh people who have felt the pinch of climate change over the last years. A quiet revolution is sweeping through Bangladesh’s coastal areas which are frequently affected by various climate change induced disasters. She has taken up […]

EU ministers agree to relocate 40,000 refugees

BRUSSELS, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — European Union (EU) ministers on Monday agreed on a plan to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece at an emergency meeting. The Justice and Home Affairs Council on migration said in a press release that EU ministers adopted a decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection […]

Bangladesh suspends new tax on private universities after mass protests

DHAKA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government decided on Monday to freeze its decision to impose a 7.5-percent value- added tax (VAT) on private universities and medical colleges’ tuition fees following mass protests. The decision was announced the Ministry of Finance after four days of student protests in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. […]