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Dead migrants in abandoned lorry die from lack of oxygen: Austrian police

VIENNA, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The 71 dead migrants who were found Thursday in an abandoned lorry on a motorway in eastern Austria near Vienna died from lack of air, police said on Saturday. It is hard to imagine how crowded the lorry was, as 71 people could not even stand together inside the middle-sized […]

Sales of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China top 5.2 mln

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The sales of the book Xi Jinping: the Governance of China, have exceeded 5.2 million around the world, Zhou Mingwei, head of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Zhou was speaking at the 22nd Beijing International Book Fair, which opened Wednesday. The book, published in Chinese, English, […]

Heartbreaking Photos Show A Child Bride’s Wedding In Bangladesh

Child marriage in Bangladesh is a persistent problem despite minimum age laws and government vows to curtail the practice. Nearly one-third of Bangladeshi girls under 15 are married, the highest rate for that age group in the world, according to UNICEF. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced last year that child marriage would end in […]

Seasonal flooding hits parts of Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Flooding sparked by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders have affected parts of Bangladesh and left up to half a million homeless. Authorities have evacuated residents of hundreds of villages to higher ground in a number of districts that are prone to torrential […]

China Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng arrives in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng has arrived in Dhaka in his maiden visit to Bangladesh to enhance cooperation in trade and investment. Hucheng is expected to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, President Abdul Hamid, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali. During the […]

Bangladesh ratifies 4-nation deal facilitating transit of motor vehicles

DHAKA, Aug. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi cabinet has approved a proposal for ratification of “The Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.” The country’s cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved the proposal for ratification of the agreement on Monday, […]

New tech facilitates preparation of China’s V-Day parade

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — New technologies have helped Chinese armed forces to better prepare for the Sept. 3 parade, which will be attended by more than 10,000 military personnel and showcase the latest weaponry, reports Xinhua. The Navy installed laser rangefinders on parade vehicles so that they can maintain a set distance from one […]

Bolt returns to amaze the world

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Usain Bolt is back! The Jamaican, whose appearance in Beijing even was in doubt months before the world championships, stormed to defend his 100 meters title in 9.79 seconds on Sunday at Beijing’s landmark Bird’s Nest where he turned into an athletics phenomenon with two world-record Olympic wins in the […]

Myanmar to send back 125 more boat people to Bangladesh

YANGON – Myanmar will repatriate at least 125 more Bangladeshi refugees who were rescued at sea by the navy in May, official said on Sunday. A total of 501 migrants were handed over to Bangladesh in four rounds in July and August, with the remaining boat people in shelters at Taung Pyo in Myanmar’s western […]