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China’s important contribution to WWII victory little known to Europeans

BERLIN, Aug. 31 (NsNewsWire) — China made a very important contribution to the victory in the World War II (WWII), which was little known to Europeans, former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said. Schroeder is among dozens of foreign statesmen invited to witness the military parade of China to celebrate the WWII victory. The event […]

Chinese Embassy holds farewell party for Chinese gov’t scholarship recipients in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh held a farewell party Friday for some 146 Bangladeshi students, officials and professionals who were awarded Chinese government scholarships, reports Xinhua. Senior officials from Bangladesh’s relevant ministries and Chinese Embassy, among others, attended the party. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang extended his warm […]

Nearly 200 immigrants feared dead off Libya coast: official

TRIPOLI, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Nearly 200 illegal immigrants may have died off Libya’s western Zuwara coast on Thursday after a boat carrying around 400 people sank, a security official told Xinhua on Friday. “We have recovered 82 bodies washed ashore so far, while about 100 people are still missing,” a coast guard official said, […]

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, […]