UNITED NATIONS, July 20(NsNewsWire) — Humanitarian partners of the United Nations reported that at least 30 people had been killed by monsoon rain-triggered landslides and flooding in parts of Bangladesh, a UN spokesman said on Friday, reports Xinhua. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said that “humanitarian colleagues tell us that monsoon […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/21 10:32:30 The State Council Information Office published on Sunday a White Paper, clarifying certain misunderstandings about Xinjiang‘s ethnic, religious, cultural and historical issues in the international community. With the paper, kind-hearted people can distinguish between right and wrong. It is hoped malicious agitators will zip their lip. Xinjiang has officially been […]

Washington, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP, is currently visiting Washington, D.C. on an invitation from the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to participate in the Second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom being held in the US Department of State from 16 to 18 July […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/17 21:58:41   Zhao Lijian, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, posted several tweets Saturday in response to the 37 countries’ support for China’s governance in its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, denouncing the mud which the 22 Western countries threw at China. Zhao pointed out that southeast Washington […]

GOLD COAST, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — New tourism figures released today (Wednesday) show a total 12 million domestic visitors converged on the nation’s premier holiday hotspot in record numbers.   In the 12 months to March 2019, domestic overnight visitation grew by 17 per cent to a record 4 million according to the latest National […]

Kuala Lumpur, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — -Nearly 6 million people across South Asia are under threat from rising flood waters following heavy monsoon rains, with more than one million displaced in one Indian state alone. Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are racing to deliver emergency supplies to communities and […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/16 22:40:58 The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that China will impose sanctions on US firms selling weapons to the island of Taiwan. The announcement made a splash in the US. A US State Department spokesperson said on Monday it will “closely monitor any actions that would unfairly disadvantage US firms” […]

Dhaka, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — Mobile Network Operators of the country was supposed to make their last quarter’s (April – June, 2019) payment of different charges including revenue sharing, social obligation fund, annual spectrum charge fees, etc. to BTRC today deducting without the VAT amount, since the regulator does not have VAT registration. But the […]

DHAKA, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is grateful to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their contribution of 300 metric tons of dates to support schoolchildren and their families in Bangladesh. The contribution was acknowledged at a handover ceremony this week at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi […]