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Death toll rises to 69 as sunken Bangladeshi ferry salvaged

DHAKA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — The death toll in Sunday’s ferry disaster in Bangladesh’s northwestern Manikganj district has risen to 69 with the recovery of 28 more bodies on Monday. The district’s administration chief Rashida Ferdous said the ferry MV Mostafa was lifted by a salvage ship on Monday. “Divers and villagers have retrieved a […]

Tulips exhibition held in Wuhan, central China

Tourists watch tulips at an exhibition in Wuhuan Botanical Garden in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 22, 2015. Xinhua

KOICA and UNICEF strengthen its partnership to reduce preventable deaths in children and women

DHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF Bangladesh have signed a US$8 million (Taka 62 crore) agreement today to help reduce preventable deaths in children and women by improving maternal, newborn and child health interventions. Ms. Kim Bok-Hee, Resident Representative ofKOICA Bangladesh Office, signed the agreement with UNICEF Bangladesh Representative, […]

Rescurers retrive 37 bodies after Bangladesh ferry capsizes in Padma River

DHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — At least 37 bodies have been recovered after a ferry with about 100 passengers sank on Sunday afternoon in the middle of Padma river in northwestern Manikganj district, some 63 km from Dhaka after it was hit by a goods laden cargo tanker. Most of the passengers managed to swim […]

New Year wishes to Chinese people from leaders around the world

Beijing, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Leaders from around the world are extending their best New Year wishes to the Chinese people. British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed a golden year for bilateral ties, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his first-ever Chinese New Year greeting via the internet. A truly golden year for the […]

Sundarbans islands disappear into sea, India, Bangladesh unprepared for 13 million-person exodus

BALI ISLAND, India — The tiny hut sculpted out of mud at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family to lie down. The water has taken everything else from them, and one day it almost certainly will take this, too. Saltwater long ago engulfed the 5 acres […]

Animated Xi Jinping again a hit online

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Three online animations themed around China’s anti-corruption campaign and featuring President Xi Jinping have been a hit over the Spring Festival, with netizens delighting to what is apparently a relaxing of attitudes to depicting Chinese leaders by cartoon. The animations, each about two minutes long, compare the situation before and […]

Int’l Mother Language Day observed in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has paid rich tributes to the language movement heroes who sacrificed their lives for establishing Bangla as a state language. President Abdul and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar (language martyears memorial) in capital Dhaka one minute past midnight in the early morning of Saturday. […]

Overseas celebrations of Spring Festival draw warm response

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — The Spring Festival, the beginning of a new Chinese Lunar Year and a day when all Chinese people across the world unite with their loved ones, is being celebrated by more and more people from other cultures. Starting from Thursday, this year’s Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar […]