DHAKA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh capital Dhaka sentenced five men to death on Monday for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Shahinur Islam, found the suspects Md Esahaque Shikder, Abdul Gani, Md Awal, Md A Sattar […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/12 21:43:39 Politicians and media outlets of the US and other Western countries have been lashing out intensively at China’s governance of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region recently, claiming massive human rights violations in Xinjiang and comparing the region to an open-air prison. Their purpose is to stir trouble for Xinjiang and destroy […]

By Shan Renping Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/11 7:06:49 The local authorities’ plan to demolish the Weizhou Grand Mosque in Tongxin county, Wuzhong city, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has become a controversy, receiving a great deal of attention in China. The dispute started in 2015. The Weizhou Grand Mosque applied for renovations in 2015, […]

KATHMANDU, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — H. E. Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Secretary General of SAARC, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Youth Assembly-2018 this morning. The Assembly was devoted to the theme, “Revitalizing Asian Youth Integration for Climate Change in the era of SDGs.” Co-organized by the Global Youth Parliament and the Youth […]

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Commonwealth Secretary General the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is visiting Bangladesh with a four members delegation on a three-day working tour from 08 August 2018. This is a part of her first official visit to the three Asian Commonwealth member states in Asia Sri Lanka, Brunei and Bangladesh. She […]

  DHAKA, Aug. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed agreements for $25.44 million in grant to spur off-grid solar photovoltaic (SPV) pumping for agricultural irrigation.   The grant will further support activities for promoting SPV water pumping systems under the ADB-financed Power System Efficiency Improvement Project. […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/8 23:08:40 China has successfully tested Starry Sky 2, a hypersonic aircraft which can fly six times the speed of sound, making it the third country to acquire the technology after the US and Russia. According to a CNBC report, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the US Strategic Command, warned […]

DHAKA, Aug. 8 (NsNewsWire) — UNICEF has partnered with WFP to use the food agency’s SCOPE digital assistance system to distribute soap supplies to up to 50,000 refugees in Rohingya Refugee camps, strengthening hygiene practices and helping prevent disease outbreaks. The pilot was launched in Balukhali Refugee camp on 1 August 2018. “UNICEF is proud […]