by Sheuli Akter DHAKA, May 3 (NsNewsWire) — Parliamentarians from the entire South Asia region have gathered in Bangladesh capital Dhaka to express their support for children’s rights and discuss the prospects for further investment in Early Childhood and adolescent years. The U.N. agency for children hosted the event in an effort to increase investment […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/2 23:13:40 State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in North Korea on Wednesday. At a time when the inter-Korean summit just concluded and the peninsula is geared up for the North Korea-US summit, Wang’s visit is heavily speculated upon. Some claim that China is worried about being marginalized and Wang […]

For the second day in a row, lightning strikes on Monday killed 14 more people in parts of Bangladesh, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media. The deaths were reported by Somoy TV, a leading 24-hour news television channel in Bangladesh, hours after a severe Nor’wester storm lashed parts of the country on Monday morning. […]

UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (NsNewsWire) — Members of the UN Security Council were headed on Friday to see for themselves the more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh while UN officials remind donors that 951 million U.S. dollars are still needed for the refugees and impoverished local residents, reports Xinhua. The council entourage made […]

DHAKA, April 30 (NsNewsWire) — At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured by lightning strikes in various parts of Bangladesh on Sunday, hospital and local sources said. Most of the people who died were working on farms during a tropical storm on Sunday afternoon in seven districts of Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. A government […]

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 28 (Reporter Liu Chen and Zhu Dongyang) US President Trump telephoned South Korea’s President Wen Yat-sen and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the 28th to discuss the latest developments on the Korean Peninsula. The White House issued a statement on the same day that Trump and Wen discussed the […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/27 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday signed the “Panmunjom Declaration” after their meeting in Panmunjom on the southern side. The declaration aims to officially declare an end to the Korean War (1950-53) within the year and focus on peace. The declaration said both sides confirm their mutual aim […]

  Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/26 22:58:42 Chinese aircraft including H-6K bombers and fighter jets flew around Taiwan recently after passing over the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait, according to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. Wu Qian, Chinese defense ministry spokesman, warned if Taiwan independence forces continue to wantonly take rash actions, the PLA will […]

DHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — On 24 April 2018 in Dhaka, the European Union and Bangladesh held their biennial meeting of the Sub group on Good Governance and Human Rights in the framework of the EU-Bangladesh Cooperation Agreement (CA). Both sides reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen cooperation in the field of human rights on the […]