Geneva, March 29 (NsNewsWire) —  Nearly 750 MPs worldwide condemned the discrimination and abuse of refugees and migrants at the conclusion of the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assemblyin Geneva. The Assembly Declarationemphasized the critical role of parliaments in transforming the aspirations of the two Global Compacts – one on migrants and the other on refugees – into national […]

DHAKA, March 28 (NsNewsWire) — In response to a request from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided 622,800 doses of injectable contraceptives to the Government of Bangladesh on March 25, bringing the total contribution from the United States to nearly one million doses valued at […]

KUNMING, March 28 (NsNewsWire) — China’s anti-graft chief has urged comprehensive supervision over all state functionaries, reports Xinhua. Zhao Leji, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), made the remarks during […]

Adelaide, March 27 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has made his maiden visit to Adelaide on March 21, 2018. On March 22, 2018, Adelaide University launched a Yunus Social Business Centre. An MoU was signed between Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of Yunus Centre and Paul Hutchinson, Executive Director of the University of Adelaide’s […]

BEIJING, March 27 (NsNewsWire) — China will continue to promote its reform and opening up drive, and improve investment environment for foreign companies, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday, reports Xinhua. Li made the remarks when meeting with a group of chief executives of Fortune 500 companies and renowned scholars, who had participated the China […]

DHAKA, March 27 (NsNewsWire) — Shaheen Bepari, a Bangladeshi businessman, who survived an air crash in Nepal, succumbed to burns on Monday, bringing total deaths of the plane crash to 50, reports Xinhua. Shaheen, one of 10 Bangladeshi crash survivors, had been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where he was brought on […]

DHAKA, March 26 (NsNewsWire) — BRAC, an international development organisation and global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings, has been ranked the number one NGO in the world for 2018. The ranking was done by NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation based in Geneva. BRAC took the top spot for […]

DHAKA, March 25 (NsNewsWire) — A Malaysia-bound flight of Bangldeshi private US-Bangla Airlines with 164 passengers and crew onboard made a safe emergency landing 15 minutes after taking off at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning, reports Xinhua. US-Bangla spokesman Kamrul Islam told journalists that the plane’s pilot got a false […]

CANBERRA, March 25 (Xinhua) — The first-ever non-stop flight linking Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) has departed. The new Qantas Dreamliner, which was designed specifically to fly the route, departed on its 17-hour journey from Perth in Western Australia (WA) to London on Saturday night. Going directly to the UK is three to five […]