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Canadian lawmakers have voted to make the country’s national anthem, ‘O Canada’, gender-neutral. The parliamentary vote changes two words in the anthem, altering ‘true patriot love in all thy sons command’ to ‘true patriot love in all of us command’. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to celebrate the passage of the bill, hailing […]
Read MoreDespite rising food and oil prices, China’s inflation growth will likely moderate in January due to a high base a year ago, the Bank of Communications said in a report. BOCOM predicted the consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, will inch down to 1.4 percent year on year in January from the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Syed Mahmud Hossain was sworn in as Bangladesh’s new chief justice during a ceremony in capital Dhaka on Saturday, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid presided over the ceremony at Bangabhaban presidential palace. The post fell vacant after the country’s first non-Muslim SK Sinha resigned from chief justice post in November last […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Bangladeshi music lovers were recently enthralled by the wonderful performance of the Jiangdu Spring Drum Art Troupe from China and they clapped and waved energetically as musicians played. “This is the most amazing drumming performance I’ve ever experienced,” said Abdul Jabbar, a member of the audience. “What I […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s largest month-long annual book fair kicked off here on Thursday. The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, which literally means “Immortal Twenty First Book Fair,” is being held in Dhaka‘s Bangla Academy premises and its adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan (garden) in commemoration of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for protecting the dignity […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/2/2 17:33:40 A dozen US congressmen and women have nominated Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Alex Chow Yong-kang, as well as Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Movement” for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Umbrella Movement began as “Occupy Central.” The movement severely violated Hong Kong’s laws and disturbed city order. Wong, […]
Read MoreAbout 90 people were feared drowned after a smuggler’s boat mostly carrying Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya’s coast early Friday, the UN’s migration agency said. Ten bodies have washed ashore near the Libyan town of Zuwara following the tragedy in the early morning, said International Organization for Migration spokeswoman Olivia Headon, citing information from its […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) The World Bank today approved a $300 million financing to improve the transparency and efficiency of major cash transfer programs in Bangladesh. This will benefit about 5 million of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people. The Cash Transfer Modernization Project will help the Department of Social Services under the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of Bangladesh’s opposition party men including its several frontline leaders have been sued over an alleged attack on law enforcers, reports Xinhua. “800 to 900 BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) men with several frontline leaders were sued in three cases filed on Tuesday night,” a DhakaMetroplotan Police (DMP) official told Xinhua […]
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