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Myanmar to start repatriation of Rakhine refugees from Bangladesh

by Feng Yingqiu NAY PYI TAW, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape conflict in Myanmar‘s western Rakhine state starting from Jan. 23, reports Xinhua. Under the agreement on the repatriation reached at a meeting of foreign ministries of the two neighbors in Nay Pyi […]

Indian army must tone down hawkish rhetoric

Indian army must tone down hawkish rhetoric Since the beginning of 2018, the Indian army has made harsh comments on China from time to time. Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said last week that India needs to shift focus to the border with China. India’s Eastern Command chief Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna said its […]

Distance running’s next King – Stewart McSweyn

by Fiona Self Gold Coast, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — When he steps up to the 10,000m starting line at GC2018, Stewart McSweyn will be racing with 1,500 people behind him. The self-proclaimed ‘Mayor of King Island’ is the first athlete from King Island, Tasmania, to make a Commonwealth Games team. The 22-year-old booked his place […]

Colombian army helicopter crash kills 10

Ten people were killed when a Colombian army helicopter crashed near the town of Segovia, in northern Antioquia province, on Tuesday, the army said, reports Reuters. The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter, carrying eight army personnel and two civilians, crashed on Tuesday morning on route from the town of Caucasia. Staff onboard the helicopter were set to […]

Physical Arrangement for Rohingya Return Finalized

Nay Pyi Taw, Jan. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on Tuesday. “The First Meeng of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the retrun of the displaced Rohingyas from Rakhine State, was held 15-16 January 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw. […]

Half a Million Rohingya Refugee Children at Risk in Overcrowded Camps in Bangladesh with Cyclone and Monsoon Season on Horizon

COX’S BAZAR, Jan. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, UNICEF warned today. “As we get closer to the cyclone and monsoon seasons, what […]

French salmonella baby milk scandal ‘affects 83 countries’

More than 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk have now been recalled in 83 countries in a salmonella scandal involving French company Lactalis, reports BBC. The dairy firm’s CEO, Emmanuel Besnier, confirmed the extent of the contamination risk to French media. The products have been subject to a recall since December, after salmonella bacteria […]

1st phase of second largest Muslim congregation ends in Bangladesh with devotees praying to Allah for global peace

DHAKA, Jan. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Huge columns of devotees dressed in traditional robes and prayer caps began streaming towards the venue of the second largest annual Muslim congregation in Dhaka, braving winter cold and dense fog in the morning on Sunday, to attend Akheri Munajat or concluding prayer, reports Xinhua. With hundreds of thousands of […]

AIIB, ADB to co-finance more projects this year: ADB president

MANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said on Friday that ADB and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are exploring to co-finance several development projects this year. “We have been cooperating well,” Nakao told Xinhua at the ADB headquarters in Manila. Nakao said he met with AIIB officials […]