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SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — The biased award rendered by an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration has no binding force as the ad hoc tribunal violated international law principles and standards, an expert said here on Monday. Sienho Yee, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University, […]
Read Moreby Bao Xuelin SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — Dialogues, negotiations and consultations are the best way to solve disputes in the South China Sea, a Singapore-based expert said on Monday during a seminar on South China Sea and regional cooperation. The final award, issued by an arbitral tribunal on July 12, sweepingly sided with the […]
Read MoreULAN BATOR, (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Mongolia and the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. This is Li’s first trip to the landlocked Asian country since he took office as Chinese premier in 2013, and the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the country […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) — G20 economies agreed to improve global trade governance to arrest the slowdown of global trade growth, said a statement released Sunday after the two-day G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, reports Xinhua. These economies would remain committed to an open global economy, and will further work towards trade liberalization and […]
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by Safiul Azam * Lailatul Qadr is most commonly known as Shab-e-Qadr, the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is one of the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan and is better than thousands months […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — High interest rates and a lack of financial literacy are highlighted as major obstacles to factories in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector from obtaining remediation financing according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka today. According to the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — One month after Cyclone Roanu struck Bangladesh, leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds of others injured, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is warning that thousands remain in need of urgent help as the monsoon season hits. In a statement received here on […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Nahid Hossain Babu, a boy with 10 years old at best has been working in a tiny workshop named “Japani Metal” at Jinjira in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka for one year. He works 12 hours a day to make metal components, earing 1,600 taka (about 21 U.S. dollars) a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of the Remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi At the Media Briefing on the recently held G20 Hangzhou Summit: “Dear Guests, Friends from the Press, Good morning! Today is 26 May, and tomorrow will mark the 100-day countdown of the G20 […]
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