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North Korea: 1.2 Million Troops, Nukes and a 3,000-Strong Cyber-Elite

North Korea, Dec. 22 (NsNEwsWire) — North Korea’s alleged ability to hack into Sony Pictures Entertainment is extending Kim Jong Un’sreach far beyond the range of his missiles. While North Korea has kept Western defense officials guessing for years about a nuclear program that it may or may not ever use, the regime’s ability to […]

China joins hands with neighbors to elevate subregional development

BANGKOK, Dec. 21 ( NsNewsWire) — China and its southeast neighbors will soon embark on a series of major cooperation projects after Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his fruitful visit to Thailand on Saturday. MAJOR BILATERAL PROJECTS China eyes deeper cooperation with Thailand and hopes for a more balanced bilateral trade and economic relationship, Li […]

Pakistan Moves to End Policy on ‘Good Taliban’

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 20 (NsNewsWire) — In the wake of the Peshawar school massacre, some U.S. and Afghan officials are beginning to express optimism that Pakistan may finally be changing its decadeslong policy of supporting jihadist groups. Pakistan’s military for several months has been moving away from the policy, under which these militant groups have long […]

80 pct of smokeless tobacco users in India, Bangladesh: report

Mumbai, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco has found that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use the carcinogenic product. Eighty per cent of smokeless tobacco users in the world are in India and Bangladesh. The report ‘Smokeless Tobacco […]

President Xi attends China’s first state commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

NANJING, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that denial of the Nanjing Massacre will not be allowed by the Chinese people or peace-loving people anywhere in the world. The Nanjing Massacre, committed by Japanese aggressors, was one of three major massacres during WWII. It was an atrocious anti-human crime and a […]

Feature: Internet technology raises educational hopes for rural children in Bangladesh

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — A charming, yet revolutionary television commercial has been garnering a great deal of attention on and off the airwaves and changing the way people in Bangladesh think about education, particularly in poorer, more rural areas, as local students are being taught by teachers hundreds of miles away in […]

Will Go Ahead With Land Swap Deal With Bangladesh to Stop Infiltration, Says PM Modi

Guawahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Centre will go ahead with a land swapping deal with Bangladesh to stop infiltration and find a permanent solution to the long-pending border dispute between the two countries. “I will make such arrangements that all roads will be closed for Bangladeshis who are coming and destroying Assam […]

In Bangladesh, ‘Floating Farms’ Overcome Monsoon Rains

DHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — During the monsoon rains in northwest Bangladesh, swollen rivers can flood villages for months at a time. For the rural poor who rely on agriculture, there is no way to make money. But now some people are building small floating farms, where they grow vegetables and raise animals, right on […]

Bangladesh: MSF responds to an upsurge in malaria cases

Dhaka/Amsterdam – In the last three months the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated nearly 1,700 people affected by malaria in remote areas of southeast Bangladesh. In August, MSF launched an emergency intervention in Bandarban district in the Chittagong Hill Tracts – an area where malaria is endemic – to support the […]