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Just-concluded BRICS, SCO summits in Ufa highlight China’s constructive role

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) — China enables both the BRICS and SCO to embrace fresh opportunities for their future development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday following the conclusion of two international gatherings in the Russian city of Ufa. The two summits, namely the 7th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit and […]

Xi calls for joint Chinese-Indian efforts in building stronger BRICS partnership

UFA, Russia, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — China and India should work together to build a closer, more comprehensive and firmer partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the southwestern Russian city of Ufa ahead of two multilateral […]

Bangladesh, Malaysia to Strike Labor Deal for 500,000 Workers

KOLKATA, July 8 (Xinhua) — Malaysia has reportedly agreed to recruit 500,000 low-skilled migrant workers from Bangladesh, a move welcomed by many in a country from where scores of people have risked their lives to go abroad in search of work. Details of the agreement, called a Business-to-Business (B2B) mechanism that will use employment agencies, […]

UNICEF and the EU launch a Child Rights Toolkit in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — As part of their collaboration, UNICEF and the European Union (EU) launched today “Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating child rights in development cooperation” providing practical guidance to all donors and concerned social actors on how to operationalize a rights-based, child-focused approach to development programming, budgeting, policy-making and law-making. UNICEF Bangladesh and […]

“Work on India-Bangladesh Telecom Link Likely to Start This Week’

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — Weeks after signing of an agreement by New Delhi and Dhaka on telecommunication links, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday announced that work will start this week to operationalise the system, reports IANS. “Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to start work next week to link Akhaura […]

Japan beating China to the port in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — Japan is beating out China in a race to build Bangladesh’s first deep-water port as the region’s powers jostle for a foothold in the Indian Ocean. Construction of the 18-meter-deep port at Matarbari on Bangladesh’s southeast coast is set to start by January, the Japan International Cooperation Agency said […]

Bangladesh beat South Africa by eight wickets

DHAKA, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — While the seniors lost to South Africa by 52 runs in Dhaka, away in Durban Bangladesh Under-19s beat South Africa Under-19s by eight wickets in the first Youth ODI, to win their fifth match in a row. Asked to bat first, the home side made 184 for 9 in 50 […]

Survey reveals disparities despite remarkable progress in Bangladesh women, children’s welfare

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Despite remarkable progress being made in many areas of the wellbeing of women and children of Bangladesh, large disparities remain between households from different geographical regions; rural and urban areas; households with different wealth and education levels of mothers, reveals a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)-UNICEF survey released today. The […]

World Bank Update Says 10 Countries Move Up in Income Bracket

WASHINGTON, July 5, (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank’s latest estimates of Gross National Income per capita (GNI) continue to show improved economic performance in many low-income countries, with Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar, and Tajikistan now becoming lower-middle income countries, joining those with annual incomes of $1,046 to $4,125. Mongolia and Paraguay move from lower middle-income status […]