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At least 42 killed, 14 missing after boats capsize in southern Thailand

DHAKA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand’s Phuket government said on Saturday that nine bodies were found on Saturday and 14 others remained missing after boats capsized off the resort island of Phuket in southern Thailand, reports Xinhua. The Thai authorities found five bodies in the “Phoenix” tourist boat sunk some 30 to 40 meters under […]

World has gone off track on water, sanitation goal: UN report

GENEVA, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — The world is not on track to reach United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, a new UN report said Thursday, reports Xinhua. Today, billions of people lack safe water, sanitation and handwashing facilities, said the report released here […]

Situation in Indian-controlled Kashmir tense as 3 civilians killed in army firing

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 8 (NsNewsWire) — A teenage girl and two youths were killed, while a few others wounded Saturday after Indian troops fired upon protesters in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said, reports Xinhua. The contingent of Indian army fired upon civilian protesters at Hawura-Redwani area of Kulgam district, about 57 km south of […]

Library for studying “all things China” opens in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladesh-China Friendship Center (BCFC) recently established a library in Dhaka’s upmarket Banani area to let people, especially the younger generation, know more about China and its remarkable developments, reports Xinhua. Espousing the Chinese saying: “A good book is a good friend,” the library stacked full of books with old […]

China will open wider despite trade war

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/6 23:08:45 The trade war between China and the US began on July 6. China announced that its countermeasures against US protectionist tariffs took effect at noon. The Ministry of Commerce stressed in a statement that China will unswervingly expand reform and opening-up, protect entrepreneurship and intellectual property rights, and create a sound business […]

ADB $100 Million Grant Approved as First Phase of Proposed $200 Million Package for Displaced Persons in Bangladesh Camps

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, July 6(NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors has approved grant assistance of $100 million—the first of an envisaged package totaling $200 million to help the Government of Bangladesh develop basic infrastructure and services for displaced persons. Since late August 2017, about 700,000 people have crossed the border from Rakhine State, […]

Washington cannot contain China’s growth through a trade war

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/5 16:33:40 Why does the administration of Donald Trump engage in a trade confrontation with China? So far, there is no complete explanation. Some believe he wants more votes. Others think he really wants to address the US trade deficit issue with China. Some contend that containing China’s technological progress is his […]

Bangladesh eyes cooperation with China to develop more economic zones, high tech parks

DHAKA, July 6 (NsNewsWire ) — Bangladesh expects more cooperation with China to develop more economic zones and high tech parks in the country, reports Xinhua. Top government officials, among others, at a workshop on Thursday in capital Dhaka, expressed such expectation, saying China’s extraordinary economic development in decades of reform and opening-up is a quite good […]

2018 World Internet of Things Exposition to be held in Wuxi, E. China in Sept.

BEIJING, July 5 (NsNewsWire) – The 2018 World Internet of Things Exposition (WIOT) will be held in Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu province, from September 15th to 18th , according to a press conference held here Monday, reports Xinhua. The four-day event will include a summit, which is expected to be held on the first day of […]