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Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said today that he did not break any parliamentary rules while conducting an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for his resignation, reports Reuters. Joyce, a practicing Catholic who has campaigned on “family values” and has been married for 24 years, is expecting a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — The High Commission of India in collaboration with Jahangirnagar University (Department of Fine Art) is organizing the India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp, scheduled to be held from 17th February to 19th February, 2018. 2. Fifty artists nominated by universities and specialized art institutions across Bangladesh would participate in the event to […]
Read MoreDual suspension on Korean Peninsula takes effect at Olympics Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/12 23:13:40 Intense diplomatic interactions between South and North Korea have overwhelmed the Pyeongchang Olympics. In the past few days, Pyongyang seemed to direct this diplomatic show with Seoul an actor. The US and Japan were unhappy and threw brickbats at the show, […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping(front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a satellite launch site at a military base in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 10, 2018. Xi visited the military base on Saturday ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/2/11 22:56:02 Western companies have gradually lost ground in the African market, yet Western media outlets have become more vile, venting their dissatisfaction on China. Given the tremendous scale of China-Africa trade, it’s not difficult to find fault with it. Western media is especially adept at fabricating stories that would tarnish China’s […]
Read Moreby Multimedia Correspondent Musharraf Hossain Ahmed DHAKA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) & SEEDS Asia Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Photography Exhibition Award Ceremony was held Sunday in capital Dhaka. As a part of Japanese Technical Cooperation Project under the JICA Partnership Program titled “Capacity Building for Community-Based DRR in Urban […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus issued Sunday expressing his condolence to the death of Ms Asma Jahangir. “I am deeply shocked at the untimely death of human rights activist Ms Asma Jahangir of Pakistan.South Asia has lost an ardent […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest opposition party Sunday held a meeting with its partners following the jail sentence of its chief Khaleda Zia. According to the meeting sources, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders discussed the party’s next course of action with the leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance. A lower court Thursday awarded […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — The English translations of three Chinese children’s books were listed on the 2018 Outstanding International Books list (OIB) by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY). “Little Rabbit’s Questions,” one of the three books, was written and illustrated by Gan Dayong, translated by Helen Wang and published […]
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