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‘China road’ requires strong leadership

‘China road’ requires strong leadership Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/20 0:28:39 The second plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded in Beijing on Friday. A proposal from the CPC Central Committee on a revision to China’s Constitution was adopted at the meeting. Major theoretical achievements, principles and policies […]

US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate

The US government officially shut down at midnight on Friday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a last-minute deal to fund its operations, divided in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security, reports Reuters. In a dramatic late-night session, senators blocked a bill to extend government funding through Feb. 16. The bill needed […]

Rohingya Crisis Growing, More Support Needed, World Bank Says

DHAKA, Jan. 20 (NsNewsWire) — The Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees who are extremely vulnerable, the World Bank said today. After visiting the Rohingya camps in the Cox’s Bazar, […]

Age is no barrier for this volunteer

by Hope Kerslake Gold Coast, Jan. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Don Robertson thought he was done with volunteering after 30 years, but when Gold Coast was announced as the next Commonwealth Games host he knew he had to come out of retirement, even if he was going to be 93. No stranger to elite sporting events, […]

Bangladesh Development Forum 2018 launched in Dhaka

DHAKA, Jan. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The 3rd edition of Bangladesh Development Forum 2018 began in capital Dhaka on Wednesday under the theme “Partnership for development.”, reports Xinhua Organizers say this time the BDF will mainly focus on the review of Bangladesh’s 7th Five Year Plan alongside sharing the country’s challenges and way forward on Sustainable […]

AIIB’s power sector project hailed by millions in rural Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered as a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh, elating the country’s millions of people who live in areas which were earlier without any access to the national power grid. The AIIB-financed 165-million-U.S. dollar Power Distribution System […]

UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh and Thailand – 18 to 30 January

DHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the country’s neighbours Bangladesh and Thailand from January 18, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite the Government’s refusal to work with her. “I am determined to carry on – to the best of my ability […]

Myanmar to start repatriation of Rakhine refugees from Bangladesh

by Feng Yingqiu NAY PYI TAW, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape conflict in Myanmar‘s western Rakhine state starting from Jan. 23, reports Xinhua. Under the agreement on the repatriation reached at a meeting of foreign ministries of the two neighbors in Nay Pyi […]

Indian army must tone down hawkish rhetoric

Indian army must tone down hawkish rhetoric Since the beginning of 2018, the Indian army has made harsh comments on China from time to time. Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said last week that India needs to shift focus to the border with China. India’s Eastern Command chief Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna said its […]