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The US military revealed to Reuters that its guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur on Friday conducted a so-called freedom of navigation mission in the South China Sea. The US military mentioned China’s Yongxing and Zhongjian islands, and said the Chinese mainland, the island of Taiwan and Vietnam all claim ownership of the Xisha Islands. It said […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sunday signed a grant agreement for a program titled “Strengthening the National Midwifery Programme (SNMP)” in Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. The UK grant, through UNFPA, will support the Bangladeshi Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to produce […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected her ruling Bangladesh Awami League or AL party president for the eighth consecutive time, reports Xinhua. Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has been elected the new general secretary of the party. Quader replaced Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam who […]
Read MoreSANAA, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Saudi-led military coalition fighting Shiite Houthi rebels resumed airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa Sunday morning, hours after a UN-mediated ceasefire expired, as the UN envoy is due in Sanaa within hours to seek an extension of the truce. Houthi-controlled state Saba news agency cited a military official as saying […]
Read MoreThe US military revealed to Reuters that its guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur on Friday conducted a so-called freedom of navigation mission in the South China Sea. The US military mentioned China’s Yongxing and Zhongjian islands, and said the Chinese mainland, the island of Taiwan and Vietnam all claim ownership of the Xisha Islands. It said […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — Zhang Xiaoping would have named his second child Changzheng (Long March) if she had been a boy. While some 3,000 people gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Long March victory in Beijing on Friday, Zhang was celebrating the first birthday of his second daughter in Yudu County in […]
Read MoreBy Ruma Paul | DHAKA A militant who died in a raid in Bangladesh this month was identified as the head of a militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, security officials said on Friday, reports Reuters. Abdur Rahman leapt to his death from a five-story […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister (PM), Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Digital Training Bus project for Sustainable Women Development through ICT. The hon’ble PM inaugurated the project right after inaugurating the three day long ICT event Digital World 2016 at the International Convention City, Basundhara. ICT Division of the Ministry of Posts & […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping met with his Philippine counterpart President Rodrigo Duterte Thursday. The two heads of state witnessed the signing of 13 Sino-Philippine cooperation agreements, covering tourism, fruit exports, infrastructure construction and defensive security consultations. Bilateral ties have turned a new page, Global Time writes in an editorial piece. The maritime disputes appear to […]
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