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Apollo planning to expand operations in Bangladesh, Kolkata

Kolkata, Aug. 31 (NsNewsWire) – The Apollo Hospital Group is planning to expand its operations in Bangladesh and Kolkata in the next few years, a top official of the city facility said today, reports PTI. “We presently have a hospital in Dhaka. We have plans to have one more hospital in Chittagong,” Apollo Hospital ECO, […]

Chinese Embassy holds farewell party for Chinese gov’t scholarship recipients in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh held a farewell party Friday for some 146 Bangladeshi students, officials and professionals who were awarded Chinese government scholarships, reports Xinhua. Senior officials from Bangladesh’s relevant ministries and Chinese Embassy, among others, attended the party. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang extended his warm […]

Nearly 200 immigrants feared dead off Libya coast: official

TRIPOLI, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Nearly 200 illegal immigrants may have died off Libya’s western Zuwara coast on Thursday after a boat carrying around 400 people sank, a security official told Xinhua on Friday. “We have recovered 82 bodies washed ashore so far, while about 100 people are still missing,” a coast guard official said, […]

Dead migrants in abandoned lorry die from lack of oxygen: Austrian police

VIENNA, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The 71 dead migrants who were found Thursday in an abandoned lorry on a motorway in eastern Austria near Vienna died from lack of air, police said on Saturday. It is hard to imagine how crowded the lorry was, as 71 people could not even stand together inside the middle-sized […]

China confirms prisoner amnesty for WWII anniversary

BEIJING, Aug. 30 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top legislature has adopted a prisoner amnesty deal which will see thousands of war veterans as well as very old, young or infirm prisoners granted official pardons, in a move marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3. The deal, promulgated by President […]

Sales of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China top 5.2 mln

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The sales of the book Xi Jinping: the Governance of China, have exceeded 5.2 million around the world, Zhou Mingwei, head of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Zhou was speaking at the 22nd Beijing International Book Fair, which opened Wednesday. The book, published in Chinese, English, […]

Volatilities are “natural consequence” of China’s economic transition

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Recent volatilities of Chinese stock markets and the currency depreciation are “natural” in such an economic transition as China is undergoing, chairman of the Principal Financial Group said, reports Xinhua. Larry Zimpleman, also chief executive officer of the Principal Financial Group, said in a recent interview with Xinhua that he […]

Heartbreaking Photos Show A Child Bride’s Wedding In Bangladesh

Child marriage in Bangladesh is a persistent problem despite minimum age laws and government vows to curtail the practice. Nearly one-third of Bangladeshi girls under 15 are married, the highest rate for that age group in the world, according to UNICEF. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced last year that child marriage would end in […]

Seasonal flooding hits parts of Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Flooding sparked by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders have affected parts of Bangladesh and left up to half a million homeless. Authorities have evacuated residents of hundreds of villages to higher ground in a number of districts that are prone to torrential […]