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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for urgent help for farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal, where one million people face the risk of prolonged food insecurity, said a UN spokesperson Friday. Xinhua
Read MoreDHAKA, June 21 (NsNewsWire) — Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday called for ensuring Myanmar’s stability ahead of the general elections, reports Xinhua
Read MoreLONDON, June 21 (NsNewsWire) — Tens of thousands of people took part in anti-austerity demonstrations in cities across Britain on Saturday. Joined by some union leaders and celebrities, the largest march was in London, where thousands of people gathered outside the Bank of England and later walked to the House of Parliament, reports Xinhua. The […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland made 278.4 billion yuan (45.4 billion U.S. dollars) of non-financial investment in overseas markets during the first five months of 2015, up 47.4 percent year on year, official data showed on Thursday. The period’s outbound direct investment (ODI) covered 3,426 overseas-based companies across 146 countries and regions, […]
Read MoreNITI Aayog to Get India-Bangladesh Rail Project on Track “NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has called a meeting on Thursday (June 18) to break the deadlock on the 15-km Agartala-Akhaura rail project along Tripura,” Mr Dey told reporters here. Meanwhile, a senior state official said that the central government was “yet to provide […]
Read MoreLONDON, June 18 (NsNewsWire) — Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday, reports reuters. More than half the displaced from crises including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia were children, UNHCR said in its […]
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached out to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and discussed Indo-Pak ties. In the 5-minute call, Modi extended his best wishes to Sharif at the start of holy Ramadan on June 18.
Read MoreBEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — Two weeks after Beijing adopted its strictest smoking ban in history, some people are still trying to flout the rules, according to the Beijing Health Inspection Agency on Tuesday. One hotel in Chaoyang District was fined 2,000 yuan (327 U.S. dollars) for failing to install “no smoking” signs. A company […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 17 (NsNewsWire) — There is a thin line between being funny and disgustingly offensive. Obviously, there is no yardstick or parameter to judge what is funny for one can totally disappoint other, reports http://www.india.com Take for instance this controversial local Bangladesh Cola television commercial (TVC), which is taking potshot at the Indian Cricket […]
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