World’s largest solar-powered plane arrives in Chongqing

The Solar Impulse 2, the world’s biggest solar-powered plane, lands at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing, southwest China, March 31, 2015. The plane, after a 19-hour flight from Myanmar, made its debut in China on Tuesday morning, on the fifth leg of its round-the-world journey to raise awareness of renewable energy and environmental protection. […]

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Commentary: Bridge the gap

by Xinhua writer Tian Dongdong BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) — The Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is designed to bridge a gap, so is Jacob Lew’s China trip. The United States is slightly yet encouragingly changing its mind over the AIIB, as the visiting U.S. treasury secretary told China on Monday that America is looking […]

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ACI donates incubators

DHAKA, March 31 (NsNewsWire) — ACI animal health has handed over two Reptile incubators to the authority of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R)  Deghi  at Bagerhat to support their efforts to save to save endangered crocodile from extinction. The company provided the incubator as As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, said a statement. It […]

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Grameenphone revamps Internet packages

DHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) –Grameenphone Ltd. has re-configured its internet services into seven packages to better cater to the needs of the different customer segments. The packages are expected to support the company’s effort to provide “Internet for All” in Bangladesh. Details of the packages were disclosed at a press meet today at a local […]

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Another Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death

DHAKA, March 30 (Xinhua) — Unknown assailants on Monday morning hacked another Bangladeshi blogger to death in the capital city of Dhaka. On Feb. 26 night, Unknown assailants hacked blogger Abhijit Roy to death also in Dhaka. A Dhaka Metropolitan Police official said blogger Washiqur Rahman died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was […]

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Arabs agree to form joint force as coalition strikes continue in Yemen

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 30  (Xinhua) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday said that the Arab League (AL) members agreed on the formation of a joint Arab military force to counter growing security threats. “In response to the responsibility imposed by the grave challenges facing our Arab nation and threatening its resources, the Arab […]

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Three journalists detained while covering protests in the Maldives

DHAKA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) strongly condemns the arrest and detention of three journalists while covering the opposition demonstration on the nights of March 24 and 25, 2015 in Male, the capital of the Maldives. The IFJ calls on the Maldivian government to immediately […]

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