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MELBOURNE, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — An Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist has turned his attention to developing a drug to counter allergies and asthma. Barry Marshall, a microbiology professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA) who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for stomach ulcer research, is working on the medication, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Citibank, N.A., Bangladesh has organized its annual “Gaane Gaane Gunijon Songbordhona” program at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka to celebrate the lifetime contributions of renowned artist Runa Laila. Eminent Singer Ferdausi Rahman and Music Director Emon Saha spoke about the acclaimed artist’s celebrated musical career. Salehuddin Ahmed, Former Governor […]
Read MoreBy Irene Wong BEIJING, Oct. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Guests were awed and touched by a newly-wed couple who exchanged a huge golden python at their wedding in northeast China’s Jilin Province, reports Xinhua. A 24-second video of their wedding soon went viral on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, as netizens find their wedding both bizarre […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 21 (NsNewsWire) — The Fourth episode of the Telenor Youth Forum (TYF) in Bangladesh sees Rafsan Sabab Khan and Ramim Ahmed both students of IBA, University of Dhaka selected for the global event in Norway. The Telenor Youth Forum, in partnership with the Nobel Peace Center, offers an opportunity for young people, aged […]
Read MoreTeenage batsman Haseeb Hameed could find himself helping to solve one of England’s trickiest problems if he is included when the squads for the tour of Bangladesh are announced on Friday, reports AFP. Finding a reliable partner for Test captain Alastair Cook at the top of the order has been a problem ever since former […]
Read MoreGUWAHATI: The team of 32 artists from the state, which participated in a two-day programme to celebrate the birth anniversary of Bhupen Hazarika in Bangladesh, said it was overwhelmed by the love and adulation the Assam icon inspired in the neighbouring country, reports TNN. On Tuesday, the team shared their experience in Bangladesh and said […]
Read MoreA white paper released Monday detailed how China has improved the judicial protection of people’s rights and freedoms, showing the country’s determination to safeguard social justice, reports Xinhua
Read Moreby Carrie-Marie Bratley A Portuguese woman who earlier this week attempted to swim the English Channel for a Bangladeshi children’s charity, was forced to abandon her plucky bid several hours into the crossing due to overpowering tidal currents, reports the Portugal News Online. Determined philanthropist Maria da Conceição, founder of the Maria Cristina Foundation, had […]
Read MoreA woman of Yao ethnic group adjusts her hair in Huangluo village, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo by Huo Yan/China Daily] To 51-year-old Pan Jifeng, the long hair that women of the Yao ethnic group have kept for generations is a symbol of auspiciousness. Huangluo village in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is home to descendants […]
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