Kuala Lumpur, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — -Nearly 6 million people across South Asia are under threat from rising flood waters following heavy monsoon rains, with more than one million displaced in one Indian state alone. Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are racing to deliver emergency supplies to communities and […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/16 22:40:58 The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that China will impose sanctions on US firms selling weapons to the island of Taiwan. The announcement made a splash in the US. A US State Department spokesperson said on Monday it will “closely monitor any actions that would unfairly disadvantage US firms” […]

Dhaka, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — Mobile Network Operators of the country was supposed to make their last quarter’s (April – June, 2019) payment of different charges including revenue sharing, social obligation fund, annual spectrum charge fees, etc. to BTRC today deducting without the VAT amount, since the regulator does not have VAT registration. But the […]

DHAKA, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is grateful to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their contribution of 300 metric tons of dates to support schoolchildren and their families in Bangladesh. The contribution was acknowledged at a handover ceremony this week at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/9 14:18:40 The fierce opposition by local people against a proposed waste incinerator in Yangluo in the Xinzhou district of Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, is the latest conflict facing NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) opposition. This incident once again shows that garbage disposal is a major issue that must […]

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — Ministry of Women and Children Affairs joined hands with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to implement a six-year long project in Satkhira and Khulna districts benefitting almost 7 lac people mostly women and adolescent girls for climate resilient solutions, financed by the Green Climate Fund, world’s largest multilateral fund […]

DHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — Information Minister holds meeting with senior EU Officials in Brussels, discusses possibilities of mutual cooperation Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud held a meeting with the senior officials of the European Commission today, 5 July 2019 in Brussels. In the meeting, the issues of media, online news platforms, the role of […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/2 3:47:50 Hong Kong celebrated its 22nd anniversary of its return to the motherland on July 1. Over the past few days, people from all levels of society gathered to celebrate the occasion. Opposition activists also convened to stage a demonstration, an annual routine that residents have since grown accustomed. In the morning, […]

DHAKA, July 2 (NsNewsWire) —  US- Bangla Airlines has recently signed an agreement with Grameenphone Limited, the leading telecommunication company of Bangladesh for a joint partnership promotion. Md. Shafiqul Islam, Head of Marketing & Sales of US-Bangla Airlines and Talal Reza Chowdhury, Deputy Director, Strategy and Pricing in Grameenphone Ltd. signed this agreement. Based on […]