AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

(231022) -- KANDAHAR, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Newly-returned Afghan refugees are pictured in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2023. More than 12,000 Afghan refugees have returned to south Afghanistan from Pakistan over the past months, deputy head of Refugees and Repatriation Directorate in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province Momin Agha said. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

(231022) -- KANDAHAR, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2023 shows the belongings of newly-returned Afghan refugees in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. More than 12,000 Afghan refugees have returned to south Afghanistan from Pakistan over the past months, deputy head of Refugees and Repatriation Directorate in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province Momin Agha said. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-REFUGEES

(231022) -- KANDAHAR, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Newly-returned Afghan refugees are pictured in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2023. More than 12,000 Afghan refugees have returned to south Afghanistan from Pakistan over the past months, deputy head of Refugees and Repatriation Directorate in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province Momin Agha said. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)

A visit to Bangladesh's solar fish farm

STORY: A visit to Bangladesh's solar fish farm DATELINE: June 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:35 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of floating solar panels 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD MIZANUR RAHMAN, Engineer, Joules Power Limited 3. various of floating solar panels 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): ABDUL MOMIN, Administrative officer, Nawab Group 5. various of a technician monitoring the output of a floating solar panel 6. various of floating solar panels STORYLINE: A solar fish farm in Chapainawabganj district, some 302 km northwest of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, has been connected to the national grid. The Joules Nawab Floating Solar Plant is a combination of fish farming and solar power generation. It consists of numerous solar panels mounted on specially designed floating platforms in a human-made pond with an area of 22,000 square meters. It uses floaters from Chinese renewable energy company Sungrow, solar panels from China's JA Solar, and inverters from German SMA Solar Technology. Md Miza

China-donated aid distributed among 500 families in Afghanistan's Herat province

STORY: China-donated aid distributed among 500 families in Afghanistan's Herat province DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-donated humanitarian aid in the western Herat province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABDUL MOMIN, aid recipient STORYLINE: Afghan authorities began distribution of China-donated humanitarian aid to 500 needy families in the western Herat province on Thursday, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Enayatullah Saber said. "The aid package including foodstuff would be distributed to needy families and disabled people," Saber told Xinhua. The distribution of assistance started from Herat city, the provincial capital, the official said. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABDUL MOMIN, Aid recipient "Receiving China's assistance at this stage would solve a major part of our problems." Afghan authorities earlier distributed China's humanitarian assistance to