Bangladeshi book fair highlights love of Chinese culture

STORY: Bangladeshi book fair highlights love of Chinese culture SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the book fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): REZAUL HAQUE, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TAUSIF ZAMAN, Student of the Confucius Institute at the Dhaka University 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG HUI, Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dhaka 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): YAO WEN, Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh STORYLINE: Bangladesh's largest annual book fair is held in the capital Dhaka during the whole of February. A Chinese book house at the fair gains popularity as more local people want to know more about China. The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, which means "Immortal Twenty-First Book Fair" in the local language, is welcomed by locals as hundreds of visitors waiting in long queues to enter the book fair. Rezaul Haque is another one who came to the book house. "We've been introduced to China sinc

Miss Kengtung wins Miss Universe Myanmar 2023

STORY: Miss Kengtung wins Miss Universe Myanmar 2023 DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Miss Universe Myanmar 2023 2. various of Amara Bo receiving the award STORYLINE: Miss Kengtung Amara Bo was crowned the title of "Miss Universe Myanmar 2023" in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2023 finale held in Yangon on Thursday night. A total of 32 beauty contestants representing the big cities in Myanmar participated in Miss Universe Myanmar 2023. Amara Bo, who represented Kengtung, a city in eastern Myanmar's Shan State, won the crown to be a contestant in the upcoming 72nd Miss Universe Competition, which is set to be held in El Salvador later this year. "It is my second time to compete for the Miss Universe Myanmar. I'm very happy as I win the crown this time. I will prepare my best to represent Myanmar in the international competition," Amara Bo said. Miss Universe Myanmar Pageant 2023 is the 10th time of such kind which has been held sinc

Türkiye detains 10 IS suspects in Istanbul

STORY: Türkiye detains 10 IS suspects in Istanbul DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul 2. various of police raiding the house where the terrorists lived (Ihlas news agency) 3. various of police teams searching houses where the operation was carried out (Ihlas news agency) 4. detained suspects (Ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Turkish law enforcement agents in Istanbul have detained 10 individuals suspected of being active members of the Islamic State (IS), the local Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reported on Friday. Special Operations forces raided 10 different locations in the city in the early morning, capturing the suspects, operational files and digital material that could give clues about other IS cells within the region. Suspects were active operatives and could have been in preparation for an attack inside Türkiye, reported DHA. Türkiye has been stepping up its efforts to combat the IS, according to state officials. Sinc