DHAKA, March 20 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government Tuesday said the country’s economic growth is all set to exceed 8 percent in the current 2018-19 fiscal year (July 2018-June 2019), the fastest since its independence in 1971. After a meeting of the National Economic Council on Tuesday afternoon, Bangladeshi Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told journalists that “per...

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/3/19 21:19:0 Chinese-American businesswoman Cindy Yang suddenly became famous recently. According to the New York Times, Yang, also known as Yang Li, “left China’s frigid northeast two decades ago” and “built the chain of massage parlors and day spas in Florida.” The report said that Robert K. Kraft, owner of the New England...

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/3/17 20:43:40 The mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand sent shock waves around the world and widespread condemnation of white supremacy was heard in Western society. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Saturday that “our gun laws will change.” However, it does not seem like significant adjustments will be made in the West. US...

DHAKA, March 14 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s biggest international automotive exhibition kicked off in capital Dhaka on Thursday. Organizers said the show stands as one of the major flagship events of its kind in Bangladesh and has become an icon of the country as the one and only international automotive exhibition in the country. They said the show emphasizes on automobiles and...

By Ni Feng Source:Global Times Published: 2019/2/8 10:10:35 Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GT The year 2019 is special for China-US ties. On January 1, 1979, China and the US established formal diplomatic ties. There is an old saying in China that “at 40, one should be no longer confused”. It means at 40, we can figure out many things. However, as US-China relations enter the 40th...

DHAKA, March 14 (NsNewsWire) — HSBC organised a Bangladesh-China Business Connections event this week, bringing successful Bangladeshi and Chinese businesses and institutions, together with economic, government, industry and financial services experts to share insights to help businesses advance their China-Bangladesh commercial strategy. Keynote speeches explored the opportunity to...

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/3/12 6:56:07 China’s Civil Aviation Administration announced it would suspend operations for all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. This is perhaps the first grounding decision made at the national level following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight over the weekend. The suspension will result in huge losses, but it’s people’s lives that...