WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (NsNewsWire)-The World Bank today approved a $250 million development policy operation to help the Government of Bangladesh strengthen its capacity to create more, better-paid and quality jobs in a rapidly changing environment. The Programmatic Jobs Development Policy Creditaims at supporting Bangladesh develop a stronger policy and institutional framework to address...

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) — People in Bangladesh usually eat with their right hands at home. Until recently, however, it was almost widely common to see Bangladeshi people using spoons and forks to eat at restaurants. But this is no more a common scenario in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, which has a population of approximately 16 million people. Things are...

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/11 21:36:57 Perhaps no corporate executives will applaud the US and Canada for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou. International business disputes are usually handled in a different way. Even in cases involving the unilateral sanctions of the US against Iran, people expected fines. The most serious example of sanctions was the fine announced by the US Department...

France lacks cohesion to advance reform Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/10 19:08:40 France has had another chaotic weekend. Through a massive deployment of police, big losses were prevented in major cities including Paris and the number of protesters decreased slightly. But that doesn’t mean the yellow vest protests are waning. The anger of people hasn’t fizzled out. The...

DHAKA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — The Election Commission of Bangladesh on Monday revealed that as many as 1,841 candidates would contest in the country’s upcoming general election for 300 constituencies. According to the commission, out of total contesting candidates in the 11th national elections slated for Dec. 30, 1,745 are party candidates while 96 are independent candidates. The...

DHAKA, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement that Australian High Commission in Dhaka sent on (Monday)  Dcc. 10, 2018: “In 2018, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December, 2018 In 2018, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal...

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/10 10:16:26 Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, had her bail hearing Friday in the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, Canada. The hearing was adjourned with no decision made on bail, and will resume at 1 pm on Monday. Court reporters said she was not handcuffed for the hearing and was wearing a green sweatsuit. She...