Chinese food festival enthralls food lovers in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, April 26 (Xinhua) — “Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey with culinary delights presented by Chef Haiwei Wang and Chef Qianjin Ding from Beijing, Chef Mingjing Li from St. Regis Chengdu.” “Sizzle your tastebuds for a week with exotic Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine from the northern, southern and western provinces of […]

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Vietnamese girls smuggled into China and sold as child brides

The villages along the Vietnamese-Chinese border are a hunting ground for human traffickers. Girls as young as 13 say they are tricked or drugged, then spirited across the porous border by boat, motorbike or car. Young Vietnamese women are valuable commodities in China, where the one-child policy and long-standing preference for sons has heavily skewed […]

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Chinese government scholarship attracts large pool of applicants in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, April 18 (Xinhua) — Sharmin Reja Chowdhury is a Pharmacy Faculty lecturer in Bangladesh’s leading Dhaka University. She has applied a Chinese government scholarship. “I’ve applied for a PHD program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Because I’m a pharmacist and my research topic is medicinal chemistry and medicinal plant,” Chowdhury told Xinhua […]

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Picture perfect views, natural wonders lure global travelers to Bangladesh’s Bandarban

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, March 23 (Xinhua)– With Bangladesh’s southeastern Bandarban district offering stunning panoramic vistas of beautiful hills and luscious forests, it’s no wonder that the area is one of the country’s key tourist destinations attracting thousands of people, from backpackers to billionaires, each year. An ideal place for trekking, hiking and jungle walks for […]

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Aamir ‘will be happy’ to work with Sunny Leone

Mumbai, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) –Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Wednesday spoke out in support of actress Sunny Leone, who was at the receiving end of harsh questions about her professional choices in a TV interview. During the promotional TV interview with CNN IBN anchor Bhupendra Chaubey, Sunny was asked that while she would like to […]

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Feature: China’s Tianjin Art Troupe enthralls Bangladeshis, enhances cultural ties

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Crowds of hundreds cheered, clapped and waved as China’s famous Tianjin Art Troupe staged a culturally captivating event in a performance aimed at celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year in Dhaka, reports Xinhua. The performance included traditional Chinese musical instruments, dance, acrobatics and martial arts and many more […]

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P&G products available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — On 14th January 2016 Daraz Bangladesh Ltd. and International Brands Ltd (IBL), the authorized distributor of Procter and Gamble products in Bangladesh organized a press conference inGulshan, Dhaka, where they announced that P&G is bringing their entire product portfolio online with daraz.com.bd. P&G products will now be available on https://www.daraz.com.bd/p-g/ […]

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Rich cultural diversity of China’s Yunnan showcased in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — An audience of hundreds clapped their hands and cheered for about two hours as songs and dances from ethnic groups in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province showcased China’s colorful minority cultures on Sunday night in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. China’s Yunnan Acrobatic Troupe Company Limited and Folk Art Theater of […]

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