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CPA Ireland Signs Deal to Offer Accounting Certificate in Bangladesh

By Michael Cohn The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide an online CPA Certificate in IPSAS Financial Reporting in Bangladesh, reports accounting today. CPA Ireland has been signing a series of such deals this year to provide its […]

Bangladesh’s 2014-15 fiscal trade deficit balloons to 10 bln USD on import pick-up

DHAKA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s trade deficit ballooned in the last fiscal year 2014-15 concluded in June on the back of an increase in imports, said a central bank official Wednesday. Trade deficit in the last fiscal year 2014-15 (July 2014-June 2015) surged 45.97 percent to about 10 billion U.S. dollars compared to a […]

Bilateral talks held between Bangladesh President and Vietnam President in Hanoi, Vietnam

DHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The President of Bangladesh, Md. Abdul Hamid, is on a 4-day state visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of the President of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang. Today, the official talks between the two Presidents was held at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, in a very friendly and […]

“Overwater highway” seen in Hubei

Vehicles run on an “overwater highway,” a highway linking Gufu Township and Zhaojun Bridge in Yichang City, central China’s Hubei Province, Aug. 9, 2015. The highway, which is 10.9 kilometers long, is built overwater on a river. (Xinhua/Zou Yuanjing)

China to issue new 100-yuan bank note

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced it would issue a new 100-yuan bank note from Nov. 12 on Monday. The new bank note will be harder to counterfeit and easier for machines to read. Part of the fifth set of bank notes introduced by the PBOC […]

Bangladesh’s mobile phone users reach 126.87 mln in June

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached 126.87 million at the end of June with over six and a half million new users in the first six months of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Thursday. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, the […]

Bangladesh approves construction of exhibition center with Chinese grant

DHAKA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s highest economic policy- making body gave the greenlight to a proposal on Tuesday to build an exhibition center with Chinese financing. The project was approved at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports Xinhua. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa […]

China says TPP should be transparent, open

BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — China hopes that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can be transparent and open and contribute to free trade and investment along with other arrangements in the region, a Chinese official said Tuesday. Shen Danyang, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, told a press conference that China has been closely watching TPP […]

Beijing’s first private mental health clinic opens

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — Beijing’s first private mental health clinic opened on Sunday, breaking the monopoly of state-owned hospitals. The clinic in downtown Beijing is the first private mental health medical institution approved by the health authorities, the Beijing Daily reported on Monday. At present there are a number of psychological counseling agencies in […]