Common interests only way for trade talks

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/9 10:33:39 Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington next week to resume talks with the Donald Trump administration, the White House said on Monday in a positive tone. “We are working on something that we think will be great for everybody,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters. Although China […]

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China-funded bridge rail link contributes to Bangladesh-India connectivity project

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — On the day when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received flowers after arriving in China’s central Hubei province, its next-door neighbor Bangladesh signed a nearly 3-billion-U.S. dollar loan deal with China’s Exim Bank to construct the Padma Bridge rail link, reports Xinhua. The project, upon fruition, will cut […]

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Bangladeshi seafarers held in Korea released

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — A vessel namely ‘Talent Ace’, having a counterfeit IMO number (IMO No. 8793873), carrying coal from North Korea was detained on 19 March 2018 including its crews by concerned authorities of Republic of Korea, while unloading goods at Gunsan Port. 7 crews from Myanmar, 6 from China and 3 from […]

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IGCC organising an Evening of Rabindra Sangeet, Recitation

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — IGCC is organising an Evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Ms. Chhaya Karmakar and Recitation by Mr. Shihab Shahriyar on 12 May 2012 at 5 PM at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka Dr. Shihab Shahriar is a Poet, Story writer and Elocutionist of Bangladesh. He is working as […]

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Remarks by High Commissioner of India at function to hand over Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingyas

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) –The following is the full and unedited text of Indian High Commissioner’s remarks at a function in Chattogramhere on May 9 to hand over Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingyas: “Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief, Mofazzel Hussain Chowdhury (Maya), Mohammed Abul Kalam, Additional Secretary, Refuge, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Md. […]

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New “forecast” fund could be a “game-changer” for humanitarian action: IFRC

GENEVA, May 9 (Xinhua) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Tuesday it has launched a ground-breaking new humanitarian fund designed to ease and even prevent the damage and trauma caused by natural disasters. “Our new forecast-based action fund means that guaranteed money will be available to help communities […]

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Rezina Ahmed appointed as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mauritius.

  DHAKA, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — The Government has decided to appoint Rezina Ahmed as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Republic of Mauritius.             Rezina Ahmed, a career diplomat belonging to BCS (Foreign Affairs), joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1994. Currently she is serving as the Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate General in Milan, […]

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Indian Naval Ship reaches Bangladesh carrying relief for Rohingyas

DHAKA, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Naval Ship ‘Airavat’ sailed from Vishakhapatnam on 5 May, 2018 and reached Chattogram today carrying relief supplies intended to meet the requirements of displaced persons from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The handing-over of relief material will take place at Chattogram port at 0900 hrs on 9 May, 2018. In September 2017, the […]

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Bangladesh sees big boom in remittances

DHAKA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Millions of Bangladeshis, living and working abroad, remitted home over 12 billion U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year ending next month, a central bank official said Tuesday. Quoting provisional data, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) official told Xinhua that the flow of inward remittances […]

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