Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
CANBERRA, July 17 (Xinhua) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday announced that she will travel to the Indian subcontinent this week to discuss trade and regional security with counterparts from India and Sri Lanka. In a statement detailing her whirlwind trip, Bishop said that, in India, she would meet with Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read MoreBERLIN, July 17 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has dismissed proposals from the CDU’s sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) to impose a limit on the number of refugees admitted to the country. “As far as an upper limit is concerned, my position is clear: I will not accept it,” Merkel said when […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and International Trade Centre (ITC UNCTAD/WTO) jointly organized a 2-day training on “how to export to China through e-commerce” at DCCI on 17 July 2017. Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of China in Bangladesh Li Guangjun was present and inaugurated the training […]
Read MoreBEIJING, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — A political documentary on China’s ongoing reform will be aired starting Monday on China Central Television, the state broadcaster, reports Xinhua. The ten-episode documentary, “Jiang Gaige Jinxing Daodi,” or carrying the reform through to the end, summarizes the progress and achievements of the overall reform initiated after the 18th National […]
Read MoreSouth Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, reports AFP. The offer of talks, the first since South Korea elected dovish President Moon Jae-In, came as the Red Cross in Seoul proposed a separate meeting to discuss reunions […]
Read MoreBERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — More than 3,000 Turkish citizens, including 209 diplomats and 205 state employees, have applied for asylum in Germany in the first half of this year, the Funke media group reported on Friday citing information obtained from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). However, the most recent month […]
Read MoreSOFIA, July 14 (Xinhua) — A joint naval exercise of eight NATO members began on Friday in Bulgaria’s Black Sea zone, officials said. The joint naval exercise Breeze involved 20 ships, one submarine, four airplanes, two helicopters and 1,700 troops from the eight NATO countries The Royal Navy’s air defense destroyer HMS Duncan, Turkish frigate […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, July 14 (Xinhua) — Russia is ready to expel a number of U.S. diplomats and seize two U.S. properties here in a tit-for-tat response if no deal is reached at a meeting of senior diplomats of the two sides in Washington on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. “You know there was a […]
Read MorePARIS, July 14 (Xinhua) — Emmanuel Macron, France’s youngest president in modern history, on Friday celebrated his first-ever Bastille Day, or French National Day, with the usual pomp, military parade and flight show, commemorating the centenary of the United States entering World War I. Alongside his guest of honor U.S. President Donald Trump, Macron presided […]
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