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China welcomes WTO report on U.S. anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports

BEIJING, Oct. 20 (NsNewsWire) — China’s Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday welcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report which ruled the United States violated WTO rules in 13 anti-dumping measures imposed on imports from China. The WTO panel supported China’s main claims in the report unveiled Wednesday, ruling the United States violated WTO rules […]

News Analysis: Final debate adds little odds to Trump victory

LAS VEGAS, the United States, Oct. 20 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial statement that he may not concede the election results if he loses will not help him gain ground as the clock ticks toward the November election, experts said. “I’ll tell you at the time,” Trump said in response to […]

Syria airdrops leaflets detailing routes for rebels, civilians to leave Aleppo

DAMASCUS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — Syrian military helicopters dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets over rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, detailing exit routes for civilians and rebels to leave, a military source told Xinhua. The maps highlight six routes for civilians who want to leave the rebel-held areas in eastern […]

Bangladesh says attack investigation yielding results

NEW DELHI (AP) — In the three months since a band of youths tortured and killed 20 hostages in a Dhaka restaurant, Bangladeshi intelligence officials say they’re rooting out radicals and restoring security to the streets. Their evidence? Police raids that have killed about 40 suspected Islamist militants; hundreds of suspects detained in police dragnets; […]

Petter-B. Furberg appointed CEO of Grameenphone

(Dhaka – 19 October 2016) – The Grameenphone Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Petter-B. Furberg (49) as the company’s interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from 1 November 2016. In his new role, Furberg will also serve as member of Telenor Group’s Executive Management Team. Furberg is the Senior Vice President Telenor Digital […]

Money man behind Bangladesh cafe attack “joins IS in Syria” – police

Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday they had identified three people as the main providers of finance for an attack on a cafe in which 22 people were killed, mostly foreigners, and said one had left for Syria to join Islamic State, reports reuters. The July attack in Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter was claimed by the jihadist […]

No e-token/appointment date for students on 22 October 2016

DHAKA, Oct. 18 (NsNewsWire) — On Saturday, 22 October, 2016 students (minimum 18 years of age) who are enrolled in full-time degree programmes in colleges/universities can deposit Tourist visa applications on a walk-in basis without an e-token or a prior online appointment date from 0900 hours to 1300 hours at the Indian Visa Application Centre […]

Election lays bare extent of US media bias

During this year’s presidential campaign, the US mainstream media has overwhelmingly seen an outpouring of support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton while disparaging her Republican rival Donald Trump. The gap is rare in the history of US elections. According to statistics from the US, of the top 100 daily newspapers in the country, 30 […]

Chinese wildlife lovers exchange huge pythons at wedding

By Irene Wong BEIJING, Oct. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Guests were awed and touched by a newly-wed couple who exchanged a huge golden python at their wedding in northeast China’s Jilin Province, reports Xinhua. A 24-second video of their wedding soon went viral on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, as netizens find their wedding both bizarre […]