Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The sales of the book Xi Jinping: the Governance of China, have exceeded 5.2 million around the world, Zhou Mingwei, head of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Zhou was speaking at the 22nd Beijing International Book Fair, which opened Wednesday. The book, published in Chinese, English, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s economic policy-making body is all set to approve a proposal for constructing a new road to Myanmar, aimed at boosting bilateral trade. A Planning Ministry official who did not like to be named said the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council will likely approve the proposal on Tuesday […]
Read MoreYANGON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Myanmar will take part in the 6th Asian Senior Chess Championship to be hosted by Iran from Sept.24 to Oct.2, according to Myanmar Chess Federation on Tuesday. Myint Han who has secured two international master norms and Myo Naing who has won two grand master norms in previous championships will […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — New technologies have helped Chinese armed forces to better prepare for the Sept. 3 parade, which will be attended by more than 10,000 military personnel and showcase the latest weaponry, reports Xinhua. The Navy installed laser rangefinders on parade vehicles so that they can maintain a set distance from one […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — China Mobile, the world’s largest telecom operator by number of subscribers, announced on Monday that Shang Bing has replaced Xi Guohua as board chairman. Shang, 60, worked as senior manager for China Unicom and China Telecom before becoming vice head of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2011. […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Australian researchers are examining how the social networking service Twitter can help those who are unable to communicate by speech. The research’s initial findings, conducted at the University of Newcastle, suggested Twitter is an important tool for adults with speech disabilities from stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, autism and […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Usain Bolt is back! The Jamaican, whose appearance in Beijing even was in doubt months before the world championships, stormed to defend his 100 meters title in 9.79 seconds on Sunday at Beijing’s landmark Bird’s Nest where he turned into an athletics phenomenon with two world-record Olympic wins in the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would release another installment of loan of 1 billion U.S. dollars early next month, said Bangladesh Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday. “I believe another installment of IMF’s loan will be released by the end of this month or early next month as […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — The China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt initiative is not a competitor, but a partnership project for Russia, the country’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. “The project of the Silk Road belt is in no way a competitor for us, to some extent, it is a partnership project, which we […]
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