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DHAKA, 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 […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top three telecom operators saw a healthy spike in revenue in July thanks to services like 4G, official data showed, reports Xinhua. The three companies — China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom — reported combined telecom business revenue of 192.8 billion yuan (30.2 billion dollars) last month, up […]
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By Safiul Azam, ACMA* On 21st July this year the group of world’s top emerging economies launched its New Development Bank (NDB). The bank backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) looks set to emerge as an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, although the group says it […]
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year, reports AFP
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested three apex court lawyers for their alleged funding of a local militant group — Shaheed Hamja Brigade. As part of operations to disrupt the flow of money to terrorist groups, RAB spokesman Colonel Miftah Uddin Ahmed told the journalists at […]
Read MoreHANGZHOU, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Financial launched a wealth management smartphone app Tuesday. The standalone app, Ant Fortune, lets users buy online monetary fund Yu’ebao and products from Zhaocaibao, an online platform connecting investors with small businesses and individual borrowers, reports Xinhua. In addition, investors can buy stock fund products and track […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged Communist Party of China (CPC) and government officials to step up efforts to implement reform and achieve targets. Xi made the remarks at the 15th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform, reports Xinhua. Reform has made solid and steady progress […]
Read MoreThe first drug to treat low sexual desire in women won approval from US health regulators on Tuesday, but with a warning about potentially dangerous low blood pressure and fainting side effects, especially when taken with alcohol, reports Reuters. Addyi, whose chemical name is flibanserin, is designed for premenopausal women whose lack of sexual desire […]
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