Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Vehicles run on an “overwater highway,” a highway linking Gufu Township and Zhaojun Bridge in Yichang City, central China’s Hubei Province, Aug. 9, 2015. The highway, which is 10.9 kilometers long, is built overwater on a river. (Xinhua/Zou Yuanjing)
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced it would issue a new 100-yuan bank note from Nov. 12 on Monday. The new bank note will be harder to counterfeit and easier for machines to read. Part of the fifth set of bank notes introduced by the PBOC […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — China and the United States will send senior officials to each other’s country in preparation for the state visit to the United States by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September. Several senior U.S. officials will visit China in August and September, based on a consensus reached by the two sides, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached 126.87 million at the end of June with over six and a half million new users in the first six months of the year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Thursday. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, discussing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s forthcoming state visit to the United States in September and other issues of mutual concern. China is willing to make full preparation with the U.S. side to ensure the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — China hopes that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can be transparent and open and contribute to free trade and investment along with other arrangements in the region, a Chinese official said Tuesday. Shen Danyang, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, told a press conference that China has been closely watching TPP […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — Domestic and overseas journalists are welcome to cover events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing next month, the event’s publicity team said on Monday, reports Xinhua. Grand celebrations will be held in Beijing on Sept. 2 and 3 to mark the 70th anniversary […]
Read More
Bangladesh to host the Australians for two Tests in October, the first series between the two nations since 2006, reports http://www.cricket.com.au Australia will head to Bangladesh in October for their first Test series against the Tigers in over nine years. The Bangladesh Cricket Board and Cricket Australia announced today that the Aussies will play a […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — Beijing’s first private mental health clinic opened on Sunday, breaking the monopoly of state-owned hospitals. The clinic in downtown Beijing is the first private mental health medical institution approved by the health authorities, the Beijing Daily reported on Monday. At present there are a number of psychological counseling agencies in […]
Read More