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BEIJING, June 24 (NsNewsWire) — Xinhua News Agency officially unveiled its global social media presence on Sunday, after rebranding its Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts under the unified name “New China.” From March 1, following a year of testing, Xinhua will share China and world news around the clock on its social media accounts, reports Xinhua. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 24 (Xinhua) — China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said Tuesday that the United States should take on more responsibilities to boost global economic recovery in accordance with its capacity as the world’s largest economy. “Currently China contributes about 30 percent of the global economic growth, while the United States contributes about 10 percent. […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) — China has unveiled its development plan for civil-use construction projects on its islands in the South China Sea. According to a statement released by the National Development and Reform Commission- China’s top economic and development planner- a batch of facilities for telecommunication, navigation, environmental monitoring, disaster relief, transportation and production, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 23 (NsNewsWire) — The upcoming annual China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) in Washington, D.C., is expected to expand economic and trade cooperation between the world’s two largest economies, seek coordination in the international financial system and enhance overall bilateral relations more steadily, U.S. experts said. GLOBAL ECONOMY & MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY Concerns about […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) [an autonomous body under Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India] has issued a Notification inviting applications for Netaji Subhas – ICAR International Fellowships (ICAR-IFs) for the year 2015-16. 2. ICAR-IFs are available for pursuing doctoral degree […]
Read MorePakistanis cool off themselves in a canal during heat wave in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on June 21, 2015. Xinhua photo
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS, June 22 (Xinhua) — More than one hundred people, including diplomats and UN staff, performed Yoga at UN headquarters on Sunday to celebrate the first ever International Day of Yoga. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo (Ban) Soon- taek joined the crowd, which was guided by Yoga guru Sri Sri Ravi […]
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DHAKA, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — Debutant Mustafizur Rahman has set a world record to guide Bangladesh to their first ever one-day trophy win over India with an emphatic six-wicket win in Dhaka on Sunday. Batting first, India were bowled out for 200 runs in 45 overs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday night […]
Read MoreMuhammad Jahangir, eminent Bangladeshi media personality and columnist, speaking at a program titled “Human Trafficking-Bangladesh’s Preparedness” in capital Dhaka on Sunday. A local thin-tank — Center for Non-resident Bangladeshis — –organized the program.
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