DHAKA, July 28 (Xinhua) — A seminar titled “The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the New International Economic Order” was held in Bangladesh with focus on strategies through which the country can reap optimum benefits from the global development initiative. Workers’ Party of Bangladesh, an ally of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami […]

DHAKA, July 27 (NsNewsWire) — To create awareness about the newly implemented VAT and Supplementary Duty Act-2012, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) organized a workshop on “Awareness Raising on Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012” at CIRDAP Auditorium on 27 July, 2019. Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, NDC […]

Geneva, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — Urgent action is needed to contain a dengue outbreak in the Philippines as cases continue to soar and an unprecedented nationwide emergency alert is issued, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Philippine Red Cross are warning.  The Philippines is experiencing an alarming dengue outbreak […]

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — On July 25th, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh held a grand reception in celebration of the 92nd Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Over 300 guests including high-ranking officers and officials from Bangladesh as well as diplomats, military attachés, scholars, etc., […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/24 23:23:12 China on Wednesday issued a white paper on national defense in the new era. The paper objectively expounds on China’s rapidly developing military build-up, declares the People’s Liberation Army’s resolve to safeguard the country’s core interests, expresses China’s willingness to maintain world peace, and stresses that China will never seek […]

DHAKA, July 25 (NsNewsWire) — The World Food Programme (WFP) is working together with the Government of Bangladesh to assist more than 275,000 people affected by flooding in the north-west of the country, activating for the first time an innovative forecast-based financing project. “Home to more than 700 rivers, Bangladesh is increasingly seeing the impact […]

UNITED NATIONS, July 20(NsNewsWire) — Humanitarian partners of the United Nations reported that at least 30 people had been killed by monsoon rain-triggered landslides and flooding in parts of Bangladesh, a UN spokesman said on Friday, reports Xinhua. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said that “humanitarian colleagues tell us that monsoon […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/21 10:32:30 The State Council Information Office published on Sunday a White Paper, clarifying certain misunderstandings about Xinjiang‘s ethnic, religious, cultural and historical issues in the international community. With the paper, kind-hearted people can distinguish between right and wrong. It is hoped malicious agitators will zip their lip. Xinjiang has officially been […]