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President Xi delivers New Year speech

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his New Year speech via state broadcasters, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2014.

Commentary: Not a “Chinese Century,” but a less Westernized world

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — As the world marches into 2015, the international landscape augurs just another year of what history wonks refer to as Pax Americana. A “Chinese Century” foreseen by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and many others has not begun. Even if — a very big if given the notorious inaccuracy of […]

China launches new-type frigate for Bangladesh

BEIJING, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — A new-type of frigate built for the Bangladesh Navy was launched in the riverside city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on Tuesday. The frigate, with a displacement of 1,300 tons and maximum speed of 25 knots, is 90 meters long and 11 meters across the beam. It can […]

UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel’s occupation

United Nations, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to an Arab campaign to get the U.N.’s most powerful body to take action to achieve an independent state of Palestine. The United States, Israel’s closest ally, had made […]

New Indian Visa Application Centre Now in Dhanmondi

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — State Bank of India (SBI), the authorized agent of the High Commission of India, Dhaka for accepting Indian visa applications through Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs), is pleased to announce the opening of a new IVAC facility in Dhaka for receipt and delivery of visa applications, as per the following […]

Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia convenese press briefing today

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will hold a press briefing (today) Wednesday evening.

CPC vows no tolerance of intra-Party cliques

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Political discipline should be further enhanced and fractions within the Party that are organized for personal gain are “absolutely not tolerated,” a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was told. “Despite a certain amount of control over undesirable work styles and corruption, the entire Party should keep […]

Chinese rescue vessel heads for waters of missing jet

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2014 shows Chinese rescue vessel Nanhaijiu 101 berthed in a port of Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province. China announced on Dec. 29, 2014 that it will send aircraft and vessel to join the search and rescue work for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. By far, a navy frigate on […]

Beijing construction site accident kills 10, injures 4

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing has set up a special team to investigate a construction site accident which killed ten workers and injured another four on Monday morning, local authorities said. The incident occurred at a construction site at Tsinghua High School campus’ south side at around 8:20 a.m, reports Xinhua. The findings of […]