DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Hours after parliament polls closed Sunday, leaving at least 17 people dead, ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led major opposition alliance demanded reelection under a non-partisan interim government, reports Xinhua. Talking to journalists at a press conference, Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) leader Kamal Hossain rejected the […]

Dhaka, Dec. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement today on 27 December at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) for the implementation of a six-year project titled, ‘Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity,’ financed by the […]

Chinese diplomacy defeats US interference Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/26 21:13:41 China went through a warm year in 2018 as there was no crisis-level conflict between China and its neighboring countries. Those who once had tense relations with China are now moving closer to Beijing. China’s relations with India, Japan and the Korean Peninsula countries simultaneously […]

DHAKA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — The Christian community in Bangladesh Tuesday celebrated Christmas Day, or Baro Din (Big Day) called in Bangla. In capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning, Christians offered special prayers in churches decorated with colorful tiny blinking lights. A festive mood prevailed all around with the Christmas trees, chocolate house and fairy lights everywhere when […]

DHAKA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — China’s reform and opening-up has not only immensely benefited the country and its people, but helped facilitate changes to the landscape of international relations, a Bangladeshi research institute executive said. “Never before in history has such a large population been lifted out of poverty in such short time as China […]

DHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) —     The following is the full and unedited text of a statement that Kamal Hossain, convener of Jatiyo Oikkyo Front, in Dhaka sent on Dec. 23, 2018: “               1.           We welcome the upcoming deployment of the armed forces. We hope that this deployment will create a congenial electoral environment […]

by Xinhua writer Liao Bingqing MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Amid ongoing tense frictions between Moscow and Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeals to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to resume direct talks so as to discuss urgent issues on bilateral and international agendas. Noting that the two countries “have reached the bottom of our […]

The annual Central Economic Work Conference has called for the country to maintain its proactive fiscal policy in 2019 to stabilize aggregate demand. This week’s meeting called for further stabilization in employment, finance, foreign trade, foreign and domestic investment and to embrace the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China through […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/19 21:33:40 Data released from the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday was worse than expected. In particular, total retail sales of consumer goods went up 8.1 percent year-on-year in November. This is considered relatively low, compared to the previous rate. Downward economic pressure is apparently increasing. But some people’s pessimistic views […]