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By Wang Cong Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/22 22:48:39 Chinese policymakers are prepared for an increasingly possible scenario in which the US government changes its previously established criteria on currency manipulation to specifically target China, a move that would add serious fire to the ongoing trade war, analysts said on Monday. After stopping short of labeling […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $425 million to improve road connections in Bangladesh through building, maintaining and improving rural bridges in a program that will benefit two-thirds of the country’s people. The Operation For Supporting Rural BridgesProgram will maintain 85,000 meters of bridges, widen or rehabilitate 29,000 meters of bridges and build another 20,000 meters of new bridges. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh today signed a $240 million financing agreement with the World Bank to help improve management and production in marine and coastal fisheries and aquaculture. The Sustainable and Marine Fisheries Project will help improve fisheries management systems, infrastructure, value chain investments, and encourage private sector investment to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) has been a big boon to revitalize the world economy, Bangladeshi experts said on Tuesday. Experts here believed the mega expo in Shanghai is the most significant event which China has so far arranged because it demonstrates China’s renewed determination to open its […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/10/23 22:18:40 With the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge on Tuesday, the Greater Bay Area takes the road forward. The pattern of this area will be reshaped with this historic project. The opposition camp in Hong Kong has held a critical attitude toward the construction of the bridge and some opposed […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an administrative arrangement today to promote sustainable management of community development for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). ADB Country Director Manmohan Parkash and UNDP Bangladesh Country Director Sudipto Mukerjee signed the administrative arrangement at a simple ceremony at ADB’s […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/10/22 22:48:40 The death of Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul is drawing increasing attention. Saudi authorities admitted on Friday that he was dead, saying he had been killed in a fistfight by agents and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unaware of the operation […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 22 (NsNewsWire) — a2i, SHIFT programme of UNCDF and Women’s World Banking with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation organized a workshop on “Making Finance Work for Women” focusing on women’s participation in digital financial services for public and private stakeholders in the financial inclusion space, to address the issue of […]
Read MoreUS warning to Latin America disrespectful Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/21 22:23:39 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Panama and Mexico last week. During his stay in Panama, he warned President Juan Carlos Varela about doing business with China and criticized Chinese State-owned enterprises that engage in “predatory economic activity.” First of all, Pompeo’s accusation […]
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