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DHAKA, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The Australian High Commission to Bangladesh is delighted to announce that 70 Bangladeshis have been selected for Australia Awards scholarships for 2019. This year more than 600 Bangladeshis applied for Australia Awards scholarships. The selected awardees will commence their masters level study in Australian universities in February 2019. The Awardees […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — A special court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has set Oct. 10 to deliver the verdict in two cases of grenade attacks in 2004 that killed at least 24 people. Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on Tuesday set the date to deliver judgement in the cases on conclusion of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body has approved a project worth nearly half a billion U.S. dollars to procure 150,000 electronic voting machines. The project were approved at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. After the ECNEC […]
Read MoreNonthaburi (Thailand) and Dhaka (Bangladesh), Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Thaicom, a leading Asian satellite operator and provider of integratedsatellite end-to-end solutions, and Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL), a Bangladesh Government owned satellite operator, announce the signing of a multi- year consultancy service agreement. Under the agreement, Thaicom will provide BCSCL comprehensive business and market […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s overseas job boom is showing signs of cooling as weaker than expected employment growth was reported in the first eight months of this year. Over half a million Bangladeshis found overseas jobs during the eight months of 2018, a decline of about 27 percent over the same period last […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/9/16 23:03:39 The administration of US President Donald Trump will reportedly announce new tariffs on about $200 billion on Chinese imports. Meanwhile, Washington has invited Chinese officials to restart trade talks later this month. While Washington extends a carrot to Beijing, it is also swinging a stick. It is nothing new for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Globally, Bangladesh is one of the countries most affected by pollution and environmental risks. To achieve upper-middle income status, Bangladesh must act now to tackle environmental degradation and pollution, especially in its cities, says a new World Bank report. The report released today, Enhancing Opportunities for Clean and Resilient Growth […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s spending on research and development (R&D) has seen rapid growth in the past 25 years as the country pursues a strategy of development through scientific and technological progress. A report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that China’s R&D spending surged by an average of 20.3 percent […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/9/14 23:18:41 During FBI Director Christopher Wray’s interview with CBS on Wednesday, he said that China is looking to steal secrets from the US on everything from technology to agriculture, and thus China is the target of economic espionage investigations in nearly all 56 of the FBI’s field offices. This is not […]
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