Xi sends congratulatory letter to investment and trade fair

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the 20th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, which opened Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, Fujian Province. For more than 20 years, the fair has been committed to creating the platforms for promoting two-way investments, publishing […]

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Nauru tirade on China to turn itself into a laughing stock

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/7 23:03:40 Nauruan President Baron Waqa was tough toward China at the end of the Pacific Islands Forum earlier this week. He accused China of “bullying” other nations and even threatened to take it to the United Nations. Such a deliberate provocation against China has made headlines in Western media. This is […]

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UNDP and Citi Foundation honour youth-led social enterprises for achieving SDGs

Dhaka, Sept. 8 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation awarded three top performing social-enterprises led by young people for their innovations as startup ecosystem, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, at an event held on 07 September at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. The event titled “Accelerator Bangladesh: […]

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Trade data shows US economy rejects trade war

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/6 22:18:41 According to data released by the US Commerce Department on Wednesday, the US trade deficit increased 9.5 percent to $50.1 billion in July, widening for a second straight month and surging to a five-month high since the trade war started. Ironically, the US trade deficit with China swelled 10 percent […]

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WFP country director in Bangladesh presents credentials

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Mr. Richard Ragan, Country Director of World Food Program (WFP) in Bangladesh has presented his credentials to Hon’ble Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 06 September 2018.   The new WFP Representative Mr. Richard Ragan, an American national, had a long working experience with WFP prior […]

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Bangladesh’s literacy rate stands at all-time high of 73 pct

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh now enjoys an all-time high literacy rate of about 73 percent, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman said on Thursday. “The country’s current literacy rate is 72.9 percent,” the minister told a press briefing on the occasion of International Literacy Day, which falls on Saturday. The current figure […]

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