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DHAKA, Aug. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Japanese Grant Aid for “ the project for Improvement of Rescue Capacities in the Coastal and Inland Water ” Signed The signing ceremony of “the Project for Improvement of Rescue Capacities in the Coastal and Inland Waters” was held at Economic Relations Division (ERD) of Ministry of Finance on August […]
Read MoreBRI envisions great win-win global connectivity Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/28 6:59:30 In the fall of 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping first proposed the formation of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, today known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) while visiting Kazakhstan and Indonesia. This year marks BRI’s fifth anniversary. As reported […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/26 22:33:40 US President Donald Trump on August 24 called off a trip to North Korea this week by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing insufficient progress on the issue of denuclearization. The cancellation came just one day after the trip was announced by Pompeo. On his Twitter account, Trump also said, “Additionally, because […]
Read MoreApplication deadline for media credentials to attend the landmark climate event set for Sept. 4 SAN FRANCISCO,Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Global Climate Action Summit has announced that the deadline to apply for media credentials to attend the Summit and report on its announcements and outcomes is Tuesday, Sept. 4. Taking place at the Moscone Center […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — On recommendation of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its recent session has appointed Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) to the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP). Dr Debapriya, in his personal capacity, will serve as a […]
Read Moreby Guo Jun and Olatunji Saliu MONROVIA, Liberia, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Liberia is ready to align its “pro-poor agenda,” the national development strategy, with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Liberian President George Weah has said, reports Xinhua. Talking to Xinhua in his office in capital Monrovia, the president said Liberia will seek development […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement that Nobel Peace Laureates issued with a call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen: “The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 18:23:40 It is obvious the two-day vice-ministerial level trade consultations between China and the US produced no significant progress. In separate statements released after the talks, both sides only stressed they “exchanged views” and “conducted constructive and frank” talks, but neither side mentioned any accomplishment, nor did they say whether or […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 6:34:33 Megha Rajagopalan, former China bureau chief for American news platform BuzzFeed, recently applied to have her visa renewed, but was denied by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Her story quickly spread among foreign journalists based in the capital and elsewhere, who wrote articles in a show of support for […]
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