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China sets 2017 GDP growth target at around 6.5 pct

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — China has set its GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent for 2017, compared with a target range of 6.5-7 percent for 2016, according to a government work report distributed to the media on Sunday. “[China will] pursue better results in actual economic work,” according to the report from Premier […]

Vandalism can’t be condoned in sanctions

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/3/3 0:58:39 public campaign to boycott the Lotte Group and sanction South Korea is beginning in China. It’s common practice for one country to impose sanctions on another for geopolitical reasons in today’s world. For Chinese society, whether sanctioning South Korea can be carried out effectively and in an orderly way while […]

Feature: Bangladesh opens ancient Buddhist scholar’s memorial stupa built with Chinese support

DHAKA, March 2 (Xinhua) — Buddhists in Bangladesh are brimming with inner pride as with the support of China, a new stupa has been built as a monument to house sacred relics and honor an ancient Buddhist scholar. The stupa, in part, memorializes and honors the Buddhist scholar Atish Dipankar Srijnan, who was born in […]

BRAC study reveals Skill development education helps adolescents Earn 6 times higher, reduce child marriage 62pc

DHAKA, March 2 (NsNewsWire) — Adolescent girls and boys can earn six times higher after they receive skill development education. Child marriage also tends to reduce by 62 per cent as such training boosts their awareness and self confidence. The information was revealed today on Wednesday at a seminar titled ‘The power of apprenticeships’, highlighting […]

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge named best smartphone at MWC 2017

Dhaka, Feb.28 (NsNewsWire) –Samsung Mobile, announced that the Galaxy S7 edge was recognized by the GSMA as the Best Smartphone in the Best Mobile Handsets and Devices category at the annual Global Mobile Awards at Mobile World Congress 2017. As the world leader in mobile innovation, Samsung continues to relentlessly pursue the best in hardware, […]

DHAKA, Feb. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladeshi government is awaiting an assessment report by a foreign consultant to decide whether a state-run corporation will place a formal bid to buy Chevron assets in three gas fields of the country, reports Xinhua. Spokesperson of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aslam Uddin told Xinhua […]

3 killed, 9 injured in 2 separate fire incidents in Bangladesh capital

DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Three people, including two woman were killed and at least nine others were severely injured in two separate incidents of fire in old part of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday evening. Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, told journalists that three charred bodies were found at the […]

Commentary: How China will win its war on poverty

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — It is one thing to make promises, but quite another to keep them. The Chinese government decided to eradicate poverty by 2020 — the target year for China to become a “moderately prosperous” society — and the country is confident. China’s economic growth has been astonishing over the past three […]

Norwegian FM wraps up Dhaka visit

DHAKA, Feb. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Norwegian Foreign Minister Mr. Borge Brende completed his day long visit and left Dhaka in the morning of 21 February 2017. During the visit he had bilateral talks with the Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali MP on 20 February 2017 at the State Guest House Padma. In the […]