DHAKA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Seven people, including six members of the same family, were killed in a fatal road accident on Wednesday morning in Bangladesh’s Lakshmipur district, some 137 km southeast of capital Dhaka. Shahjahan Khan, a highway patrol official in the district, told local journalists that the ill fated passengers were going to […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/22 20:58:4 Canadian Ambassador to the US David MacNaughton has told Canadian media that his country was already informed by Washington that a formal request would be made to extradite Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. It can be seen that he has been pushing for US extradition of Meng so as […]

Vakurta in Savar on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka is a place highly regarded for its exquisite jewelry and ornaments made by local artisans using methods passed on from one generation to the next, reports Xinhua. The rural village, which lies 30 minutes’ ride away from Dhaka, is Bangladesh’s nucleus of traditional […]

Uber has been operating in Bangladesh for over two years. During this time, we have heard many stories of how Uber has positively impacted the lives of its driver-partner community. And sometimes, we come across stories that touch our hearts, such as that of Shahanaj Akter. Shahanaj Akter is an UberMOTO driver who has recently […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/21 21:28:39 China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Monday that China’s GDP was 90.03 trillion yuan ($13.26 trillion) in 2018, posting a 6.6 percent growth rate for the year. China’s GDP has reached 90 trillion yuan for the first time, but 6.6 percent is the lowest annual growth rate since 1990. […]

DHAKA, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Sunday said they are all set to file a case in a U.S. court over the cyber heist of the central bank reserves in which 81 million U.S. dollars was stolen nearly three years ago, reports Xinhua. “By this month, a case will be […]

US President Donald Trump laid out his administration’s Missile Defense Review during a speech at the Pentagon on Thursday local time, declaring the US will develop a more advanced defense system to counter hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries. Trump also said the US will do whatever it takes “to ensure that […]

DHAKA, Jan. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is set to rollout 5G services next year, the country’s telecom regulator said Thursday, reports Xinhua. Steps are underway to launch the latest generation of cellular mobile communications from the next year, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Commissioner Aminul Hassan during a meeting with the members of TRNB […]