Schellenberg trial shows Canada’s arbitrary view of rule of law

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/14 23:56:45 Canadian drug smuggler Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was sentenced to death on Monday by the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian, Liaoning Province. This is the latest ruling after the Liaoning Provincial High People’s Court sent back the case and the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian opened a public retrial. Canadian Prime […]

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Prime Minister of Estonia congratulates Sheikh Hasina.

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister of Estonia. Jüri Ratas has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In his message, the Estonian Prime Minister also expressed conviction that the friendly relations between Bangladesh and Estonia, based on mutual understanding and respect, would continue to develop successfully in the years […]

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Poland becoming a US accomplice

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/13 20:33:39 After an employee of Huawei was arrested on alleged spying charges, Joachim Brudzinski, Poland’s internal affairs minister, called for the European Union and NATO to work on a joint position over whether to exclude Huawei from their markets. When a spokesman for Poland’s secret services chief tweeted the arrest on […]

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ADB Provides $200 Million to Upgrade Rural Road Network in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed agreements for $200 million in loans to improve the rural road network in Bangladesh. Monowar Ahmed, Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Manmohan Parkash, Country Director, ADB, signed the agreements on behalf of Bangladesh and ADB, respectively, at […]

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Bangladesh workers stage demonstration, ransack factories

DHAKA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Workers in Bangladesh staged demonstrations and ransacked nearly a dozen factories in protests over disparity in their new wage structure. In Tongi, one of the key apparel industrial hubs on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, at least nine factories were reportedly vandalized by the unruly workers. Equipped with sticks, workers […]

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Peninsula should break out of vicious cycle of talks and tensions

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/11 18:48:40 Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, left Beijing for Pyongyang on Wednesday after a three-day visit, his fourth to China since March last year. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment […]

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Seminar on higher education, scholarship opportunities in China held in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A seminar on higher study and Scholarship in china organized by UIU and Aus-Ban Education Consultant was held at United International University recently. The Vice chancellor of UIU Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahaman was present as the chief guest while the Chairman of Aus-Ban Education Consultant Golam Kuddus Molla was […]

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Trade talks beget cautious optimism

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/10 19:28:22 The China-US vice-ministerial level trade talks ended in Beijing on Wednesday after extending into an unscheduled third day. The negotiations mustered cautious optimism about the next step of consultations. China and the US issued short statements after the talks concluded. The Chinese side said the talks were extensive, deep and […]

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Feature: Seven-color tea a hot attraction in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — The seven-color tea offering varied flavors in a glass or cup is now available in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. About a decade ago, a tea vendor named Romesh Ram Gour in northeastern Moulvibazar district, which is known as the tea capital of Bangladesh, developed the technique of layering different […]

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