DHAKA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — The newly elected members of Bangladesh’s parliament have taken the oath of office amid an opposition boycott following the Dec. 30 parliamentary election. Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury swore in the lawmakers including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a ceremony in capital Dhaka on Thursday. The MPs from ex-Prime […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/1 15:33:39 The year of 2019 finally arrives. It will be a fair year for countries which are willing and able to collectively address challenges. Various predictions of worldwide uncertainty in 2019 have been made by several institutions, from US domestic affairs, the Indian general election, a possible geopolitical crisis, to global […]

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League, which clinched a landslide victory in Sunday’s violence-hit general election, will form its new cabinet before Jan. 10, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Tuesday. Quader, also the country’s road transport and bridges minister, told journalists that preparations were underway […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/30 7:10:0 Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Saturday held a telephone conversation. The two leaders attach great importance to the development of bilateral relations, and said that the working teams of the two countries are actively promoting the implementation of the consensus reached during their meeting in […]

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Hours after parliament polls closed Sunday, leaving at least 17 people dead, ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led major opposition alliance demanded reelection under a non-partisan interim government, reports Xinhua. Talking to journalists at a press conference, Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) leader Kamal Hossain rejected the […]

Dhaka, Dec. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement today on 27 December at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) for the implementation of a six-year project titled, ‘Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity,’ financed by the […]

Chinese diplomacy defeats US interference Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/26 21:13:41 China went through a warm year in 2018 as there was no crisis-level conflict between China and its neighboring countries. Those who once had tense relations with China are now moving closer to Beijing. China’s relations with India, Japan and the Korean Peninsula countries simultaneously […]

DHAKA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — The Christian community in Bangladesh Tuesday celebrated Christmas Day, or Baro Din (Big Day) called in Bangla. In capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning, Christians offered special prayers in churches decorated with colorful tiny blinking lights. A festive mood prevailed all around with the Christmas trees, chocolate house and fairy lights everywhere when […]

DHAKA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — China’s reform and opening-up has not only immensely benefited the country and its people, but helped facilitate changes to the landscape of international relations, a Bangladeshi research institute executive said. “Never before in history has such a large population been lifted out of poverty in such short time as China […]