DHAKA, Oct. 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an administrative arrangement today to promote sustainable management of community development for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). ADB Country Director Manmohan Parkash and UNDP Bangladesh Country Director Sudipto Mukerjee signed the administrative arrangement at a simple ceremony at ADB’s […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/22 22:48:40 The death of Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul is drawing increasing attention. Saudi authorities admitted on Friday that he was dead, saying he had been killed in a fistfight by agents and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unaware of the operation […]

US warning to Latin America disrespectful Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/21 22:23:39 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Panama and Mexico last week. During his stay in Panama, he warned President Juan Carlos Varela about doing business with China and criticized Chinese State-owned enterprises that engage in “predatory economic activity.” First of all, Pompeo’s accusation […]

Data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday showed that the country’s economy grew 6.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter. It expanded 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent in the first and second quarter respectively, showing a trend of gradual decline. An NBS spokesperson said at the release of the data that […]

DHAKA, Oct. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladesh Election Commission said on Thursday that it will announce the schedule for the upcoming parliamentary polls in the 1st week of November, reports Xinhua. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed made the statement while talking to journalists after a program on Thursday in capital Dhaka. He had earlier […]

DHAKA, Oct. 18 (NsNewsWire) — After 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has become an economic powerhouse providing a lot of new opportunities through its development initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative which will be of global benefit, a Bangladeshi expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. Professor of economics at Dhaka University […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/16 23:41:54 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday. One day before his visit, Turkish police investigators entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. As the US and Turkey are strengthening communication with Saudi Arabia, the tension over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reportedly killed inside the consulate, is […]

DHAKA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Sporadic gunshots were heard Tuesday morning as law enforcers cordoned off two houses suspected to be militant hideouts in Bangladesh’s Narsingdi district, some 51 km east of capital Dhaka. Members of Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT), an elite tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, surrounded the houses early Tuesday, […]

DHAKA, Oct. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Durga Puja, the biggest annual Hindu festival, began on Monday in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country with due religious fervor, reports Xinhua. During the five-day Durga Puja festival, the Goddess Durga is worshipped in her different forms. People organize different programs including dancing, traditional drummer perform to […]