Lobbying Washington more challenging for Moon

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/18 22:33:42 South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in North Korea Tuesday for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Moon is the third South Korean president to visit North Korea. Pyongyang greeted Moon with an official welcome ceremony and the inter-Korean summit seems to be moving along smoothly. Both […]

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Further development best clears confusion

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/17 22:58:39 The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.06 percent on Monday to close at 2653.15 points. It plummeted to 2647.92 points during the day. Foreign media noted China’s stock market had hit its lowest in four years, and domestic opinions were also pessimistic about the market. The connection between the stock market […]

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Bangladesh to announce verdict in cases of 2004 deadly grenade blasts

DHAKA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — A special court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has set Oct. 10 to deliver the verdict in two cases of grenade attacks in 2004 that killed at least 24 people. Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on Tuesday set the date to deliver judgement in the cases on conclusion of […]

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Bangladesh approves project to procure electronic voting machines

DHAKA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body has approved a project worth nearly half a billion U.S. dollars to procure 150,000 electronic voting machines. The project were approved at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. After the ECNEC […]

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Overseas jobs for Bangladeshis dip in first 8 months of this year

DHAKA, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s overseas job boom is showing signs of cooling as weaker than expected employment growth was reported in the first eight months of this year. Over half a million Bangladeshis found overseas jobs during the eight months of 2018, a decline of about 27 percent over the same period last […]

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Hegemony will no longer pay off for US

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/16 23:03:39 The administration of US President Donald Trump will reportedly announce new tariffs on about $200 billion on Chinese imports. Meanwhile, Washington has invited Chinese officials to restart trade talks later this month. While Washington extends a carrot to Beijing, it is also swinging a stick. It is nothing new for […]

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FBI overplays ‘China threat’ theory to stay relevant

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/14 23:18:41 During FBI Director Christopher Wray’s interview with CBS on Wednesday, he said that China is looking to steal secrets from the US on everything from technology to agriculture, and thus China is the target of economic espionage investigations in nearly all 56 of the FBI’s field offices. This is not […]

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FBI overplays ‘China threat’ theory to stay relevant

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/14 23:18:41 During FBI Director Christopher Wray’s interview with CBS on Wednesday, he said that China is looking to steal secrets from the US on everything from technology to agriculture, and thus China is the target of economic espionage investigations in nearly all 56 of the FBI’s field offices. This is not […]

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MPs role vital to implement SDGs

Habiganj, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) —  Inclusion is at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the role of the Members of Parliament is the key to ensure that no one is left behind, speakers said at a workshop on 14 September in Habiganj of Sylhet. The two-day workshop, organized by the United Nations […]

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