by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Normal life in several parts of India was disrupted Monday due to a country-wide shutdown called by opposition parties to protest the rise of fuel prices and depreciation of the rupee. The protest given the name Bharat Bandh (India Shutdown) was called by main opposition […]

DHAKA, Sept. 10  (NsNewsWire) — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) launched its new regional headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday to cover three regional member states — Afghanistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the regional hub office that is also to cover a number of non-member countries like India […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/9 13:38:39   Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, kicked off his visit to North KoreaSaturday as special representative of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) […]

DHAKA, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — British Council Bangladesh under thebanner of BangladeshUKAlumniNetwork(BUKAN) is presenting ‘Entrepreneurship Vista’ scheduled to be held on Saturday, 29 September 2018.   To bring betterment into the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Bangladesh, communication firm Ra’dia Inc has initiated the inimitable event. The half daylong workshop will be held at British Council Dhaka’s […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/9 13:38:39 Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, kicked off his visit to North Korea Saturday as special representative of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the 20th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, which opened Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, Fujian Province. For more than 20 years, the fair has been committed to creating the platforms for promoting two-way investments, publishing […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/7 23:03:40 Nauruan President Baron Waqa was tough toward China at the end of the Pacific Islands Forum earlier this week. He accused China of “bullying” other nations and even threatened to take it to the United Nations. Such a deliberate provocation against China has made headlines in Western media. This is […]

Dhaka, Sept. 8 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation awarded three top performing social-enterprises led by young people for their innovations as startup ecosystem, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, at an event held on 07 September at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. The event titled “Accelerator Bangladesh: […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/6 22:18:41 According to data released by the US Commerce Department on Wednesday, the US trade deficit increased 9.5 percent to $50.1 billion in July, widening for a second straight month and surging to a five-month high since the trade war started. Ironically, the US trade deficit with China swelled 10 percent […]