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 […]

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh now enjoys an all-time high literacy rate of about 73 percent, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman said on Thursday. “The country’s current literacy rate is 72.9 percent,” the minister told a press briefing on the occasion of International Literacy Day, which falls on Saturday. The current figure […]

DHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) will hold an Asian Regional Conference on ”Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Challenges” on September 12 and 13, 2018, at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden. Eminent experts on regional connectivity, members who include the members of academia and diplomatic core will […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/5 22:28:43 Nauru, host nation of The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), tried to stop the Chinese delegation from entering the country and obstructed their speech at the forum. These tricks had nothing to do with the forum. Nauru is one of Taiwan’s “diplomatic allies” while the Chinese mainland is a dialogue partner […]

DHAKA, Spet. 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh has attracted nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the 2017-18 fiscal year, the country’s central bank data showed Wednesday. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the country’s gross FDI inflows stood at 2,798 million U.S. dollars in the 2017-18 fiscal year(July 2017-June 2018). […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/5 6:04:50  Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing that China follows the “five-no” approach in its relations with Africa. The “five-no” approach includes: no interference in African countries’ pursuit of development paths that fit their national conditions; no interference in African countries’ internal […]

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — To the uninitiated, the unusual technique that uses fire to set and cut men’s hair might seem shocking. Adonis Makeover Salon, a famous barber shop in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, introduced the new trend last year. It has attracted the attention of more and more youngsters. The […]

The Bangladeshi government has approved the draft of a law banning child labour in the country with provisions for stringent punishment to offenders, reports Xinhua The draft was approved at a cabinet meeting Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Alam, said. The proposed “Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act” stipulates that […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/9/3 22:20:10 China-Africa cooperation charts a new path Almost all African leaders are gathering in Beijing for the ongoing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The grand occasion has left a deep impression on both Chinese and foreign publics, and attracted many interpretations. China has not only achieved industrialization itself, but […]