China’s top brands draw huge crowds at Bangladeshi smartphone fair

DHAKA, July 18 (NsNewsWire) — The three-day Smartphone & Tab Expo 2018 held here recently drew huge crowds, particularly to the stalls of leading Chinese smartphone brands, reports Xinhua. The three-day fair which kicked off last Thursday was aimed at showcasing the latest mobile communication gadgets to the masses. Dozens of local and foreign brands […]

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‘America First’ worsens US-Russia relations

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/17 22:23:40 The joint press conference after the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki set US public opinion ablaze. Some US lawmakers and mainstream media accused Trump of being “disgraceful” and “disgusting,” some even called his behavior “nothing short of treasonous.” These establishments cannot stand […]

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Homegrown demand drives Chinese economy forward

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/16 22:25:05  China’s GDP growth reached 6.8 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year. International analysts believe that the Chinese economy has maintained its momentum in the context of deleveraging and curbing financial risks. The most imminent factors in the second half of this year would be the China-US trade […]

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Bangladesh trade deficit surges to all-time high on robust imports

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 16 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh trade deficit has surged to all-time high to over 17 billion U.S. dollars as a pickup in imports outpaced that of exports largely. The country’s trade deficit in the first 11 months of the just concluded 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017-June 2018) ballooned by 84 percent year […]

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China’s advantages in a protracted trade war

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/15 21:58:40 How to fight the trade war with the US has been a realistic subject for China. We hold that China should conduct more social mobilization to better inform the public of the trade war and obtain their support so that we can stay strong in action and mentality throughout the […]

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Bangladesh remittances reach to 15 bln USD in 2017-18 fiscal year

DHAKA, July 12 (NsNewsWire) — Millions of Bangladeshis in the past 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017-June 2018) remitted home nearly 15 billion U.S. dollars, the second highest yearly amount so far the country has received since its independence in 1971, a central bank official said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Quoting provisional data, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) […]

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Malaysian defence minister to visit Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 12 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu will arrive in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on an official visit Thursday, reports local media. He, along with his delegation, is scheduled to meet Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, Sabu will […]

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GE, partners sign 7.4 bln USD of power, energy deals with Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 12 (Xinhua) — U.S. multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) and its local and foreign partners have signed two separate deals for several power and energy projects in Bangladesh worth 7.4 billion U.S. dollars. On Wednesday, GE inked one Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for implementing projects […]

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China responds to US trade extortion resolutely

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/11 22:38:40 US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday released a list of 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, which makes good on US President Donald Trump’s recent threats to step up a trade war with China. China’s Ministry of Commerce expressed solemn protest against the US announcement and […]

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