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Bangladesh plants Chinese Bonsai for capital beautification

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (NsNewsWire)– Rows of Chinese bonsai trees planted recently along a major road in Bangladesh capital Dhaka now have produced greenish new leaves, giving the city an exquisite look, reports Xinhua. The major Dhaka road just outside the country’s main Hazrat Shahjala Airport got a huge facelift with the plantation of the trees […]

Patients swamp hospitals in Bangladesh amid mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus epidemic

by Naim-Ul-Karim Throngs of people with Chikungunya fever symptoms have been queuing up for doctors’ advice in Bangladesh’s top Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the capital city of Dhaka in recent days. Such was the overflow, that many of those who suspected they had the fever flocked to a help desk for the viral […]

Economic Watch: What’s at stake at China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue?

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — Senior Chinese and U.S. officials will meet on economic and trade issues, leaving opportunities for the two sides to crack many hard nuts under the new format. The first round of the Comprehensive Economic Dialogue (CED) will begin on July 19 in Washington. It is one of four major dialogue […]

Xi’s speech injects new impetus into Belt and Road Initiative

BEIJING, May 16 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed Sunday to give a fresh impetus to the Belt and Road Initiative, unveiling specific measures to carry forward the inspiring initiative that he called “the project of the century”, reports Xinhua. “A solid first step has been taken in pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative. […]

Belt and Road Initiative provides opportunity for whole world — experts

DHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) — The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China provides opportunities for the whole world to promote peace and prosperity, experts in Bangladesh said Sunday, reports Xinhua. The initiative will surely bolster cooperation and stability, and help Asia become the world’s new economic center of gravity, the experts said. While protectionism […]

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK?

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK? Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/14 23:03:39 The US on Thursday dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” – the most powerful nonnuclear bomb used by the US so far – on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan. Trump said Thursday that the mission was “very successful” and that he […]

Bangladeshi officials look to China to bolster country’s development

DHAKA, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bijoy Bhattacharjee, a senior Bangladeshi official, recently led a delegation of his colleagues to China under a “Training and Exchange Program”, reports Xinhua News Agency. “Our visit to China was a wonderful experience,” Bhattacharjee, an additional secretary of the Bangladeshi Cabinet Division, said at a seminar on Monday night, which […]

Public needs to be on guard against spying

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/10 23:48:40 Starting from Monday, Beijing citizens who provide useful information on spying are eligible for a cash reward of up to 500,000 yuan ($72,460), according to a policy issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of State Security. But the informants will be punished if they deliberately slander others. It’s an obligation […]

World MPs in drive to end extreme inequalities

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Expressing grave concern with the extreme political, social and economic inequalities prevalent in the world, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has called for immediate action to reverse this trend and leave no one behind. In a declaration issued at the close of the 136th IPU Assembly (#IPU136) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IPU […]