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Chinese funded Bangladesh’s largest-ever ICT project connects 20,000 gov’t offices

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with China Machinery Engineering Corporation ( CMEC) has implemented the country’s largest-ever ICT project which brought nearly 20,000 government offices across the country under a nationwide connectivity. Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on July 3, 2013 approved the China-financed 13.33 billion taka project […]

Interview: Confrontation over South China Sea to take “disastrous” toll on regional, U.S. economies — expert

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]

Ceremony held in Bangladesh in memory of 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — A memorial function was held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday in memory of the the 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar Srijnan from China to his country of birth. Dozens of academics, politicians and and leaders of various religions have gathered in the memorial function to […]

China-U.S. relations shouldn’t be hijacked by South China Sea issue: Chinese ambassador

WASHINGTON, June 2 (NsNewsWire) — The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In an opinion piece published on bloomberg.com, Cui pointed out that China and the U.S. share important […]

Xi underscores challenge, opportunity of aging population

BEIJING, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping has called for better care for China’s aging population, reports Xinhua Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks on Friday afternoon at a group study attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on […]

Tahmima Anam: ‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh’

There’s a moment in Tahmima Anam’s latest novel when her protagonist, Zubaida, realises that she may never be as fulfilled as her parents, who lived through the war in Bangladesh. “The war was fundamental, a kind of birth not just for the country but for all the too-young people who had willed the country into […]

In Bangladesh, Extremists Use Social and Mainstream Media Data to Target Victims

DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Since 2013, Bangladesh has witnessed a series of brutal killings of secular intellectuals by religious militants. As assailants have targeted an increasingly diverse set of people — from bloggers to academics and publishers, to gay rights activists and religious minorities — people have begun to look critically at the different […]

China to have more Tagore readers than India: Chinese diplomat

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — Indian bard Rabindranath Tagore will soon have more readers in China, where his works have been part of middle-school curriculum for decades, than in his home country, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu was quoted as saying by Indian daily DNA India. “We will soon have more Tagore […]

Interview: China making immense contributions to Bangladesh’s development: minister

by Naim-Ul-Karim, Liu Chuntao, DHAKA, May 6 (Xinhua) — China has made immense contributions to Bangladesh’s efforts to meet its development goals with a key focus on building economic independence for the country, said an influential member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Cabinet. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Tuesday in Bangladeshi’s capital Dhaka, […]