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Bikroy presents Dhaka IT-ITES Job Fair 2017 at IBA, DU

Dhaka, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka IT-ITES Job Fair 2017 will be held on Feb. 11 (Saturday) at IBA, Dhaka University . Job seekers will be able to apply for hundreds of jobs at more than 50 leading IT companies in the country, said a press release. This event is organized by ICT Division and […]

China means opportunity to 500 mln EU consumers: European expert

VALLETA, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — A European expert on China-EU cooperation has expressed optimism over the perspective of collaboration between Beijing and Brussels despite concerns expressed by some EU officials. In a recent written interview with Xinhua, Luigi Gambardella, president of ChinaEU, a Brussels-based business-led association, said that in the coming five years, China is […]

Israel’s legalization of settlement in West Bank outrages Palestinians

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The Israeli parliament’s vote to legalize settlement posts in the West Bank outraged the Palestinians on Tuesday, who warned that the vote would bring a global wrath against Israel. On Monday night, the Israeli parliament voted in favor of legalizing 4,000 Jewish settlements that will be built on Palestinian-owned lands […]

Seventeenth Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting held in Nepal

DHAKA, Febr. 7 (NsNewsWire) –Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque led the six-member Bangladesh delegation to the Seventeenth Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held on Tuesday in Kathmandu, Nepal after about three years. As the current Chair of BIMSTEC, Shankar Das Bairagi, Foreign Secretary of Nepal chaired this Foreign Secretary Level Meeting. Bangladesh, […]

Australian senator to resign from gov’t to form far-right party

CANBERRA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Controversial Australian Senator Cory Bernardi is set to resign from the Liberal Party – and therefore the government – in order to chair a breakaway far-right political party, local media reported on Monday. Bernardi, who has long been critical of the center-right policies pursued by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, will […]

FM briefs members of the diplomatic community on the situation of Myanmar refugees

DHAKA, Feb. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign Minister Mr. A H Mahmood Ali, MP, briefed the members of the diplomatic community on the situation of Myanmar refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals at the State Guest House Padma today. About 60 (sixty) Ambassadors/ High Commissioners / Heads of Missions /representatives of various Diplomatic Missions in Dhaka as […]

Unnayan Onneshan finds stagnant investment, unemployment as challenge for MPS

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its rapid assessment of recently announced monetary policy statement for the second half of the FY 2016-2017 reveals that declining growth in private sector credit resulting in stagnant private investment and consequential unemployment especially of youth is likely to challenge the […]

China invites journalists to cover political meetings

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Invitations have been sent out to journalists from China and abroad to cover two major Chinese political meetings next month. The fifth annual session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, will open on March 5 in Beijing, reports Xinhua. The fifth session of the 12th […]

Tehran threatens counter sanctions in wrestle with Washington

TEHRAN, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Iran will counter the fresh sanctions the United States has imposed against entities and individuals involved in its ballistic missile program, Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The U.S. sanctions, which came days after Iran conducted a ballistic missile test, are “inconsistent with the U.S. commitments and […]