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“I am the greatest”

By Michael Place RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Usain Bolt declared himself “the greatest” after signing off on his Olympic career with a ninth gold medal here on Friday, reports Xinhua. The 29-year-old ran an electrifying final leg to anchor Jamaica’s second straight Olympic men’s 4x100m relay victory. The result gave Bolt his […]

Xi calls for advancing Belt and Road Initiative

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for steady advance of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative to benefit people along the routes. The Belt and Road Initiative should help promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and mutual understanding among the people, Xi said at a symposium […]

Emergency appeal launched to help more than 100,000 people hit by Bangladesh monsoon floods

DHAKA, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Today the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal to help thousands of people hit by extreme monsoon floods in Bangladesh. The IFRC is appealing for CHF 1.6 million Swiss francs (USD 1.7 million, Euros 1.5 million) to support the Bangladesh Red […]

China launches first-ever quantum communication satellite

IUQUAN, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — China successfully launched the world’s first quantum satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. In a cloud of smoke, the satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), roared into the dark sky on top of a Long March-2D rocket. […]

Bangladesh Navy retrieves 5 bodies of capsized Indian fishing boat in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, Aug. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A massive joint search and rescue operation has been launched by Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard after an Indian fishing vessel carrying some 17 people sank on Saturday in the Bay of Bengal, reports Xinhua. A Bangladesh Navy official told Xinhua on Sunday that two Indian […]

Economic Watch: China’s economy stabilizes

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The Chinese economy is showing signs of stability but domestic demand remains fragile. China’s consumer price index (CPI) grew 1.8 percent year on year in July, virtually unchanged from 1.9 percent in June, while the producer price index (PPI), which measures costs of goods at the factory gate, dropped 1.7 […]

NGO worker imprisoned in Bangladesh returns home to France

A French NGO volunteer and Muslim convert who was imprisoned in Bangladesh for 70 days returned home to France on Sunday to a hero’s welcome. Maxime Puemo Tchantchuing, better known by his adopted Muslim name Moussa Ibn Yacoub, returned to France after not only being imprisoned for 70 days but also being prevented from leaving […]

China sends first span of Bangladesh’s largest Padma Bridge

DHAKA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — First Made in China span for Bangladesh’s largest Padma bridge has reached the project site. The 150-meter span weighing some 2900 tones was made of steel plate with 20-80mm thickness in a Chinese factory. Obaidul Quader, Bangladesh’s road transport and bridges minister, said all the 41 spans for the bridge […]

Nine African nationals arrested in Bangladesh in counterfeit money scheme

DHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested nine foreign nationals and a Bangladeshi in counterfeit money scheme. A RAB official who did not like to be named told Xinhua Monday they were arresred along with huge amount of counterfeit notes and fake currency-making materials from capital Dhaka‘s […]