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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 […]

Banglalink ennovators 2.0 kicks off

Dhaka, 17 July (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, has officially kicked off its digital ideation competition “Banglalink ennovators 2.0” for innovative youngsters aspiring to become successful future professionals. The competition was launched with a view to encouraging, empowering and nurturing innovative ideas and the creative young minds. […]

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 […]

Robi and Sheba.xyz sign corporate agreement

Dhaka, July 16 (NsNewsWire) — The leading digital service provider of the country, Robi, and a fast growing digital start-up company, Sheba.xyz have signed a corporate agreement. Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed and Sheba.xyz’s CEO, Adnan Halim signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations. The signing ceremony took place at […]

US-Bangla Airlines celebrates 4 years of operation

DHAKA, July 16 (NsNewsWire) — US-Bangla Airlines celebrates four years of its service. On the 17th July 2014, one of the leading private airlines in Bangladesh started its operation with its maiden flight from Dhaka to Jessore. With the motto “Fly Fast-Fly Safe”, US-Bangla Airlines commenced her operation on July 17, 2014 with two Dash8-Q400 […]

Bangladesh’s mobile operators add nearly 6 mln new users in H1 of 2018

DHAKA, July 16 (Xinhua) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers hit nearly 151 million at the end of June with addition of 5.84 million new users in the first half of this year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Monday. According to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the […]

Bangladesh’s Grameenphone revenue up 5.9 pct in H1 of 2018

DHAKA, July 16(Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone Monday reported a 5.9- percent increase in revenues for the first half of 2018 compared with that in the same period last year. The company, which is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh, said that the revenue was 63.8 billion taka (1 U.S. dollar equals […]

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 […]

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 […]