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Pragmatism will lead to successful Kim-Trump meeting

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/11 21:23:40 US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted with pride he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, and that they “will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace.” Though the North Korean practice is to announce its leader’s diplomatic […]

Red letter day for Bangladesh as “Bangabandhu-1” satellite enters space

DHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — May 12 is a red-letter day for Bangladesh when the country moved to a new era by launching its first “Bangabandhu-1” satellite, reports Xinhua. The launch made Bangladesh the 57th nation in the world and fourth in South Asia after India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to own a satellite. Early […]

SpaceX readies first “block 5” Falcon 9 rocket for launch

The first “block 5” Falcon 9 rocket was hauled up pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center last week for an engine test firing that cleared the way for launch Thursday to boost a communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh. SpaceX is readying an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket for launch Thursday to […]

Robi’s mobile application platform, BDAPPS hosts Google I/O 2018 in Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — BDAPPS, an open for all mobile application store of Robi Axiata Limited has hosted the much awaited Google Developer Conference, Google I/O 2018 event in Bangladesh on the 8th and 9th of May, in collaboration with Google Developer Group (GDG) Dhaka and Lets Learn Coding (LLC). Robi is the first […]

Common interests only way for trade talks

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/9 10:33:39 Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington next week to resume talks with the Donald Trump administration, the White House said on Monday in a positive tone. “We are working on something that we think will be great for everybody,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters. Although China […]

China-funded bridge rail link contributes to Bangladesh-India connectivity project

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — On the day when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received flowers after arriving in China’s central Hubei province, its next-door neighbor Bangladesh signed a nearly 3-billion-U.S. dollar loan deal with China’s Exim Bank to construct the Padma Bridge rail link, reports Xinhua. The project, upon fruition, will cut […]

Bangladeshi seafarers held in Korea released

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — A vessel namely ‘Talent Ace’, having a counterfeit IMO number (IMO No. 8793873), carrying coal from North Korea was detained on 19 March 2018 including its crews by concerned authorities of Republic of Korea, while unloading goods at Gunsan Port. 7 crews from Myanmar, 6 from China and 3 from […]

IGCC organising an Evening of Rabindra Sangeet, Recitation

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — IGCC is organising an Evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Ms. Chhaya Karmakar and Recitation by Mr. Shihab Shahriyar on 12 May 2012 at 5 PM at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka Dr. Shihab Shahriar is a Poet, Story writer and Elocutionist of Bangladesh. He is working as […]

Remarks by High Commissioner of India at function to hand over Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingyas

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) –The following is the full and unedited text of Indian High Commissioner’s remarks at a function in Chattogramhere on May 9 to hand over Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingyas: “Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief, Mofazzel Hussain Chowdhury (Maya), Mohammed Abul Kalam, Additional Secretary, Refuge, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Md. […]