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American business to pain together in ZTE case

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/20 6:41:31 The US government sales ban of American components to the ZTE Corporation will surely inflict significant damage to the company. However, the pattern of globalization shows that not only will the US not secure a victory, it will also suffer a harsh blowback. The US stock market came to a […]

Start of rainy season exposes risks for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

The first of much-feared rains fell on the Bangladeshi border town of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, bringing with it apprehension and the first signs of flooding in the camps hosting Rohingya refugees who have fled a violent crackdown in Myanmar, reports www.theguardian.com. An early morning downpour that fell on the flimsy bamboo and tarpaulin shacks […]

China Focus: Xi leads China in building cyberspace strength

BEIJING, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — In today’s China, it does not take long for one to see the country’s thriving Internet sector, reports Xinhua. In any city, people use their mobile phones every day to shop, order food, hail a car, pay utilities and do many other things. All in all, China has 700 million […]

U.S. will hurt itself with action on ZTE: MOC

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) — China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday that the U.S. action against China’s leading telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will damage itself. “The action targets China, however, it will ultimately undermine the United States itself,” MOC spokesperson Gao Feng told a press conference. The United States will lose tens of […]

N.Korea’s security concern must be heeded in Kim-Trump summit

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/18 17:53:40 US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed.” One day before, he said that the US had had “direct talks at very high levels” with North Korea and there […]

NBR holds pre-budget meeting with handset importers’ association

DHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) –Leaders of Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importers Association (BMPIA) met the Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) in a pre-budget discussion on 18th April at the latter’s office. BMPIA gave a couple of concrete proposals for developing the mobile handset industry in Bangladesh. Mr. RuhulAlam Al Mahbub, President of BMPIA, thanked […]

Operators strive to keep mobile networks stable

DHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — The persisting bad weather has caused electricity disruption in many parts of the country, especially Faridpur and Barishal areas, which is also affecting the network of all the telecom operators. As a result, some subscribers may face sporadic service interruptions. The Telecom operators are working together to resolve the problem […]

Yunus Urges Audience at Illinois State University to work for ‘Three Zeros’

DHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the students and faculty at Illinois State University (ISU) the first public university established in the state over150 years back. ISU hosted the lecture on Saturday evening. This was attended by 500 students, faculty, staff and community members. Extra seating capacity had to be […]

Time to start manufacturing chips domestically now

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/17 20:03:39 The US Commerce Department on Monday banned American companies from selling components to China’s telecommunications-gear maker ZTE Corp. With plenty of gadgets, especially chips, purchased from the US, ZTE will suffer heavy losses. The company has already halted trading of its shares in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and shares […]