Williamson wags limp finger at China

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/13 22:33:41 British Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson showed his tough stance against China as he wrapped up his visit to Australia. “We shouldn’t be blind to the ambition that China has and we’ve got to defend our national security interests,” he told ABC, adding that “We’ve got to ensure […]

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IFAD and Bangladesh invest US$92.4million to improve livelihoods for poorest rural households in flood-prone areas

  ROME, Feb. 13 (NsNewsSire) —  The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Bangladesh signed a financing agreement today to sustainably improve incomes and promote resilience to extreme weather conditions for 303,000 rural households in six flood-prone districts in northern Bangladesh. The agreement for the Promoting Resilience of Vulnerable through Access to Infrastructure, Improved […]

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Bangladesh 4G spectrum auction attracts nearly 500 mln USD in bids

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s top two cell phone companies bid nearly 500 million U.S. dollars on Tuesday to obtain spectrum for fourth-generation (4G) services as part of government’s plans to expedite the launch of 4G mobile services. The country’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone, 55.8 percent owned by Norwegian telecom company […]

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Australian deputy PM denies breaking parliamentary rules over affair

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said today that he did not break any parliamentary rules while conducting an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for his resignation, reports Reuters. Joyce, a practicing Catholic who has campaigned on “family values” and has been married for 24 years, is expecting a […]

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India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) —  The High Commission of India in collaboration with Jahangirnagar University (Department of Fine Art) is organizing the India@Bangladesh 2.0’ Art Camp, scheduled to be held from 17th February to 19th February, 2018.   2.       Fifty artists nominated by universities and specialized art institutions across Bangladesh would participate in the event to […]

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Dual suspension on Korean Peninsula takes effect at Olympics

Dual suspension on Korean Peninsula takes effect at Olympics Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/12 23:13:40 Intense diplomatic interactions between South and North Korea have overwhelmed the Pyeongchang Olympics. In the past few days, Pyongyang seemed to direct this diplomatic show with Seoul an actor. The US and Japan were unhappy and threw brickbats at the show, […]

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Xi visits BeiDou-3 launch site, extends festival greetings to all servicemen

Chinese President Xi Jinping(front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a satellite launch site at a military base in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 10, 2018. Xi visited the military base on Saturday ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. […]

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