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China approves projects worth 10 bln USD in October

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China’s top economic planner approved 16 fixed-asset investment projects with total investment reaching 66.6 billion yuan (about 10 billion U.S. dollars) in October.x The projects were mainly in the energy, transportation and high tech industries, according to Meng Wei, spokesperson with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). They included […]

Foreign Ministry statement on Chinese FM’s Dhaka visit to discuss Myanmar’s refugee crisis

DHAKA, Nov. 18 ( NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent on Saturday night regarding Chinese FM’s Dhaka visit:”Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on an official visit to Bangladesh, had a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali today. At […]

Chinese FM to attend ASEM FM meeting, visit Bangladesh and Myanmar

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will lead a delegation to the 13th foreign ministers’ meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s capital, from November 20 to 21, reports Xinhua. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the announcement at a daily press briefing here on Thursday. Wang […]

US’ anti-China report deserves retaliation

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/16 23:18:39

Five foreign ministers visit Bangladesh today

DHAKA, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign ministers China, Japan, Germany, Sweden and European Union will arrive in Bangladesh capital Dhaka (today) Saturday to discuss Rohingya crisis. They ould hold separate bilateral meetings with their Bangladeshi counterpart AH Mahmood Ali and also call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Four foreign ministers, except the Chinese minister, are […]

IPU condemns court decision to ban opposition party in Cambodia

Geneva, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) strongly condemns the ruling by Cambodia’s Supreme Court to dissolve the country’s main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and to ban 118 senior CNRP members from political life for five years, including 53 out of the 66 CNRP parliamentarians. The decision is based on recent amendments to […]

China foreign minister to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh amid Rohingya crisis

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh this weekend, his ministry said on Thursday, amid a crisis over Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters. More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August, driven out by a military counter-insurgency clearance operation in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s Rakhine State. A top UN […]

Press release on tax evasion allegations leveled against Grameenphone

DHAKA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Grameenphone in Dhaka sent on Thursday evening on tax evasion allegations leveled against the company : “Grameenphone CEO Statement Following is a statement from Michael Foley, CEO, Grameenphone Ltd. responding to the recent media stories on tax evasion allegations […]

Yunus Draws Attention to Danger of Wealth Concentration to UK Audience

LONDON, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in the United Kingdom for four days for events organized around his new book “A World of Three Zeroes” which focusses on how we can create a world of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions. The first stop of the tour […]