South, South East Asia next battle ground of global giants: Chairman of eGenerationGroup Shameem Ahsan

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Global players like Amazon, Alibaba,Tencent and Baidu have already started fierce competitions in Southeast Asia and India, and that will eventually spread to the neighboring countries, said the discussants at a conference recently. If there is no proper preparation and government support for the startups in these countries, including Bangladesh; […]

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Bangladesh July-October export income reaches 11.51 bln USD

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first four months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017- June 2018) grew 7.03 percent year on year to 11.51 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official told Xinhua that the pace of growth of July-October […]

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Bangladeshi chief justice facing 11 charges resigns

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who faces 11 charges including graft and money laundering has resigned from his office, reports Xinhua. Joynal Abedin, press secretary to the Bangladeshi president, told journalists that Justice Sinha who is now abroad sent his resignation letter to Bangabhaban, the official residence of Bangladeshi […]

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Xi-Putin meet highlights value of China-Russia ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/11 0:03:39 President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam. Meanwhile, it was reported that US President Donald Trump would not meet Putin during the APEC summit. While Russia does not have much say on […]

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Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India jointly Unveil Rail projects

DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister of India, H.E Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, today jointly inaugurated the International Rail Terminal at Chitpur, Kolkata through Video Conferencing. They also flagged off the Inaugural Service of the Kolkata to Khulna Bandhan Express. Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Sushri […]

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India, Bangladesh launch cross-border passenger train service

NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — India and Bangladesh on Thursday jointly launched a new cross-border passenger train service aimed at bolstering rail link between the two countries. The Bandhan Express train, which will operate between the eastern Indian city of Kolkata and Bangladesh’s industrial city of Khulna, was flagged off by Indian Prime Minister […]

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Bangladesh Q1 trade deficit widens on food imports

DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s trade deficit in the first quarter of the current 2017-18 fiscal year ballooned by 133 percent year on year to 3.65 billion U.S. dollars as food imports increased sharply, said a central bank official Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Quoting Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the official who did not like to […]

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Trump visit instills positive factors to Sino-US ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/9 0:03:39 US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Forbidden City on Wednesday afternoon, and were later welcomed with a series of well-arranged receptions. Trump is one of the most popular heads of state on the Chinese Internet, and generally the Chinese public holds a positive attitude toward […]

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