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Bangladesh gets 2nd Confucius Institute at prestigious University of Dhaka

DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — Second Confucius Institute in Bangladesh will begin its activities early next year at the country’s leading University of Dhaka here. Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka AAMS Arefin Siddique and Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Bangladesh Chen Shuang Monday cut the ribbon to inaugurate the construction of […]

World Bank Helps Expand Electronic Public Procurement in Bangladesh

WASHINGTON, June 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $10 million in additional financing to help Bangladesh scale up its electronic government procurement system to meet higher demand for more effective and efficient use of public funds. This additional financing to the Public Procurement Reform Project II will help set up a new state-of-the-art […]

President Xi urges China, U.S. to deepen mutual trust, cooperation

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping on Monday urged China and the United States to deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually-beneficial cooperation at a bilateral high-level dialogue. Addressing the joint opening ceremony of the eighth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and the seventh China-U.S. High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE), Xi said […]

Bangladeshi largest mobile operator launches free health service “TONIC” for customers

DHAKA, June 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone in collaboration with Telenor Health has launched “Tonic,” a new digital health service for its millions of consumers. Tonic was launched on Sunday night in capital Dhaka in the presence of the Health Minister Mohammad Nasim MP, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and partners from […]

Interview: Confrontation over South China Sea to take “disastrous” toll on regional, U.S. economies — expert

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]

Ceremony held in Bangladesh in memory of 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — A memorial function was held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday in memory of the the 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar Srijnan from China to his country of birth. Dozens of academics, politicians and and leaders of various religions have gathered in the memorial function to […]

World Bank Support to Improve Weather Forecasting, College Education in Bangladesh

WASHINGTON, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank on June 3, 2016 approved $213 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve weather and climate information services and to strengthen college education provided through affiliates of the National University. The $113 million Weather and Climate Services Regional Project will help Bangladesh provide reliable weather, water […]

Indo-Bangladesh border to be sealed on war footing: Sarbananda Sonowal

GUWAHATI, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — With Union Home minister, Rajnath Singh stating the Indo-Bangladesh border will be sealed, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure sealing of border on a war footing, reports The Economic Times. Chairing a high level meeting with the top brass of the BSF led […]

China-U.S. relations shouldn’t be hijacked by South China Sea issue: Chinese ambassador

WASHINGTON, June 2 (NsNewsWire) — The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In an opinion piece published on bloomberg.com, Cui pointed out that China and the U.S. share important […]