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Xi puts forward four-point proposal on China-U.S. ties

SEATTLE, United States, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday put forward a four-point proposal on the development of a new model of major-country relationship between China and the United States. China and the United States should read each other’s strategic intentions correctly, further advance win-win cooperation, manage their differences properly and […]

Xinhua, Notimex vow to step up cooperation

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Xinhua News Agency and Notimex of Mexico have agreed to step up cooperation in various areas as the heads of the two news organizations met. Cai Mingzhao, president of Xinhua News Agency, met with Notimex President Alejandro Ramos in Xinhua headquarters in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon. Cai said Xinhua is […]

World Bank Pledges Strong Support for Bangladesh’s Development

DHAKA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Annette Dixon pledged strong support for the development of Bangladesh as she today concluded her second visit to the country in her current role. Dixon praised Bangladesh’s progress in poverty reduction and economic development during her visit. “The World Bank will […]

COMOYO TO MAKE INSTANT MESSAGING EASIER AND MORE FUN FOR BANGLADESHI USERS

DHAKA, Sept. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Digital has announced launch of its Instant Messaging (IM) app Comoyo on September 20, 2015 at a Press Conference held at a local hotel. The IM app will serve the Bangladeshi customers with tailored features including Bangla stickers targeting the Bangladeshi youth culture. The internet has opened up a […]

Building Resilience Against Climate Change: Women in Bangladesh Lead the Way

DHAKA, Sept. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Rajena Boiragi wakes up at six in the morning to collect crab and shrimp in her family fishing pond, usually spending around five hours a day in muddy waters gathering what she can to sell at the local market. The 55-year-old lives with her son, Heatler and her daughter, Indira, […]

Online Quiz offers worth lakh taka

DHAKA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — An online quiz competition has brought opportunities to win educational scholarship of worth lakh taka, laptops, smartphone and gift voucher in courtesy of State University of Bangladesh. The online quiz has been started on September 1 and continues to October 25. It’s essential to go official website of Natunkichu (www.natunkichu.com/online-quiz) […]

AIIB vows to engage private sector across world in Asia’s infrastructure investment

SINGAPORE, Sept. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said here on Saturday that the AIIB is a very good combination of strong features of public sector companies and private sector companies, and it would do more to engage private sector in infrastructure investment. Jin made the remarks at […]

China, U.S. pin high hopes on Xi’s visit for breakthrough in BIT talks

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — Pushing for earlier completion of their marathon talks on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), both China and the United States have placed high hopes on President Xi Jinping‘s Sept. 22-25 state visit for a breakthrough. But, as stumbling blocks in the way are not easy to remove, painstaking efforts from […]

Dubai declares three day mourning over death of ruler’s son

Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the son of the Gulf emirate’s ruler passed away, the official state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid, eldest son of the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, suffered a heart attack on Saturday morning, the […]