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CPC’s governing capacity win worldwide praise

PARIS, July 1 (NsNewsWire) — China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) signed on Tuesday deal with Airbus to buy 45 A330 Family aircraft and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for options for 30 A330s, said Airbus in a press release published Tuesday. “China is today the most important market for aviation in the world, we […]

CPC’s governing capacity win worldwide praise

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) — On the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), foreign experts and scholars spoke highly of the party’s governing capacity and efforts in the fight against corruption. Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab al-Saket, a former Arab League ambassador to China, said the CPC’s glorious achievements […]

Airtel emerges as world’s third largest mobile operator

DHAKA, June 30, (NsNewsWire) — Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, Tuesday said that it has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. As per the latest data published by WCIS, Airtel with over 303 million […]

Commentary: A key step forward for AIIB

BEIJING, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Monday captured global attention once again as its founding members gathered here to witness the signing of an agreement, a key step that paves the way for the operations of the institution. The China-proposed bank is designed as a multilateral financial institution that […]

Experts promise to work with AIIB to promote sustainable infrastructure in Bangladesh

DHAKA, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — Leading green economy experts in a meeting with Bangladesh’s central bank governor have expressed their keenness to work with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to promote sustainable infrastructure in Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. The meeting between the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman and Hans-Peter Egler and Daniel Wiener of […]

Bangladesh gets go-ahead for first technology business park

DHAKA, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is to go ahead with development of a technolgy business park, Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), which is expected to inject new life into the country’s IT industry, a junior government minister said on Sunday. An agreement was signed on Sunday between state run Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) and […]

Japanese experts prepare six manuals on earthquake resilient building

DHAKA, June 29, (NsNewsWire) — A Team of Japanese experts with the local engineers have prepared six separate manuals for Bangladesh that will help in constructing earthquake resistant new buildings as well as strengthening vulnerable old buildings. The manuals were prepared under a Project titled Capacity Development of Natural Disaster Resistant techniques of Construction and […]

ADB providing 505 mln USD for Bangladeshi railway project to bolster domestic, sub-regional trade

DHAKA, June 29 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladeshi government and the Asian Development Bank have signed two agreements for 505 million U.S. dollars in loans for further development of the country’s railway services aimed at bolstering domestic and sub-regional trade. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, senior secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Kazuhiko Higuchi, ADB country director […]

AIIB agreement signed, China-led bank takes key step forward

BEIJING, June 29 (NsNewsWire) — A China-initiated multilateral bank that has dominated media headlines for months took a key step forward on Monday, with the signing of an agreement that outlines the framework and management structure for the institution. Representatives of the 57 prospective founding countries of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) gathered in […]