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DHAKA, Feb. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by Kasetsart University, Thailand’s leading agriculture university to visit the southern provinces of Thailand from 26-28 January. Southern Thailand has remained significantly behind the rest of Thailand in economic and social developments. Out of five provinces of the Southern Thailand, four provinces have […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said that his government is following measures taken by the Chinese government to bring their people out of poverty. Addressing a ceremony here, the prime minister said that the ultimate goal of all the steps taken by his government is to eliminate poverty. “We […]

DHAKA, Feb. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh‘s foreign exchange reserves at the end of January stood at over 31 billion U.S. dollars, down about 780 million U.S. dollars from their level at the end of December, the central bank data showed on Monday, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh Bank (BB) data showed the country’s foreign exchange reserves stood […]

By Zhou Yongsheng Source:Global Times Published: 2019/2/5 11:21:05 In April and July, Japan signed the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA), a military logistics pact, with Canada and France respectively. The Japanese government will try to get it approved by the National Diet this year. Canada and France are also advancing domestic procedures for its approval. […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that the US is suspending its compliance of the Intermediate-Range Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia on Saturday and will start a 180-day procedure to completely withdraw from the arms control accord. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will also suspend participation in the INF […]

COX’S BAZAR, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — A two-day kite festival has ended at the sea beach in the Cox’s Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, some 392 km southeast of capital Dhaka. Bangladesh Kite Federation organized the event which stared on Friday in collaboration with National Sports Council and Chinese Embassy in Dhaka, among others. Hundreds of colourful […]

DHAKA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — A Chinese New Year celebration ceremony was held in Bangladesh’s Dhaka University here on Wednesday night. Hundreds of people including students, academicians and dignitaries attended the ceremony to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 5. The Chinese embassy in Dhaka in […]

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s “Vision 2021” road map, planning to join the middle-income countries, requires 24 billion U.S. dollars worth of investments in infrastructure per year, according to an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) report. “There is progress toward this target,” said the Beijing-based lender in the report titled ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE […]