Queen’s Baton makes first appearance on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Queen’s Baton has made its first public appearance on the Gold Coast today, featuring as part of the Magic Millions Barrier Draw at Surfers Paradise Foreshore. Batonbearer Hugh Bowman, recently named as the Longines World’s Best Jockey, held the Queen’s Baton with pride as he rode down the […]

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West must learn to handle trash as China stops importing

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/8 23:13:40 Western countries were hit heavily at the start of the new year when China banned the import of 24 types of solid waste. They have long relied on exporting plastic recycling to China and have been lax about recycling domestic waste. Pictures show rubbish has built up in some of […]

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Bangladesh records lowest temperature in 5 decades, 12 cold-related deaths reported

DHAKA, Jan.  9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Monday recorded the lowest temperature in five decades as mercury dipped to a chilling 2.6 degrees centigrade. Bone chilling cold slows the wheels of life in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, reports Xinhua. The severe cold wave sweeping through Bangladesh brought the normal life and businesses […]

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Row over Trump’s mental health divides US

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/7 22:33:39 In his new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff portrays US President Donald Trump as a person with mental health issues. Quoting people like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the book shows Trump as impatient, unable to grasp policy, prone to rambling and […]

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Bangladesh looks to China for investment in power hub: official

DHAKA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh is looking to China for help to build a 12-billion-U.S. dollar major power hub at Payra, 204 km south of capital Dhaka, Bangladeshi State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua recently, Hamid said the Bangladeshi government plans to develop […]

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Chinese Power Giant NEPC Set Up Office in Dhaka

DHAKA,Jan. 6 ( NsNewsWire) — NEPC, one of the Chinese giant power engineering companies, has set up its office in the capital with a long term plan to penetrate Bangladesh market through setting up more power stations as well as importing power generation oriented machineries and equipment. NEPC (China Energy Engineering Group Northeast No. 1 […]

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FranGlobal to expand its APAC presence to Bangladesh in early 2018

  DHAKA, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Singapore headquartered FranGlobal, is set to expand its APAC(Asia Pacific) footprint by entering Bangladesh with 50 global brands. FranGlobal says it will introduce the [divider scroll_text=”SCROLL_TEXT”] global brands in next 2 years making an investment of USD 39 Million   FranGlobal plays a vital role in favorably and profitably […]

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One year of turbulence leaves Europe-U.S. relations in question 2018-01

by Jeremy Hawkins BRUSSELS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Once one of the most privileged relationships, the ties between Europe and the United States saw a turbulent 2017 with the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Questions remain as to how the Europe-U.S. relationship will be able to function in 2018, and to what degree […]

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