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Roundup: Experts call for enhanced connectivity between China, South Asia under Belt and Road Initiative

KATHMANDU, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — Experts stressed the need to enhance connectivity and trade between China and South Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative here on Monday. Speaking at a forum entitled “Contours of Belt and Road Initiative for South Asia” in Kathmandu, experts said the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has brought opportunities […]

Bangladeshi ex-PM demands army deployment during national polls

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has demanded army deployment in the country’s next general polls slated for early 2019, reports Xinhua. Khaleda, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), made the demand while addressing a grand rally in capital Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan (garden) Sunday, her first public address in one […]

Yunus addresses Vatican Summit on Nuclear Disarmament

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has addressed the Summit on Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament organized by His Holiness Pope Francis during the opening session. Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the summit on Nov. 10. He drew attention to the twin insanity of nuclear […]

Bangladeshi chief justice facing 11 charges resigns

DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who faces 11 charges including graft and money laundering has resigned from his office, reports Xinhua. Joynal Abedin, press secretary to the Bangladeshi president, told journalists that Justice Sinha who is now abroad sent his resignation letter to Bangabhaban, the official residence of Bangladeshi […]

Xi-Putin meet highlights value of China-Russia ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/11 0:03:39 President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam. Meanwhile, it was reported that US President Donald Trump would not meet Putin during the APEC summit. While Russia does not have much say on […]

India, Bangladesh launch cross-border passenger train service

NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — India and Bangladesh on Thursday jointly launched a new cross-border passenger train service aimed at bolstering rail link between the two countries. The Bandhan Express train, which will operate between the eastern Indian city of Kolkata and Bangladesh’s industrial city of Khulna, was flagged off by Indian Prime Minister […]

There is solution to NKorea, Trump tells Xi

Reuters, Beijing US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he believes, like Xi, that there is a solution to the North Korea issue. It was too bad that past US administrations let trade get out of kilter but we will make it fair to both sides, Trump also told Xi […]

Interview: China’s proposals to cultivate poverty-free, socialist world for all humankind: Bangladesh minister

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — China’s proposals to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty are a blessing in building a poverty free, socialist world for all humankind, said a member of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Cabinet. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua recently, Bangladesh’s Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu […]

Bangladeshi leaders predict larger global role for China

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is leading China toward a larger role in international affairs, Bangladeshi political leaders have said. Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said under the leadership of Xi, who last month was re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, China has […]