Out of the blue: Bangladesh-US trade talks

March may be independence month for Bangladesh, stacked with positive vibes to the hilt, but that had little to do with our Commerce Minister high-fiving a trade agreement with the United States. His proposal at the March 01 US Trade Show in Dhaka's Pan-Pacific Sonargaon Hotel came out of the...

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Is Xi Jinping president for life?

In an extraordinary historic move, the National People's Congress of China (NPC), a 'rubber stamp' legislature, has almost unanimously passed a law on March 11, 2018 allowing Xi Jinping, 64, to rule China indefinitely, at least in theory. As expected, nearly 3,000 'hand-picked' deputies of the NPC removed president's two-term...

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Xi's thought injects positive energy into world

Last October, a three-episode documentary, "China: Time of Xi", which introduces Chinese President Xi Jinping's ideas and visions on national governance, had its debut on the Discovery Channel.The historic changes took place in China in recent years displayed in the documentary have made its US and UK producers feel deeply...

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