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  BRT project’s girder, pier cap collapse in Dhaka

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:35pm on March 14, 2021

  Six workers, including three Chinese nationals, were injured as a launching girder and a pier cap of the Bus Rapid Transit Line 3 project collapsed...

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  EU banking regulator hit by Microsoft email hack

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:00pm on March 08, 2021

  The European Banking Authority, a key EU financial regulator, says it has fallen victim to a hack of its Microsoft email system which the US...

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  Chinese FM defends HK reform proposals as ‘reasonable’

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 09:57pm on March 07, 2021

  Beijing’s controversial proposal to introduce new veto powers on Hong Kong’s legislative elections are ‘lawful, just and reasonable,’ China’s foreign minister said Sunday, after the...

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  Global military spending hit record levels in 2020 amid pandemic: think tank

  Agence Fance-Presse . London | Updated at 10:02pm on February 26, 2021

  Global military spending, driven in part by Chinese naval expansion, reached record levels in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic...

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  Chinese contractor alleges delay in fund release

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:50pm on February 24, 2021

  Fund crisis has slowed down the implementation of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, said China Railway Group Limited on Wednesday. China Railway Group Limited,...

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  Big Pharma must share knowledge with world

  | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2021

  JUST over a year ago, the world looked on in shock as the Chinese city of Wuhan imposed the first coronavirus lockdown. Since then, people...

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  Local construction firms losing to crowd of Indian, Chinese cos

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:50am on February 14, 2021

  Construction experts in a webinar on Saturday asked the government to address discrepancies in policies that heavily favour foreign companies to win almost all mega...

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  Vivo brings Y51 smartphone to Bangladesh

  | Updated at 10:06pm on February 13, 2021

  Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has recently brought the new Vivo Y51 model to the country’s markets after a pre-booking period of six days, said a...

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  Chinese social media tributes mark anniversary of whistleblower doctor’s death

  Agence France-Presse . Wuhan | Updated at 10:41pm on February 06, 2021

  Thousands of Chinese social media users paid tribute to Li Wenliang on Saturday, marking the one year anniversary of the death of the doctor who...

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  Coronavirus talks with Chinese scientists very frank: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 11:05pm on February 04, 2021

  World Health Organisation inspectors had ‘very frank’ discussions with Chinese scientists about the source of the pandemic, including theories it leaked from a laboratory, the...