ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host an official welcoming ceremony for his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Erdogan later to hold joint press conference with Kitarovic and host dinner in honor of her following one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to separately receive Croatian president Kitarovic as well as ambassadors of Thailand, Slovakia, Gabon and Burkina Faso.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release house sales statistics for 2018.
ANKARA – The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) to announce the Private Sector's Outstanding Loans Received From Abroad for November 2018.
ANKARA – The CBRT to hold the first Monetary Policy Committee Meeting of 2019 to determine interest rates.
ANKARA – European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association to reveal New Passenger Car Registration Statistics in Europe for 2018.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkey's Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler to attend NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defense session.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to lawmakers' questions at a weekly session day after she received historic defeat in vote on her Brexit deal.
LONDON – Debate will follow vote of no confidence in government after Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn filed motion following vote held on EU withdrawal agreement on Tuesday.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Foreign Ministry to host international conference on Yemen to support UN’s peace efforts.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold first meeting in 2019 with government.
MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold annual press conference.
MOSCOW – President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa to take part in business forum 'Russia – Zimbabwe'.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
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Bangladesh: Why are garment workers protesting?
By Md. Kamruzzaman
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