Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the country briefing notes of UNESCAP report titled, “Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016”: “Bangladesh has sustained a robust and resilient economic growth rate of more than 6% in the past several years. In 2015, output grew by 6.5%, up from 6.1% in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The Tiger captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has recently completed the biometric re-registration of his Robi SIM. While completing the process, he urged everyone to do the same as he felt that unregistered SIMs are potentially dangerous for the country. In order to facilitate biometric SIM re-registration for all Robi users […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Foreign Office Consultation between Bangladesh and Germany was held in Berlin on 25 April 2016. Bangladesh side was led by Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque, while State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany Dr Markus Ederer led the German side. The meeting was held in […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA， April 26 (Xinhua) — “Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey with culinary delights presented by Chef Haiwei Wang and Chef Qianjin Ding from Beijing， Chef Mingjing Li from St. Regis Chengdu.” “Sizzle your tastebuds for a week with exotic Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine from the northern， southern and western provinces of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi mobile handset brand Goldberg organized two-day event on at beach-town Cox’s Bazar celebrating maiden founding anniversary. Goldberg Chief Executive Officer Abrar Rahman Khan was chief guest while mother company Khansons Group Directors Sarita Rahman, Sharmita Rahman and Chief Sales Officer Rasel Ahmed were, among over hundred dealers came across […]
Read MoreDHAKA,April 25 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement by EU Commissioners Malmström, Thyssen and Mimica on the 3rd anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy: “On Sunday 24 April 2016, it will be exactly three years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a […]
Read MoreThe attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems, reports Reuters. SWIFT, a cooperative owned by 3,000 financial institutions, confirmed to Reuters that it was […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 2৫ (NsNewsWire) — People in Bangladesh on Sunday marked the three year anniversary of Rana Plaza disaster, the country’s worst-ever industrial tragedy which left at least 1,136 people dead, mostly garment workers, reports Xinhua. Hundreds of people including the injured victims and relatives of the deceased gathered at the tragedy site on the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 25 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank is supporting the Bangladesh Forest Department to reduce forest degradation and increase forest coverage through community participation in nine coastal and hilly districts: Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Lakshimipur, Barisal, Pakuakhali, Barguna, Bhola, and Feni. The Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project has contributed to increase forest […]
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