Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, March 9 (NsNewsWire) — Radar signals show a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than 24 hours may have turned back, Malaysian officials have said. Rescue teams looking for the plane have now widened their search area, reports BBC. Investigators are also checking CCTV footage of two passengers who are believed […]
Read MoreDhaka, March 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh – Allegations of murder, torture and forced disappearances are being levelled at Bangladesh’s government in a case under review by the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. With violence escalating around the widely criticised January 5 election , European human rights group the International Coalition for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 8 (NsNewsWire) — American Apparel has sparked controversy once again with a new ad starring a topless former-Muslim model from Bangladesh. The bold image, which appears in Vice magazine’s U.S. and Canada editions, stars 22-year-old Maks, a merchandiser for American Apparel, who was born in Dhaka but has lived in California since the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 8 (NsNewsWire) — H&M has announced its commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA) as part of its goal to make continuous and lasting improvements for the garment industry in Bangladesh. The company will invest in skills training that will benefit an estimated 5000 individuals by 2016. H&M plays an important role […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 5 (Xinhua) — Remittances in Bangladesh now stand around 10 percent of GDP, rising from 5.0 percent of GDP in the beginning of 2000s, said the central bank chief. Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman said Tuesday in a conference that over the past 4 years (FY 2009-13), remittance inflows in Bangladesh have grown […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 5(NsNewsWire) — Economic Zones are a strategic instrument for attracting domestic and foreign investment, creating jobs and accelerating growth. The World Bank, together with UK-DFID and IFC, is supporting the Government to develop Economic Zones through the Private Sector Development Support Project (PSDSP). The PSDSP also provides support to the Jobs and Competitiveness […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 4 (NsNewsWire) — As a token of friendship of the Chinese people towards Bangladesh, China has donated 50 ambulances and calamity rescue equipment to the country’s Fire Service and Civil Defence. Li Jun, Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, handed over the ambulances and calamity rescue equipment to the Bangladesh authorities in a ceremony on […]
Read MoreNay Pyi Taw, March 4 (NsNewsWire)– Despite decades-old disputes over sharing of waters between Bangladesh and India, notably from the Teesta river, Dhaka hopes it can finalise a host of treaties with New Delhi. “Modalities need to be found for the sharing of water resources, especially of common waters,” Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told […]
Read MoreDHAKA, March 3 (NsNewsWire) — In a crackdown against abuse of medicinal intoxicants, Haryana’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Sunday said it has unearthed illicit diversion and transportation to Bangladesh of huge quantities of a cough syrup made and sold by a multinational pharmaceutical giant. The FDA found out that over two lakh bottles of […]
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