Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached nearly 114 million at the end of December 2013 with addition of 16.604 million new users in the immediate past year, statistics of the country’s telecom regulator showed Monday. With 1.042 million new addition in December last year, according to Bangladesh […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Eleven persons were drown and 50 others were missing as a small ferry sank into the Surma River in Bangladesh’s northeastern Sunamganj district Monday night, officials said on Tuesday. Kamrul Alam, chief executive of the Doara sub-district of Sunamganj, confirmed the ferry sank after its engine, reports Xinhua. Alam said […]
Read MoreOfficials in northwestern Pakistan said a bomb blast in a movie theater has killed at least three people. Authorities said 30 people were wounded in the explosion Sunday in Peshawar. Police officials said the attacker was apparently sitting in the audience before hurling hand grenades. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. […]
Read MoreBANGKOK – Thai protesters vowed Monday to stage larger rallies in central Bangkok and push ahead their efforts to nullify the results of elections that were expected to prolong a national political crisis. Despite fears of violence, voting proceeded peacefully in 90 percent of polling stations Sunday. The protesters forced polling booths to close in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Fourteen including two former Bangladeshi ministers and an Indian separatist leader were awarded death penalty by a court in the southeastern port city of Chittagong on Thursday for arms smuggling. Judge SM Mojibur Rahman delivered the verdict over the country’ s largest-ever arms seizure about a decade ago, reports Xinhua. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand’s government announced Tuesday it will go ahead with an election this weekend despite an opposition boycott, months of street protests and the likelihood of more violence in the country’s political crisis. Related Stories The government made the announcement after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met with the Election Commission, which […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 29 (NsNewsWire) — China poses an increasing challenge to the US military’s technological edge while budget pressures are hampering Washington’s effort to stay ahead, a senior defense official warned on Tuesday. Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, told lawmakers that when it comes to “technological superiority, the Department of Defense is being […]
Read MoreThai anti-government protests that have shut down parts of Bangkok may cost the nation’s tourism industry as Chinese visitors cancel trips during the lunar new year holiday that starts this week. Arrivals will fall by half to 1 million this month, Minister of Tourism and Sports Somsak Phurisisak said Jan. 23, with some hotels in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — The New Zealand government has defended its decision to award an $8 million ferry contract to a Bangladesh company rather than a local boat builder as the ‘best value for money’ option. Economic development minister Steven Joyce told The New Zealand Herald the difference between the New Zealand tenders and […]
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