Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhu) — The Bangladeshi government has relied on a Chinese engineering giant to carry out detailed engineering design for a four-lane expansion of a national highway which is assumed to be one of the major transport corridors linking capital Dhaka to its south and west as well as linking Bangladesh […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — First Made in China span for Bangladesh’s largest Padma bridge has reached the project site. The 150-meter span weighing some 2900 tones was made of steel plate with 20-80mm thickness in a Chinese factory. Obaidul Quader, Bangladesh’s road transport and bridges minister, said all the 41 spans for the bridge […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, facing growing frustration and division among the Republican elite and donors, claimed Wednesday that his campaign has never been in better shape and his party has never been so well united, reports Xinhua. “The campaign is doing really well. It’s never been so well united. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Representatives from Bangladesh-Thai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BTCCI) have recently met the the newly appointed Ambassador of Thailand to Bangladesh Panpimon Suwannapongse and urged her for easier ways to bolster export to Thailand. The Chamber delegation led by President Sajjatuz Jumma discussed issues related to Bangladesh-Thailand trade, investment tourism, during the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Leading telecom and digital service provider Grameenphone has teamed up with leading online classifieds site ekhanei.com to provide their mutual users with better experience. The two companies have recently signed an agreement as part of which Grameenphone internet subscribers can now browse ekhanei.com completely free of cost. Through this service […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, staying flat with that in June, according to an industry report. The official CPI for July is due to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Aug. 9. The Bank of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics, the global leader in TV for 10 consecutive years, has announced the arrival of new lineup of TV. The new lineup of TV will feature in four separate categories: SUHD, UHD, FHD and HD. Samsung’s new TV line up will be found across the stores with the authorized […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh today signed a $10 million additional financing agreement with the World Bank to expand and improve the government’s procurement system to ensure the effective use of public money and increase transparency. The additional financing to the Public Procurement Reform II project will help set up a modern data […]
Read MoreHafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to […]
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