Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — A two-day international seminar on “Financial Protection towards Agriculture Risk Mitigation in Bangladesh” was opened in capital Dhaka on Sunday,reports Xinhua. The event is sponsored by an Asian Development Bank technical assistance project titled “weather index-based crop insurance.” Experts from Bangladesh, India, Spain, and Turkey joined the working sessions discussing […]
Read MoreDhaka, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — With a promise to make long distance travel in Bangladesh easy and convenient ‘Shohoz Rides’ is expanding its service area from Dhaka to Gazipur and Narayanganj. People living there will now have more options than ever when it comes to ride sharing services. Since the inception in 2014, Shohoz.com, an […]
Read MoreGENEVA, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — The IPU has welcomed the historic Inter-Korean Summit held on 27 April in the town of Panmunjom by both leaders, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in Congratulating the two leaders on this giant step towards peace and reconciliation of the Korean nation, IPU President, Gabriela Cuevas, invited both sides to pursue […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — As part of the ongoing initiatives by the High Commission of India to further liberalize, streamline and ease access to the Indian visa for Bangladesh nationals, it has been decided that applicants for tourist visas can walk-in and submit their applications at the IVACs in Sylhet, Mymensingh and Barishal without prior […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — The #1 network of friends, Airtel, has recently introduced another amazing internet offer for its customers. With a nominal recharge of five taka, Airtel customers can double the volume of purchased data. Airtel customers enjoying 512MB or 1.5GB or 2.5GB data over seven days validity can easily double the volume […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese engineers on Sunday morning successfully installed the fourth span of Bangladesh’s Padma Bridge. The 3,140-ton span was placed between pear-40 and pear-41. Bangladeshi government officials among others witnessed the installation process at a site of the bridge. With the installation of the span, the fourth span among the 41 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — Sadi Mohammod is one of the eminent Rabindra Sangeet singers of Bangladesh. From his childhood days, he was attracted towards music and the radio was his constant companion. He would listen to the songs of famous musicians, Hemant Kumar, Lata, Pratima and Shohorab Hossain and others. Sadi Mohammad and his […]
Read MoreA Bangladeshi security guard was handed a jail sentence on Thursday for burying alive two dogs and their 14 puppies, in what activists hailed as the country’s first ever animal cruelty conviction, reports AFP. Mohammad Siddique, who buried the dogs in polythene sacks, “was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 200 taka ($2.50),” […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — Unfolding a new page of the nation’s proud history, Bangladesh Friday joined the Space Age by successfully launching the Bangabandhu Communications Satellite-1 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, an upgrade version of the SpaceX, was launched at 4-14pm (local time) from LC-39A pad to deliver the 7,700 […]
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