Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
A 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 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — The Youth and Sports Ministry has appointed renowned sports organizer Shafiullah Al Munir as the new president of Bangladesh Cycling Federation (BCF). The Ministry issued an order that it appoints Munir as the president of BCF as per National Sports Council Act 1974 (amended). Munir, present Chairman of Event Strategy and […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/5/11 21:23:40 US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted with pride he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, and that they “will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace.” Though the North Korean practice is to announce its leader’s diplomatic […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — May 12 is a red-letter day for Bangladesh when the country moved to a new era by launching its first “Bangabandhu-1” satellite, reports Xinhua. The launch made Bangladesh the 57th nation in the world and fourth in South Asia after India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to own a satellite. Early […]
Read MoreThe first “block 5” Falcon 9 rocket was hauled up pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center last week for an engine test firing that cleared the way for launch Thursday to boost a communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh. SpaceX is readying an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket for launch Thursday to […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/5/9 10:33:39 Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington next week to resume talks with the Donald Trump administration, the White House said on Monday in a positive tone. “We are working on something that we think will be great for everybody,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters. Although China […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — On the day when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received flowers after arriving in China’s central Hubei province, its next-door neighbor Bangladesh signed a nearly 3-billion-U.S. dollar loan deal with China’s Exim Bank to construct the Padma Bridge rail link, reports Xinhua. The project, upon fruition, will cut […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — A vessel namely ‘Talent Ace’, having a counterfeit IMO number (IMO No. 8793873), carrying coal from North Korea was detained on 19 March 2018 including its crews by concerned authorities of Republic of Korea, while unloading goods at Gunsan Port. 7 crews from Myanmar, 6 from China and 3 from […]
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