Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) — Britain and the United States here on Monday kicked off their first round of talks on a potential bilateral trade deal in the post-Brexit era, but British trade officials and experts didn’t expect such a deal to be reached anytime soon. LEGAL HURDLES Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox traveled […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd has signed an agreement with US Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh to provide a special discount to its Star Customers under a joint partnership promotion. Under this promotion, Grameenphone STAR customers will get special discount (12% on Business & 10% on Economy class) on Base […]
Read MoreUnited Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has accused the government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation. Lee, ending a 12-day visit to the country, listed a catalogue of concerns including reports of killings, torture, the use of human shields by […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) — Caixin Media has expanded its global reach with the launch of its new English-language platform on January 18th, Caixin Breakfast Meeting Davos 2017 at Davos, Switzerland. \ Caixin – China Economics & Finance was China’s only magazine to be shown at the main venue on the opening day of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has approved 526 million U.S. dollars to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh, particularly in financing public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as renewable energy interventions. reports Xinhua. The assistance consists of a 500-million-U.S. dollar market-based loan to finance medium and large-scale PPP […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Throngs of people with Chikungunya fever symptoms have been queuing up for doctors’ advice in Bangladesh’s top Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the capital city of Dhaka in recent days. Such was the overflow, that many of those who suspected they had the fever flocked to a help desk for the viral […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) — At least two security personnel were killed and five others injured when their vehicle came under a suicide attack in Pakistan‘s northwest city of Peshawar on Monday morning, police said. Muhammad Shoaib, assistant superintendent of police, said that the attack took place at about 9:00 a.m. local time when a […]
Read MoreCANBERRA, July 17 (Xinhua) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday announced that she will travel to the Indian subcontinent this week to discuss trade and regional security with counterparts from India and Sri Lanka. In a statement detailing her whirlwind trip, Bishop said that, in India, she would meet with Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read MoreBERLIN, July 17 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has dismissed proposals from the CDU’s sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) to impose a limit on the number of refugees admitted to the country. “As far as an upper limit is concerned, my position is clear: I will not accept it,” Merkel said when […]
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