Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) — The conservative sister parties CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and CSU (Christian Social Union) will be the last political contenders in Germany’s looming elections to officially reveal their joint manifesto on Monday. Germans will choose a new Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and government in September. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is seeking her […]
Read MorePARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) — French police arrested a young man suspected of planning to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron during a Bastille Day parade on July 14, local media reported on Monday. The 23-year-old man was captured in Argenteuil, near Paris on June 28 after he mentioned his intention to buy a Kalashnikov assault rifle […]
Read MoreMEXICO CITY, July 2 (NsNewsWire) — A shootout between police and gunmen in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Friday evening left 19 gang members dead and five policemen injured, three severely. Cristobal Castaneda, Sinaloa’s undersecretary for public security, told a press conference on Saturday that on Friday evening, a group of armed men […]
Read MoreCANBERRA, July 2 (Xinhua) — The cost of air travel will continue to plummet as passenger numbers grow, an Australian expert has forecast on Sunday. Lyell Strambi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Melbourne Airport, said airport investment in infrastructure such as automated terminals was pushing down the cost for airlines. “If you look at […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, July 2 (NsNewsWire) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called upon Qatar and its neighboring countries to solve the current crisis by making political and diplomatic efforts, as he held a telephone conversation with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “The two leaders discussed the crisis in relations between Qatar […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — Canadian International School Bangladesh’s annual convocation of 2017 has recently been held at a hotel in capital Dhaka. Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoit-Pierre Laramee presented the certificate in the convocation of the students as the chief guest. Present at the Canadian School Principal, Bruce Davis, Chairman Md. Kamal Uddin […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — A leading Chinese company has signed an agreement to lay a dual-gauge track on the capital Dhaka-adjacent Narayanganj district route to increase Bangladesh Railway’s capacity nearly fourfold, reports Xinhua. Power Construction Corporation of China Limited signed the construction contract with the Bangladeshi government on Monday in the capital Dhaka. Commercial […]
Read MoreTOKYO, June 19 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday apologized for time being wasted in the latest session of the Diet and pledged to fulfill the government’s responsibility to fully explain its policies to a public whose support for his Cabinet has tumbled according to recent polls. The nationally televised press conference […]
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