Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
SAN RAMON, April 24 (NsNewsWire) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chevron Global Ventures, Ltd., has entered into an agreement to sell the shares of its wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries operating in Bangladesh to Himalaya Energy Co. Ltd. Chevron Bangladesh operates Block 12 (Bibiyana Field) and Blocks 13 and 14 (Jalalabad and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — RANKSTEL, a leading Bangladeshi telecom company, has recently paid 40 million taka license fee up to June 2017 to the country’s telecom regulator. A team of Rankstel officials led by its Chief Financial Officer Masudur Rahman handed over a cheque of 40 million taka to Ashish Kumar Kundu, Director Account […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, April 23 (Xinhua) — Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressed self-reliance in farm production for the army when inspecting an army farm on Saturday, official media reported Sunday. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim visited a pig farm owned by the airforce of the […]
Read MoreTOKYO, April 21 (Xinhua) — Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyers departed from Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday, local media reported. The media quoted the Japanese Defense Ministry sources as saying the destroyers are likely to take part in a joint drill with the U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson strike group. The Carl […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s imports surged about 11.13 percent to nearly 30 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the current 2016-17 fiscal year ending in June, a central bank official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. An official from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) said the settlement of letters of credit (LCs), generally […]
Read MoreLONDON, April 20 (NsNewsWire) — Members of Parliament (MPs) in the British House of Commons gave their backing Wednesday to Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8. MPs voted by 522 votes to 13 to support the election which May sees as a mandate for her strategy for Britain […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 19 (NsNewsWire) — Banglalink, one of the leading Digital Communications Service providers of Bangladesh in line with its commitment to connect its customers with the Digital world has brought FREE Facebook, IMO and WhatsApp for ONE YEAR with other attractive offers. Users can enjoy the attractive offers with the purchase of new Banglalink […]
Read MoreTOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) — Demand for potato chips in Japan surged this week, which led to panic buying and the price soaring to six times than usual. The crisis came after Japanese potato chip maker Calbee temporarily halted its production of nearly three dozen potato chip brands, according to Fortune. The price of Calbee’s […]
Read MoreGAZA, April 18 (Xinhua) — A senior Hamas leader slammed Tuesday the threatening measures that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is intending to carry out to end ten years of Hamas rule of the Gaza Strip. Last week, Abbas announced that there will be soon “unprecedented measures” to be carried out in the Gaza Strip aiming […]
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