Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
By Krishna N. Das and Serajul Quadir The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bangladesh’s central bank have agreed to withdraw additional payment security measures put in place after one of the world’s biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Fed, two sources said, reports reuters. The […]
Read MoreWashington, D.C., Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Business leader Selima Ahmad has joined the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) International Advisory Council, IRI announced today. “We’re privileged to add Ms. Ahmad to our International Advisory Council,” said IRI President Mark Green. “Her work empowering Bangladeshi women in business and public life makes her a welcome addition to […]
Read MoreOslo/Arendal, Norway, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has announced two specific initiatives to support entrepreneurship and competence building in Norway. The ambition is to strengthen the nation’s competitiveness and to stimulate job creation by Norwegian startups. In collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the leading research institute SINTEF, Telenor […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the Group of 20 (G20) summit scheduled for Sept. 4-5 in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday, reports Xinhua. Xi will also attend relevant events, including an informal meeting with other BRICS members’ leaders, and deliver a keynote speech on […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Capacity, infrastructure and education cooperation with countries under the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative is progressing well, an official said Thursday. The total value of bilateral capacity cooperation has exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars under the framework, said Zhao Chenxin, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) at […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on the recruitment of Bangladesh workers as of Wednesday, 10 August 2016. The ban had been in force for the past seven years except for the domestic service workers. The opening of the recruitment is indeed the culmination of unremitting […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered condolences to his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain over a recent deadly terror attack in the country. In his message to Hussain, Xi extended condolences to the victims who lost their lives in the attack, and expressed heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved families and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Police has provided 7- million taka cash assistance to the families of four policemen who were killed in terror attacks last month. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque Wednesday in a program in Dhaka handed over cash money cheques to family of each terror attack victim law enforcers, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group CEO, Sigve Brekke, was in Dhaka on Monday August 8, 2016 on a short trip to Grameenphone. The Telenor Group CEO conducted several internal meetings at GPHouse, the Grameenphone headquarters, at Bashundhara. He visited the new innovation centre, set up at the GP corporate head office and held […]
Read More