Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Jakarta, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, followed by reports of continuing gunfire and at least three people were killed, reports BBC. Blasts hit several locations, including the Sarinah shopping centre, near the presidential palace and UN offices. A BBC reporter at the scene said police […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Two suspected militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been killed in a shootout in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, said a senior police official on Thursday. The official at the Detective Branch of the Bangladesh Police said on Thursday morning that Abdullah alias Noman, 35, national operations commander of […]
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MANILA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) operations—comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance, and cofinancing—reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015, an increase of about 19% over the $22.89 billion in 2014, according to provisional figures released recently. ADB’s approvals of loans and grants, sovereign (governments) and nonsovereign […]
Read Moreby Sharmin Rahman DHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s leading Jahangirnagar University considered kingdom of natural beauty is all set celebrate its 45th founding anniversary amid pomp and dcor with participation of thousands of current and former students. As part of marking the anniversary, which falls on Jan. 12, the university authority has already […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (IC) for Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Tripura inaugurated the Land Customs Station (LCS) at Srimantapur on 6 January 2016. This LCS is located at Sonamura, Sepahijala District, Tripura on the India-Bangladesh border. The corresponding LCS on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The US State Department is revamping its counter-violent-extremist communications efforts through a new Global Engagement Center. According to a State Department press release received here Saturday, Michael D Lumpkin was appointed by the State Department to lead this new effort as the Director of the new Global Engagement Center. The global […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh won against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the eight-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football tournament at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday night. Bangladesh’s Sakhawat Hossain Rony scored two goals while Mohammad Nabib Newaj Jibon and Yeasin Khan scored one goal each for the hosts against […]
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DHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has launched exclusive new services and offers for its customers today at the Grameenphone Smartphone and Tab Expo. The leading telecom operator in the country has announced a special starting EMI of only Tk 2,563 for its Star customers and only Tk 5,125 for general customers (only in pre-order […]
Read MoreDhaka, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Robi as customer centric operator has ensured ultimate comfort in purchasing train ticket with the introduction of its mobile phone based train ticketing solution recently. This ticketing solution is the latest addition in the growing portfolio of bdtickets.com. Robi believes that this unique digital service will be instrumental in realizing […]
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