Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Air India sacks 130 flight attendants For years, airlines have penalized luggage for weighing too much. Now at least one carrier is applying that same logic to its flight attendants. Air India is grounding about 130 of its flight attendants — mostly women — because they are overweight, the company announced late last week. The […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) and The South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange (SS-GATE), to set up “Silk Road Chamber of Commerce”. The signing ceremony took place in Macao, on 26 August 2015. Selima Ahamd, President, BWCCI and […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — European Union (EU) ministers on Monday agreed on a plan to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece at an emergency meeting. The Justice and Home Affairs Council on migration said in a press release that EU ministers adopted a decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has launched a new and unique digital service named“My Contacts” which will modernize the way smartphone users set back up for their contacts. “My Contacts” is a cloud storage service which makes it easier to backup and transfer contact lists tonew smartphones. My Contacts is developed and designed entirely […]
Read MoreA Muslim group in India has issued a fatwa against musician A.R. Rahman and Iranian director Majid Majidi. A Sunni group called the Raza Academy issued the fatwa on Friday in protest at Majidi’s film “Muhammad: Messenger of God,” for which Rahman scored the music, reports VARIETY. The group says that the film should not […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A Bangladeshi national cricket team player has been temporarily suspended from cricketing activities for allegedly assaulting his housemaid, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus told reporters on Sunday that “fast bowler Shahadat Hossain will remain suspended until housemaid torture accusations brought against him and his wife are resolved.” […]
Read MoreDemonstrators gathered at various locations in Osaka on Sunday, protesting against the controversial security-related bills that Japanese PM Abe attempted to steamroller through the parliament later this month, reports Xinhua
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Limited has announced the Durbin by Durbin Labs as the winner of Telenor’s ‘Digital Winner’ Bangladesh apps competition at a gala ceremony held at a local hotel today. Durbin will represent Bangladesh at Digital Winners Conference at Oslo, Norway on 21-23 October 2015 and compete for Asia’s Best App […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire)– Around 100 workers fell ill on Saturday at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, a police official said. Most of the workers including many women of Keya Knit Composite Factory were hospitalized when they started vomiting and reporting stomach pains shortly after joining works […]
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