Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Expectations are high in China as the vote on the 2022 Winter Olympics Games nears. “Good luck for Beijing, and I will pray for you,” said Li Maocuo, two days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides to give the host right to Beijing, or Almaty, Kazakhstan. The 22-year-old Li, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Xinhua) — The Beijing 2022 delegation has underlined the bid’s full alignment with the principles of the Olympic Agenda 2020 and stressed sustainability as one of the key pillars of the Games plans. Since the very inception of the bid, Beijing 2022 made its priority to design a Games that would […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has issued an alert over Cyclone Komen that is heading towards its coastlines. A special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the storm is likely to move in a northerly direction and may cross Bangladesh coast by Thursday noon or afternoon. Under its influence, squally weather is continuing over […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — The White House on Tuesday reiterated its refusal standing to pardon the government information leaker Edward Snowden. Instead, it says, the former contractor should return to the U.S. and “accept the consequences of his actions.” “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of […]
Read MoreTOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) — The upper house of Japan‘s bicameral Diet has discussed a series of unpopular security-related bills from Monday, but unlike similar debates in the lower house, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his fellow ministers, as well as lawmakers from Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), directly pointed to and chided China […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) -Chinese embassy in Dhaka has held a reception to celebrate the 88th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army. About 300 guests, including high-ranking officers of Bangladesh forces, military attaches from embassies in Bangladesh, foreign diplomats and scholars attended the event held on Tuesday night at the Chinese embassy. Chinese […]
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DHAKA, July 28 (NsNewsWire) — High Commission of India in a statement on Tuesday informed with profound sorrow the sad demise of Hon’ble Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, on 27 July, 2015 in Shillong, India. The funeral of Dr Kalam will be held in Rameshwaram on 29 July 2015. As a mark […]
Read MoreThe Boy Scouts of America lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees on Monday, rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization, reports Reuters. The new policy, which takes effect immediately, comes three years after the organization removed its prohibition on gay youth, but […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), signed a US$15 million grant agreement with the Government of Bangladesh to increase access to clean energy for targeted rural areas through output-based aid (OBA) subsidies. The grant is expected to benefit 1.1 million people living […]
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