Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — BRAC signed an MoU with Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education on December 1, 2014 to improve the quality of secondary and higher secondary education of Bangladesh. The signing was completed under the guidance of the chief guest Prof. Fahima Khatun, Director General of DSHE and special guest Dr. Safiqul […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Malaysian companies have secured several large infrastructure projects in Bangladesh worth about 11 billion Malaysian ringgit (about 3.43 billion U.S. dollars), an official said here Monday. Malaysia’s Special Envoy for Infrastructure to India and South Asia S. Samy Vellu said among the projects were a power plant in Cox’s […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — To mark the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF Bangladesh in collaboration with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has arranged a friendly cricket match titled, ‘Children Fix Adults’, where a group of under privileged adolescent cricketers led by Shakib Al Hasan will play […]
Read MoreTripura, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — India is in the final stage of concluding a deal with Bangladesh for sale of 100 MW of power from ONGC Tripura Power Company and has started talks for sale of another 500MW to the neighbouring nation by 2016 as Dhaka seeks to source more power from regional suppliers to […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday promised more work on prevention and treatment of AIDS and is willing to cooperate with other countries to combat HIV. Li made the remarks when visiting Beijing’s YouAn Hospital, home to a center for HIV/AIDS treatment, just ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Sakhawat Hossain Badsha, special correspondent of the daily Inqilab, and Elias Hossain, special correspondent of Independent TV, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday for the 2015 term. 1,097 DRU members cast their ballots in the annual elections. Badsha secured 366 votes while […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Pankaj Saran in a statement on Sunday said, “I convey my deepest condolences on the tragic and untimely demise of Mr. Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury. This has dealt a cruel blow to Bangladesh’s media fraternity and to one of its preeminent figures. Zaglul had a long […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — No matter the circumstances, there has always been a recurring theme in this series. Zimbabwe lose a game, fight back harder in the next, but Bangladesh somehow just strive to stay on top. There is every chance Bangladesh might take their foot off the pedal sitting on a 4-0 lead, […]
Read MoreDhaka, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The great taste of Zinger Burger or Hot Wings at KFC just got tastier and your good time with great Pizzas just got better with a Visa card. Well, credit goes to Visa for extending such interesting offers and discounts to card holders. Now you have the privilege of enjoying […]
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