Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
In the wake of allegations against one of the MPs of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) for providing money raised from the Saradha Group to Jamaat-e-Islami-Bangladesh (JMB), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Abida Islam, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata. The Chief Minister will meet the Mr. Islam at the State […]
Read MoreBangladesh today said it will take “necessary” steps on a list handed over by India on 71 insurgent camps being run in the country. “We will check the list and take necessary steps,” said Border Guard Bangladesh Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed after his return home from a five-day meeting with the Border Security […]
Read MoreBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Tuesday reduced the suspension of all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan by over three and a half months, paving the way for his return to the cricket from next month. BCB President Nazmul Hasan told journalists that Shakib Al Hasan could play international and domestic cricket matches from Sept. 15. BCB has taken […]
Read MoreThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) in demanding the immediate release of journalist Rabiullah Robi arrested on August 19, accused of violating religious sentiment. Robi, news editor of the Bangla-language daily Inqilab, was arrested in a midnight raid at the newspaper office at RK Mission Road, Dhaka. This […]
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ওয়ার্ল্ড রেম্যান’র উদ্যোগে ২৬ জুলাই ঢাকার শিশু একাডেমী ভবনের সামনে গরিব ও পথশিশুদের মধ্যে ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণ করা হয়। এ সময় তারা শতাধিক পথশিশুর মাঝে ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণ করেন। ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণের সময় উপস্থিত ছিলেন সংগঠনটির সভাপতি শফিউল আজম, সাংগঠনিক সম্পাদক আব্দুস সাত্তার পাটোয়ারী, মহাসচিব লোকমান হোসেন। এছাড়া সদস্যের মধ্যে উপস্থিত ছিলেন নাঈম-উল-করিম, রেজাউন নূর মেহেদী এবং মহিউদ্দিন […]
Read MoreKenya’s Airtel has confirmed that the country’s Competition Authority is investigating a complaint about the pricing of mobile money services. Airtel had sent a complaint to the anti-trust regulator after reportedly noticing that the country’s largest mobile network operator, Safaricom charges more for money transfers to Airtel customers than it does for transfers to its […]
Read MoreBangladesh said Thursday it has barred official marriages between its nationals and Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, whom it claims are attempting to wed to gain citizenship. Law minister Syed Anisul Haque said he has ordered marriage registrars not to officiate any unions between Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas and also between Rohingyas themselves, thousands of whom […]
Read MoreThe National Board of Revenue has taken an initiative to impose surcharge at the rate of one per cent on mobile phone services including talk time to boost revenue collection from the sector, officials said. They said that the proposed surcharge would be named ‘development surcharge’. The revenue to be collected from the sector will […]
Read MoreBangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for six months by the Bangladesh Cricket Board because of a “severe attitude problem”. The 27-year-old was punished for “serious misbehaviour” towards new coach Chandika Hathurusingha, reports BBC. “There will be no compromise when it comes to discipline” Nazmul Hassan Bangladesh cricket chief BCB president Nazmul Hassan […]
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