Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, Oct. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Wednesday called for efforts to improve the country’s ability to safeguard against natural disasters, and fully launch the planning and construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway, reports Xinhua. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — At least one people was killed and 7 others injured due to gas pipeline explosion inside a house in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka early Saturday, officials said. The incident happened at around 4:00 a.m. local time from a leak in the gas pipeline on the ground floor of […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/10/13 0:08:39 While China has underestimated the recklessness of US President Donald Trump, the White House has failed to realize China’s resilience against pressure. Neither of the two countries will back off easily from their conflict. There has been unprecedented strategic distrust between China and the US. Washington believes China is determined […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A two-day international education fair titled ‘Premier Bank International Education Expo – 2018’ begins today (Saturday) at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, organized by Association of Foreign Admission and Career Development Consultants (FACD-CAB). Md. Tazul Islam (M.P), Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee of Power Energy & Mineral Resources Ministry graced the occasion […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — As part of its preparations in the wake of severe cyclone Titli, the Bangladesh government Thursday cancelled weekends and holidays for all public servants in the country’s coastal districts. Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya told reporters that ample measures have already been taken to deal with […]
Read MoreMobile phone operator Veon said on Thursday it was withdrawing an offer to acquire the stakes its GTH unit holds in its Pakistan and Bangladesh businesses, citing concerns about the Pakistani currency and resistance from GTH minority shareholders, reports Reuters. Veon, which owns a controlling 57.7 percent of Egypt-based GTH, offered to buy the stakes […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Leading technology and smartphone manufacturing company Huawei has announced the appointment of Mr. Kelvin Yang as Country Director of Huawei Consumer Business Group in Bangladesh. In this role, Mr. Kelvin will be based in Dhaka and have operational responsibility and provide strategic oversight for the consumer business group in the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh can reduce poverty and accelerate growth faster by taking urgent actions to improve the quality of water and sanitation, says a new World Bank report. Despite the country’s remarkable progress in improving access to water and sanitation, 41 percent of all improved water sources are contaminated with E. Coli […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people to death, including two former ministers, over a case of grenade attacks at now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rally in 2004 that killed at least 24 people. Another 19 people including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, the current opposition […]
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