Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
At least five people in India and Bangladesh were killed in the accidents or rains triggered by Cyclone “Bulbul,” which barreled into southwestern parts of Bangladesh Sunday, according to local media. At least three people were reportedly killed by falling trees in three southwestern Bangladesh districts. Also one death each has been reported from Indian […]
Read MoreThe Gold Coast will welcome 1,400 delegates for the nation’s leading international education event in 2020 after securing the Australian International Education Conference (AIEC). The event is estimated to inject more than $3.3 million into the city’s economy, and will see leading international education practitioners, teaching staff, research and policy makers convene on the Gold […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Bangladesh’s highest court on Thursday rejected the appeal from a leader of the country’s largest Islamic party who was sentenced to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, rreports Xinhua. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain delivered the verdict, […]
Read MoreThe following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued here Thursday: “It is a matter of utter dismay to witness persistent campaign on the part of the Government of Myanmar to mislead the international community with fabricated information, misrepresentation of facts, unsubstantiated claims and undue accusations […]
Read MoreAt least 104 people have died of Dengue fever across Bangladesh so far this year, health department figures showed Monday, reports Xinhua. According to the latest figure reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, the deaths included two in April, six in June, 35 in July, 57 in […]
Read MoreA two-day language festival has kicked off in Bangladesh’s top leading North South University (NSU) in capital Dhaka with around 1,000 school, college and varsity students participating in various competitions in three languages — Bangla, Chinese and English, reports Xinhua. The NSU organized the national festival titled “Language League 2019” to promote language learning. Bangladeshi Planning Minister […]
Read MoreThe inaugural session of two days long the National Language Festival “Language League 2019” held at North South University (NSU) on Friday, October 18, 2019 The first private university and the number one ranked private university of Bangladesh, North South University (NSU) organized the inaugural session of two days long the National Language Festival “Language […]
Read MoreSaudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), the national flag carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at a special ceremony at the new Terminal 1 of Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport, recently (30 September, 2019) welcomed its first 787-10 Dreamliner, which will play a key role in the airline’s fleet and network expansion. The largest member of […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Water scarcity is a problem in some parts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh every year, reports Xinhua. With a view to ending the water crisis, the Bangladeshi government in recent years launched several mega projects. One such project started in 2015 with China’s assistance under the Belt and Road […]
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