Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
EIJING, Oct. 30 (NsNewWire) — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has said that the study and implementation of the “spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress” is the “primary political task” for the Party and country from now on, reports Xinhua. Xi made the remarks while presiding […]
Read MoreGENEVA, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — We are working to get a clear understanding on the extent of acute malnutrition among Rohingya child refugees and a nutrition survey is underway which will give us this data in November. What we already know is that the combination of malnutrition, sanitary conditions, and disease in the refugee settlements, is […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — The Overseas Chinese Association in Bangladesh (OCAB) on Saturday organized a fair in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka aimed at building a longtime human resource (HR) partnership between Chinese companies in Bangladesh and local universities. Hundreds of students, teachers and HR personnel from 14 institutions of 11 leading Bangladeshi universities, including Dhaka […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The permanent secretariat building of the Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is ready to open, officials have said here. PPD, a global inter-governmental organization of 26 developing countries, is with deep commitment to promote the south-south cooperation. China has contributed 2.2 million U.S. dollars to the 2.5-million-USD PPD secretariat […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is experiencing slow Internet as the country’s first undersea cable, SEA-ME-WE-4, has been shut down Tuesday afternoon for repairs, an official said, reports Xinhua. The official of the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) told Xinhua that Internet users in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country would likely […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body has approved a China-funded elevated expressway project. The project was approved at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. After the ECNEC meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters that the […]
Read MoreGeneva/Cox’s Bazar, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Elhadj As Sy, arrives tomorrow in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where Red Cross and Red Crescent operations are continuing to build in the face of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Mr. Sy will […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — At the Pledging Conference for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis held in Geneva on 23 October, the international community came together and vowed to stand with the refugees in Bangladesh, committing to provide US$340 million to the ongoing humanitarian response. At the beginning of October, the humanitarian community in Bangladesh released […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — China’s successful development led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) has raised the living standard of its people and won worldwide recognition, said Dilip Barua, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Barua hailed the CPC as politically firm, theoretically mature and […]
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