Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Shocking details have emerged of the torture, gang rape and murder of a low-caste woman in northern India, report IBT. A post-mortem of the 23-year-old revealed that sharp objects were inserted into her vagina. The attackers smashed her skull with bricks and ran over her with a car, in an attempt to conceal her identity. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 15 (NsNewsWire) — The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China provides opportunities for the whole world to promote peace and prosperity, experts in Bangladesh said Sunday, reports Xinhua. The initiative will surely bolster cooperation and stability, and help Asia become the world’s new economic center of gravity, the experts said. While protectionism […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think tank, in its pre-budget issue of Bangladesh Economic Update calls for prudent fiscal management in dealing with potential economic risks and vulnerabilities in the year ahead. In identifying the major economic challenges as regards the national budget 2017-18, the UO notes that […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Mobile Bangladesh handed over its latest addition to its flagship smartphone device, the preordered Galaxy S8 and S8+ to its customers. Upon preordering, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ customers received one free Samsung accessory gift between the Samsung Wireless Speaker Bottle and theSamsung Dex Station. The Galaxy S8 and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the arrest of an editor under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 1. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of cases against the editor. Ahmed Razu, the executive editor of natunsomoy.com, […]
Read MoreDhaka, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — To extend humanitarian support to the recent influx of people from Myanmar in Cox’s Bazar, the Government of Japan provided Emergency Grant Aid of US$2 million through International Organization for Migration (IOM – US$1 million), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR – US$0.5 million) and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics, the global leader in Consumer Electronics, has inaugurated its first Executive Briefing Center (EBC) in Bangladesh considering the prospect in Enterprise Solutions Category in Bangladesh. Country’s first EBC in Banani has been opened in collaboration with Fair Distribution Limited (FDL). The executive briefing center is the place where […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 2 (Xinhua) — At least seven people were killed and dozens of others injured as a severe storm lashed parts of Bangladesh on Monday night for hours, an official said Tuesday. Of the deceased, according to the official, four were killed in Rajshahi district, some 256 km west of Dhaka. Three of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 1 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people, including members of trade unions and other workers’ groups, marched through the streets of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on a sunny Monday to mark May Day, demanding working hours reduction and wage increase. A survey conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Labor Studies (BILS), a local think-tank, says […]
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