Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
At least 10,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh recently to flee violence in Myanmar, the United Nations said yesterday. “Based on reports by various humanitarian agencies, we estimate that there could be 10,000 new arrivals in recent weeks,” Vivian Tan, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency in Bangkok, told AFP. “The situation is fast changing […]
Read MoreVIENNA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The OPEC on Wednesday decided to cut its oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day, setting the ceiling of oil production at 32.5 million barrels per day (bpd). The reduction is effective from Jan. 1, 2017, and is the cartel’s first oil reduction since 2008. The reduction is being […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon met with Saber Chowdhury, President of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) at UN Head Quarters in New York yesterday. During the meeting, Mr. Ban Ki moon who completes his tenure as Secretary General on 31st December, lauded the important role IPU has been playing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant for 30 leaders and activists of ex-Prime Minsiter Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance in a case filed for torching a vehicle during an anti-government demonstration. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court issued the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladeshi cabinet Thursday approved the draft of the “Child Marriage Prevention Act 2016” keeping the minimum age for girls’ marriage unchanged at 18 years, reports Xinhua. The cabinet, however, incorporated a provision paving the way for marriage of minor girls under 18 years in special circumstances. After the meeting […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — China has been making immense contributions to Bangladesh’s efforts in building digital Bangladesh, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said. “In the past 4 decades Bangladesh and China relations have undergone speedy transformation,” Palak on Saturday at a discussion meeting. The minister stressed the need for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) — Eating a meal for 1 taka in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka would have been unimaginable even a decade ago and by today’s standards a meal for less than 1 U.S. dollar (80 taka) in the city can’t be found even from a street vendor. But thanks to an organization […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Ms Nasima Begum has formally launched the establishment of the Gender Based Violence Cluster, following the approval from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of Bangladesh. Guided by the principles for the global Cluster Approach it is led […]
Read MoreBERLIN, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — In most countries of the world, women know less about financial matters than men do on average, the findings of a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) showed on Monday. “Cultural factors play a key role in addition to income, education and experience,” noted DIW Berlin […]
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