Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Thilan Samaraweera reunited with an old friend on his first day as Bangladesh’s batting consultant. “I divide my career into two,” he said. “First it is from 2001 to 2006 when I was dropped. I became a totally different player when I met Chandika [Hathurusingha].” Samaraweera began with a century on Test debut in 2001 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — ILO has launched a global media competition to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration. The competition closes on 31 October 2016. Four, USD1,000 prizes up for grabs For more see: https://t.co/84u0wHRR5s
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — At least 17 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a terror attack on an Army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Four of the attackers were also reportedly killed during the attack that took place Sunday morning. Militants stormed the Army base in Uri, close to the Line […]
Read MoreChinese Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing on Sunday afternoon for attending the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and official visits to Canada and Cuba, accompanied by his wife Cheng Hong, reports Xinhua.
Read MoreBy Michael Place RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 18 (NsNewsWire) — China became only the third country to win more than 100 gold medals at a single edition of the Paralympic Games, celebrating another nine victories in Rio on Saturday. Seven of those came in athletics with another two each in table tennis and swimming as […]
Read MoreJapanese Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada revealed on September 15 during a visit to the US that Japanese Self-Defense Forces will patrol the South China Sea with the US navy, saying Japan will increase presence in the region through participation in military drills and aid to relevant countries, Global Times writes in an editorial piece […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) —The United States has said their decades-long partnership with Bangladesh has helped bring about some of the most impressive development gains the world has ever seen, including self-sufficiency in food production, a reduction of the poverty rate from over half the population to less than a third, and a drastic increase […]
Read MoreBritain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been inundated with congratulations from across the Islamic world after it emerged that he converted to Islam and carried out the first Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ever performed by a senior UK diplomat, reports www.telegraph.co.uk. The conversion of Simon Collis, the UK envoy to Riyadh, became public after pictures […]
Read MoreChina’s Tiangong-2 space lab blasted off on Thursday, marking another milestone in its increasingly ambitious space program, which envisions a mission to Mars by the end of this decade and its own space station by around 2020, reports Xinhua.
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