Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]
Read MoreGUWAHATI, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — With Union Home minister, Rajnath Singh stating the Indo-Bangladesh border will be sealed, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure sealing of border on a war footing, reports The Economic Times. Chairing a high level meeting with the top brass of the BSF led […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 2 (NsNewsWire) — The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In an opinion piece published on bloomberg.com, Cui pointed out that China and the U.S. share important […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 1 (Xinhua) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced one man to death on Wednesday and two others life in prison for their crimes committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, found three brothers guilty of all the four charges […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — This year, Citi’s 11th annual Global Community Day will see Citi volunteers throughout Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa leading more than 1,300 community projects to benefit their local communities. In Asia Pacific, more than 30,000 Citi colleagues, alumni, clients, family and friends in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — Violence surrounding the 5th phase polls of Bangladesh’s lowest tier of local government have left at least 10 dead as of Saturday night, reports Xinhua. Stray incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, explosion of hand bombs, chase and counter-chase and firing were reported in many of the 720 unions that went […]
Read MoreBEIJING, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping has called for better care for China’s aging population, reports Xinhua Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks on Friday afternoon at a group study attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — As a quick response to the need of flood and landslide affected people of Sri Lanka with the direction of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Government has decided to send emergency humanitarian support to Sri Lanka. In view of that a 19 members relief support team organized by Bangladesh […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Six Bangladeshis were charged with financing terrorism in Singapore on Friday, the first to be prosecuted under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA) in the city state, reports Xinhua. According to a statement from the Singapore Police, these six radicalized Bangladeshi nationals — Rahman Mizanur, Mamun Leakot Ali, Miah […]
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