Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by. The maimed woman, Rafida Ahmed, scanned the room nervously. The Atlanta financial executive has been hiding since Islamic militants […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Friday dismissed as ” bogus” claim by the Taliban of shooting a military helicopter that killed ambassadors of Norway and Philippines in northern areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad ruled out possibility of terrorism in the tragedy […]
Read MoreYANGON, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Laos on Saturday formally opened the first-ever friendship bridge across the Mekong River that links Myanmar’s Tachileik in Shan state and Laungnamtha Province of Laos. Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his Laos counterpart Choummaly Sayasone jointly presided over the opening ceremony of Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge at Tachileik […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: An upset Vice-PresidentHamid Ansari. Red faces in government. Questions on parliamentary ‘haste’ that result in less-than-careful reading of text of Bills. And MPs who passed key legislations having to go through the process all over again. All this because of silly errors in drafting legislation.Ansari, said senior officials familiar with the matter, expressed […]
Read MoreA military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in northern Pakistan Friday, killing at least seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, and injuring several others. The Pakistani Mi-17 chopper was flying to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit to check on development projects when it crashed into a school and caught fire […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — For years authorities in Bangladesh have battled to stop men urinating in public, with signs in the local Bengali language failing to halt the seemingly endless number of offenders. But the Bangladesh religious affairs ministry’s recent decision to erect new signs in Arabic has had a marked effect, despite most Bangladeshis […]
Read MoreNew Delhi, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — The Union cabinet has approved the legislation to implement the land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, a step that is likely to help improve ties with India’s eastern neighbour. The cabinet cleared the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill 2013 on LBA between India and Bangladesh, Frank Noronha, principal spokesperson of […]
Read MoreKATHMANDU, May 5 (NsNewsWire)– Death toll from April 25 Nepal quake and aftershocks reached 7,557 and the number of injuries rose to 1,4536, the Ministry of Home affairs said on Tuesday. As many as 10,718 government building were destroyed in the massive earthquake while 14,741 sustained partial damages. About 191,058 civilian houses have been flattened […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 5 (NsNewsWire) — “When I woke up, my face was on fire,” said Khokon, a 30-year-old man who sells plastic shoes in a small shop in Dhaka, the capital. He was napping on a bus on his way home in late January when the attack happened. Molotov cocktails were hurled at the vehicle, […]
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