Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Riyad, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will be in Riyadh. The US delegation is led by Vice-President Joe Biden. King Abdullah died aged 90. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Riyadh after Friday prayers, reports BBC. King Salman, 79, pledged continuity after his accession […]
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DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — The new Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, arrived in Dhaka (tomorrow) Thursday afternoon. Prior to this appointment, according to the source, he was the secretary-general of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC). He will replace Li Jun who left Dhaka in September last year after discharging two and a half years of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing concerns over ongoing Government-ordered arbitrary blocking of Internet-based voice and messaging services. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile phone operators to block access to online voice and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 20 (NsNewsWire) — More than 350,000 babies are born globally every day. Yet in many cultures it remains a mystical and deeply superstitious act. Now expertise from the UK’s TV hit Call the Midwife is helping people in Bangladesh to break the taboo and improve the health of mothers and babies. Twenty-two-year-old Bimola […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday ruled out deployment of the army in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country to tackle spiralling violence of opposition alliance-enforced countrywide nonstop blockade. “There is no such situation in the country for which we need to go for deployment […]
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DHAKA, Jan. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The United States has said that it was not ready to restore special trade benefits to Bangladesh until the country does more for worker safety and rights in its crucial apparel sector. Nearly two years after over 1,100 garment workers were crushed to death in the collapse of the Rana […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Captain Hemayetuddin Chowdhury, former chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), died at 11:20pm (yesterday) Sunday. Son of late Khan Bahadur Mohammad Choudhury of Rankeli (Golapgonj ) younger brother of Late Dr SD Chowdhury ,Sylhet, Hemayetuddin had been hospitalised for the last six days following a stroke, said a […]
Read MoreKarachi, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — At least 62 people, including women and children, were today killed when their overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding oil tanker, sparking a major fire in southern Pakistan, in the deadliest road accident to hit the country in recent times. The deadly accident occurred in the early hours on […]
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Rangamati, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A nighttime curfew has been slapped on Bangladsh’s southeastern Rangamati district. The curfew is to remain in place till 8:00 a.m. local time Monday. The district’s administration Sunday night declared the curfew with immediate effect after violence spread to different parts of the hilly district in sequel to clashes between […]
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