Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Bangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister said. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest Islamic political group, would be the second senior Islamist to hang for crimes committed during the 1971 war of […]
Read MoreSince the Ebola outbreak in April, China has offered four batches of aid to West African countries, which has not only been a makeshift emergency relief, but also sought to improve those countries’ ability in crisis response and state governance. The record-breaking assistance, worth 122 million U.S. dollars, demonstrated China’s sincerity and selflessness with Africa […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Wednesday celebrated the installation of three million solar home systems in the country. Speaking as a chief guest at the celebration ceremony, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government plans to install three million more solar home systems in the country in the next three years. She said […]
Read More(Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office. The Republican rout was wide and deep […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — On the invitation of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India, noted band “Chirkutt” of Bangladesh is visiting New Delhi in India from 5-7 November, 2014, to participate in the 8th South Asian Bands Festival 2014 being organised jointly by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and […]
Read MoreThe Government of Bangladesh has created the country’s first marine protected area that will now safeguard whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and other oceanic species, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The creation of the “Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area” occurs as the world’s conservation community prepares to meet at the World Parks […]
Read MoreAt least five people were killed and nine wounded when three masked men shot them with machine guns and pistols in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province late Monday night, the local Sabaq e-newspaper said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province, one of the main centers of the Shiite Muslims minority […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Muslims Tuesday marked Ashura, a day of pain, pilgrimage, and pageantry that is one of the holiest in their religion. Mourners participate in a ritual of self-flagellation and cut themselves with knives during Ashura, or the 10th of Muhharam in the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam […]
Read Moreঢাকা,৩ নভেম্বর, (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সিনিয়র সহকারী সেক্রেটারী জেনারেল মুহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামানকে “হত্যার সরকারী ষড়যন্ত্রের নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়ে এবং তিনিসহ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর নেতৃবৃন্দের মুক্তির দাবীতে” নি¤েœাক্ত কর্মসূচী ঘোষণা করে বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভারপ্রাপ্ত আমীর জনাব মকবুল আহমাদ ও ভারপ্রাপ্ত সেক্রেটারী জেনারেল ডা. শফিকুর রহমান আজ ০৩ নভেম্বর নি¤েœাক্ত যুক্ত বিবৃতি প্রদান করেছেন ঃ- […]
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