Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
In a landmark decision, the government in Bangladesh has approved a proposal of the social welfare ministry to identify “Hijra” as a third possible gender identity. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the decision at a cabinet meeting on Monday. Hijra, often subsumed under the trans umbrella in the West, is a South Asian feminine gender identity. […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 12 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh officials have again seized 320 gold bars weighing about 37 kilograms from an arriving plane from Doha. Alamgir Hossain, in charge of Airport Armed Police Battalion, told nsnewswire that they seized the gold bars worth about 150 million taka on Tuesday morning at about 6:00 a.m. Hossain said the […]
Read MoreIndia assures Bangladesh on boundary pact New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS): India Monday assured Bangladesh it would bring a constitutional amendment bill related to the Land Boundary Agreement in the winter session of parliament in December. According to official sources, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid gave this assurance to his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni on […]
Read MoreAGARTALA: Workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) dug out as many as 386 empty cases and two live cartridges of .303 guns of the Bangladesh Liberation War from the field of one Rehman Maishaan in the Srimanthapur area along the Tripura-Bangladesh border on Sunday. Border Security Force (BSF) personnel […]
Read Moreগ্রামীণ ব্যাংক অধ্যাদেশ ১৯৮৩ এর পরিবর্তে জাতীয় সংসদে পাসকৃত ‘গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক আইন ২০১৩’ এর মাধ্যমে রাজনীতিকরণ করে গ্রামীণ ব্যাংককে ধ্বংস করার যে পায়তারা করা হয়েছে আমরা তার তীব্র প্রতিবাদ জানাচ্ছি। সকল প্রকার রাজনৈতিক মতাদর্শের উর্ধ্বে থেকে কাজ করে যাচ্ছিল বলেই গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক জাতীয় ও আšর্জাতিকভাবে খ্যাতি অর্জন করেছে। যার স্বীকৃতি স্বরূপ ২০০৬ সালে গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক […]
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By Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Oct. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Just one day after seizing 146 gold bars, customs officials in Bangladesh’s main airport in capital Dhaka Wednesday morning again seized 24 gold bars weighing about 3 kilograms from an arriving passenger from Saudi Arabia, an official said. Nazma Zabin, assistant commissioner of the Customs Intelligence Department, […]
Read MoreBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press, DHAKA, Bangladesh—The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don’t live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation’s most powerful political dynasties. One is a technology consultant who lives in the U.S. with his American wife and young daughter. The other is reportedly studying for a law […]
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DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian and her arch rival Khaleda Zia held phone talks on Saturday, the first direct conversation between the two leaders of the South Asian country’s politics since January, 2009 when her cabinet took oath of office. They held talks to pave the way for dialogue between […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia party has called a three-day nationwide dawn-to-dusk non-stop strike form Sunday morning to press home its demand for restoration of a non-party caretaker government system to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Khaleda Zia, main opposition party chief, announced the strike at a grand rally in capital Dhaka Friday evening, slapping […]
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