CANBERRA, March 25 (Xinhua) — The first-ever non-stop flight linking Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) has departed. The new Qantas Dreamliner, which was designed specifically to fly the route, departed on its 17-hour journey from Perth in Western Australia (WA) to London on Saturday night. Going directly to the UK is three to five […]

WASHINGTON DC, March 22,(NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved a $15 million financing to help Bangladesh produce timely and quality statistics. This will help the country make more evidence-based policy decisions. The National Strategy for Development of Statistics Implementation Support Project will improve the capacity of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to produce and disseminate quality statistics in a […]

DHAKA, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has recently signed an agreement with Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) for offering electricity bill payment service facility. Robi’s digital electric bill payment facility makes it very convenient for the customers of DPDC to pay for their prepaid bills. In presence of DPDC’s Managing Director, Eng. Bikash Dewan, […]

DHAKA, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given the following message on the occasion of the ‘World Meteorological Day 2018’ : “I am happy to know that ‘World Meteorological Day 2018’ is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world. This year the theme of the day ‘Weather-ready, climate-smart’, I think, […]

DHAKA, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — The first ever local online complete payment ecosystem of Bangladesh styled “iPay” has started its commercial journey in the country with a motto of building a cashless society. The iPay Systems Limited introduced the secure and complete payment ecosystem, licensed by Bangladesh Bank as payment service provider (PSP), that transacts […]

DHAKA, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — First ever Robotics competition for the college students of Bangladesh started from today. The competition is organized by Japan education technology company Venturas Ltd and supported by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Embassy of Japan, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and ICT Ministry. Today’s workshop was arranged for college students […]

DHAKA, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — Special address by High Commissioner of India Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the concluding session of “BIMSTEC at its 20: Towards a Bay of Bengal Community”, Dhaka (March 20, 2018): “His Excellency Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Hon’ble Adviser to Hon’ble Prime Minister on International Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office,  His Excellency Ambassador […]

Geneva, March 20 (NsNewsWire) — Parliamentarians from over 137 countries will seek to identify and agree upon parliamentary inputs to the UN-led reforms on the rights and protection of migrants and refugees. Nearly 258 million people – about 3.4 per cent of the world’s population –  are living outside their countries of birth. In 2016, UN […]

DHAKA, March 20 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of India invites applications from eligible Bangladeshi nationals for the admission to the following courses in India under Self Financing Scheme (SFS) for the academic year 2018-19:-(i) BE / B.Tech. (i) BE / B.Tech. ii) B. Pharmacy iii) MBBS iv) BDS v)   B. Arch. 2.         Eligibility:-   For […]