Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
By Krishna N. Das and Serajul Quadir The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bangladesh’s central bank have agreed to withdraw additional payment security measures put in place after one of the world’s biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Fed, two sources said, reports reuters. The […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for steady advance of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative to benefit people along the routes. The Belt and Road Initiative should help promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and mutual understanding among the people, Xi said at a symposium […]
Read Moreby Jon Day TOKYO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — In an unprecedented televised address delivered on Monday, Japan‘s Emperor Akihito with references to his age and issues of health, voiced concerns about his ability to fully carry out his responsibilities within the context of his current role as symbol of the State and intimated his wishes […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhu) — The Bangladeshi government has relied on a Chinese engineering giant to carry out detailed engineering design for a four-lane expansion of a national highway which is assumed to be one of the major transport corridors linking capital Dhaka to its south and west as well as linking Bangladesh […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — When Bangladeshi authorities last month released the names of 261 men who have gone missing from their families, in an attempt to find militants hidden in this country of 160 million people, at the very end of the list was “Jilani alias Abu Zidal”, reports reuters. He was not in […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The glorious history of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a long saga of a protracted war of the Chinese Army against imperialist and reactionary forces, said a former chief of Bangladesh Army. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on the occasion of the 89th anniversary of the establishment […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Donald Trump “unfit” to be U.S. president amid bipartisan outcry following the Republican presidential nominee’s feud with the family of a fallen U.S. Muslim soldier. “I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” said Obama here at a press conference, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Defense Ministry on Tuesday expressed strong opposition to Japan’s 2016 defense white paper, calling the annual document hostile to the Chinese military and deceptive to the international community. “The white paper issued on August 2, full of hackneyed expressions, distorts China’s justified and reasonable defense work, heightening issues in […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on Tuesday issued a regulation of judicial interpretation to clarify China’s jurisdiction over its territorial seas. The explanation provides clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order, marine safety and interests, and to exercise integrated management over the country’s jurisdictional seas, said an SPC […]
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