Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — High interest rates and a lack of financial literacy are highlighted as major obstacles to factories in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector from obtaining remediation financing according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka today. According to the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — One month after Cyclone Roanu struck Bangladesh, leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds of others injured, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is warning that thousands remain in need of urgent help as the monsoon season hits. In a statement received here on […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim Nahid Hossain Babu, a boy with 10 years old at best has been working in a tiny workshop named “Japani Metal” at Jinjira in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka for one year. He works 12 hours a day to make metal components, earing 1,600 taka (about 21 U.S. dollars) a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of the Remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi At the Media Briefing on the recently held G20 Hangzhou Summit: “Dear Guests, Friends from the Press, Good morning! Today is 26 May, and tomorrow will mark the 100-day countdown of the G20 […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with China Machinery Engineering Corporation ( CMEC) has implemented the country’s largest-ever ICT project which brought nearly 20,000 government offices across the country under a nationwide connectivity. Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on July 3, 2013 approved the China-financed 13.33 billion taka project […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — A memorial function was held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday in memory of the the 38th anniversary of return of ashes of Atish Dipankar Srijnan from China to his country of birth. Dozens of academics, politicians and and leaders of various religions have gathered in the memorial function to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 2 (NsNewsWire) — The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In an opinion piece published on bloomberg.com, Cui pointed out that China and the U.S. share important […]
Read MoreBEIJING, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping has called for better care for China’s aging population, reports Xinhua Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks on Friday afternoon at a group study attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on […]
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