Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — It took less than half a U.S. dollar for Rahman Miah to buy two bottles of syrup for his son who had been coughing for several days.For rickshaw puller Miah, it was not at all burdensome to expend 40 taka from his daily income which is around six U.S. dollars,reports […]
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Washington, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — President Barack Obama on Sunday laid out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no US policy shift to confront what he called a “new phase” in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California, reports Reuters. In a rare Oval […]
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by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Armed with shovels and baskets, they stand around on the sidewalk every morning waiting to be hired, reports Xinhua. The dozen or so a group of such day-laborers are a common daily sight on the sidewalks of many Dhaka streets. Most of them are worn-out looking men and […]
Read MoreBy Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) – The New York Times, in its first front-page editorial in nearly a century, on Saturday called for outlawing the kinds of rifles used in the California shooting massacre this week that left 14 people dead. The newspaper’s editorial comes three days after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married […]
Read MoreBRASILIA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Media outlets from BRICS countries must foster initiatives to break Western hegemony in news reporting, a senior official from Brazil’s public broadcaster told Xinhua in a recent interview. Andre Barbosa, executive director for external relations with Brazil’s state-owned radio and TV operator EBC, also said efforts should be made within […]
Read Moreby Phillip Thomson,Public Service Reporter at The Canberra Times “Use it or lose it” rules are forcing diplomatic missions in Canberra to take action. Plots of land worth many millions of dollars that have been sitting idle for years will soon have embassies and high commissions on them. The National Capital Authority’s hardened stance against […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The US has issued a worldwide travel alert for its citizens in response to “increased terrorist threats”. The state department said “current information” suggested the Islamic State [IS] group, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and others continued “to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions”, reports BBC online. The alert, it said, will […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The family of a Texas Muslim teenager arrested for bringing a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb to school demanded $15 million in damages and an apology from the city of Irving and its schools to avoid a lawsuit, lawyers said on Monday, reports Reuters. The lawyers represent […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 22 (NsNewsWire) — In the latest edition of the militant group’s online propaganda magazine, IS calls for strategic expansion to Bangladesh or as it refers to the country ” Bengal”, reports The Hindu. The Islamic State (IS) militant group has warned that it is preparing for fresh attacks in Bangladesh “to rise and […]
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