Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, March 10 (NsNewsWire) — The BSF has handed over a list of 66 camps of north-east insurgents to the Border Guard Bangladesh, seeking actions against them. “We have requested our counterparts in Bangladesh for cooperation in dismantling the camps of insurgents from the region. We have handed over a list of 66 camps that […]
Read MoreDhaka, March 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh – Allegations of murder, torture and forced disappearances are being levelled at Bangladesh’s government in a case under review by the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. With violence escalating around the widely criticised January 5 election , European human rights group the International Coalition for […]
Read MoreNay Pyi Taw, March 4 (NsNewsWire)– Despite decades-old disputes over sharing of waters between Bangladesh and India, notably from the Teesta river, Dhaka hopes it can finalise a host of treaties with New Delhi. “Modalities need to be found for the sharing of water resources, especially of common waters,” Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told […]
Read MoreA US appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors, reports AP from San Francisco. The decision by a divided three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a […]
Read Moreঢাকা, জানুয়ারি 2৯ , (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগের সাধারণ সম্পাদক এবং স্থানীয় সরকার, পল্ল¬ী উন্নয়ন ও সমবায় মন্ত্রণালয়ের মাননীয় মন্ত্রী সৈয়দ আশরাফুল ইসলাম এমপি এক শোক বিবৃতিতে বরিশাল জেলার গৌরনদী থানা কৃষক লীগের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা সভাপতি ও জাতীয় শ্রমিক লীগ ঢাকা মহানগর (দক্ষিণ)-এর সাধারণ সম্পাদক আহসান হাবীব মোল্ল¬ার পিতা হাজী এলাহী বকস-এর মৃত্যুতে গভীর শোক […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A number ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s new cabinet Monday joined office. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formed her new cabinet taking the oath of office Sunday for the second consecutive term after last week’s controversial parliament polls. Sheikh Hasina, eldest daughter of Bangladesh’s […]
Read MoreTripura, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Friday organised a demonstration in the Tripura capital to protest the attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh. “Our stir will continue until the attacks on minorities stop in Bangladesh. There are reports of […]
Read MoreNew York, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire)– Bangladesh authorities should immediately end arbitrary arrests of opposition party members and others, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Arrests have continued even after the ruling Awami League party and its allies won the largely uncontested elections held on January 5, 2014. The United States, European Union, and others refused to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Newly elected lawmakers from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League party have been sworn in for a five-year term following the “disputed elections” on Jan 5. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered oath to the members of parliament (MPs)-elect belonging to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League […]
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