Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials, frustrated that hundreds of military shipments heading out of Afghanistan have been stopped on the land route through Pakistan because of anti-American protests, face the possibility of flying out equipment at an additional cost of $1 billion. More than a week after Pakistani officials promised Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has discussed a resolution “expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the critical need for political reform in Bangladesh”. The committee in a regular business meeting at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. discussed the resolution on Bangladesh Wednesday. As stated on its […]
Read Moreঢাকা, ১৯ ডিসেম্বর, (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — গতকাল সন্ধ্যায় গণভবনে ১৪ দলীয় জোটের নেতা ও বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ সভাপতি শেখ হাসিনার সভাপতিত্বে কেন্দ্রীয় ১৪ দলের এক বৈঠক অনুষ্ঠিত হয়। এতদপ্রেক্ষিতে মোহাম্মদ নাসিম, সভাপতিমন্ডলীর সদস্য, বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ ও মুখপাত্র কেন্দ্রীয় ১৪ দল, আজ ১৯ ডিসেম্বর এক সংবাদ সম্মেলন বলেন: “সম্মানিত সাংবাদিক বন্ধুগণ শুভ সকাল। কেন্দ্রীয় ১৪ দলের […]
Read MoreA shoe was thrown at the Pakistan mission in Bangladesh during a protest against Islambad’s reaction over execution of an Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes in 1971, which is the first execution of a war criminal in the country. Scores of protesters Wednesday evening gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka’s Gulshan […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — 27,117 volunteers have formed the world’s biggest-ever flag for Bangladesh in a bid to set Guinness World Record. The volunteers from the Bangladesh Army, school children, and the general population, comprising mostly of the youth and enthusiastic professionals stood up with red and green blocks to form the flag in […]
Read MoreNelson Mandela has been buried shortly in Qunu, following a memorial service in his village for South Africa’s first black president A 21-gun salute and full honour guard escorted the coffin of Nelson Mandela as his state funeral took place on Sunday in the rolling hills of his rural boyhood home, reports The Telegraph. His […]
Read MoreDefying the countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by an Islamist party protesting the execution of its leader convicted of war crimes, thousands of Bangladesh businessmen staged white flag rallies calling for a ” peaceful business environment.” The decision to stage white flag rallies in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country was made at a recent […]
Read MoreQunu, South Africa (CNN) — With 95 candles glowing in the background to mark each year of his life, thousands of mourners gathered to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela on Sunday at a funeral in his beloved boyhood village of Qunu. Mandela died on December 5 after a recurring lung infection and declining health. Crowds […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) –Amid demands for trial of war criminals, Bangladesh (today) Saturday marked ‘martyred intellectuals day’, recalling the brutal killing of leading Bengali academics and professionals during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Black flags dominated the skyline while the national flag flew at half mast as thousands of people thronged the ‘martyred […]
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