Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Nov. 27 (nsnewswire) — Wide spread violence in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country marked the second and final day of the nationwide blockade enforced by main opposition alliance, throwing normal life out of gear Wednesday. Incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, chase and counter-chase, bomb explosions and detention have been reported across the country. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 26 (BRAC Press Release) — BRAC receives prize in global $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award to replicate programme in Africa – BRAC recognised for its comprehensive mother, infant and child health package – The Award is the first initiative delivered as part of ambitious partnership between GSK and Save the Children that aims […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 26 (JICA Press Release) — Bangladesh has placed second among seven Asian countries in its maiden international standardized IT Engineers Examination (ITEE). Bangladeshi IT professionals passing ratio in ITEE is second high next to Vietnamese among six IT Professionals Examination Council (ITPEC) member countries (Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) which […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 25 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s July-September trade deficit squeezed by about 33 percent year on year to over 1 billion U.S. dollars. A Bangladesh Bank (BB) official told nsnewswire that the country’s import payment was 8,804 million U.S. dollars, down 9.37 percent, in July-September period of the current fiscal year 2013-14 while earnings from […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 25 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) has fixed date for the country’s 10th parliament polls, sources said Monday. “Elections will likely be held on January 5,” an EC official told nsnewswire. The official who preferred to be unnamed said chief election commissioner is all set to announce the date of the elections […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s July-October export income surged about 17 percent year on year to about 10 billion U.S. dollars. “Export income in the first four months of the current 2013-14 fiscal year (July 2013-June 2014) reached 9,747.17 million U.S. dollars,” said an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official who preferred to be unnamed. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 24 (nsnewswire) — More than 50 people including three firemen and cops were injured as thousands of Bangladesh garment workers Sunday morning fought pitched battles with law enforcers in Savar on the outskirts capital Dhaka. Spurred by rumors that a female worker had been tortured by the firemen, according to the eyewitnesses, thousands […]
Read MoreBy STEVEN GREENHOUSE: One year after the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh, many retailers that sold garments produced there or inside the Rana Plaza building that collapsed last spring are refusing to join an effort to compensate the families of the more than 1,200 workers who died in those disasters. Related Marines Toughen Rules for […]
Read MoreRescuers have removed bodies from a Latvian supermarket whose roof had crashed down on shoppers, as the death toll from the country’s worst post-Soviet disaster rose to 49 with 30 more feared trapped under the rubble. Hope of finding more survivors was dwindling some 24 hours after the roof of the Maxima supermarket caved in […]
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