Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Iraqi forces on Monday continued fierce clashes against Islamic State (IS) militants in western Mosul and seized a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the embattled city, the Iraq military said. Federal police and interior ministry special forces, known as Rapid Response, recaptured al-Tayaran neighborhood and then raised the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Three people, including two woman were killed and at least nine others were severely injured in two separate incidents of fire in old part of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday evening. Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, told journalists that three charred bodies were found at the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — It is one thing to make promises, but quite another to keep them. The Chinese government decided to eradicate poverty by 2020 — the target year for China to become a “moderately prosperous” society — and the country is confident. China’s economic growth has been astonishing over the past three […]
Read MoreMEXICO CITY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — A good sleep can no longer help Victor Navares fully recover after a day’s work as there might be a wall between home and work. Navares drives two hours from the Mexican town of Ensenada across the border to work for a U.S. company. “If (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Norwegian Foreign Minister Mr. Borge Brende completed his day long visit and left Dhaka in the morning of 21 February 2017. During the visit he had bilateral talks with the Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali MP on 20 February 2017 at the State Guest House Padma. In the […]
Read MoreCCTV footage purportedly showing the deadly assault in Malaysia on the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by a woman, who is believed to have wiped a fast-acting poison on his face, was released by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV today, reports reuters. Kim Jong Nam died last Monday a short time after the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank today launched a cash benefits program for 600,000 of the country’s poorest mothers and pregnant women in exchange for their participation in activities to improve their children’s nutrition and cognitive development. The World Bank has committed $300 million for the program, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 18 (NsNewsWire) — The EU and Bangladesh met for their second Diplomatic Consultations on 15 February 2017 in Brussels. The EU delegation was led by the Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, Gunnar Wiegand; the Bangladeshi delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque. The consultations were held in a constructive […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors investigating a scandal embroiling impeached President Park Geun-hye planned to summon a former presidential secretary tasked with inspecting senior government officials and overseeing the intelligence and prosecutorial agencies. Woo Byung-soo, former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, will be called in as a suspect on Saturday for […]
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