Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
At least 10,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh recently to flee violence in Myanmar, the United Nations said yesterday. “Based on reports by various humanitarian agencies, we estimate that there could be 10,000 new arrivals in recent weeks,” Vivian Tan, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency in Bangkok, told AFP. “The situation is fast changing […]
Read MoreVIENNA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The OPEC on Wednesday decided to cut its oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day, setting the ceiling of oil production at 32.5 million barrels per day (bpd). The reduction is effective from Jan. 1, 2017, and is the cartel’s first oil reduction since 2008. The reduction is being […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon met with Saber Chowdhury, President of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) at UN Head Quarters in New York yesterday. During the meeting, Mr. Ban Ki moon who completes his tenure as Secretary General on 31st December, lauded the important role IPU has been playing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) –‘All our factories have been made compliant in the recent past. The global market is expanding and Bangladesh needs to diversify our products and markets and lead the garments sector.’ State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, MP observed this while addressing as the Chief Guest at a seminar titled “Taking […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Potentially higher interest costs and volatile foreign exchange rates pose top credit risks for the Asia-Pacific in the coming year, according to credit ratings provider S&P Global Ratings in an annual year-end report. Uncertainty about the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is dominating financial markets, the group said […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it will decide on whether to switch into a holding company after reviewing it in cooperation with experts for six months. The South Korean tech behemoth said in a statement that the company is reviewing ways to streamline its business structure, which include transforming itself […]
Read MorePARIS, Nov. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon won the center-right Republicans party’s primary runoff on Sunday to represent the biggest opposition party in the 2017 French presidential race. After counting ballots in 8,081 out of a total of 10,228 polling stations, the 62-year-old liberal politician led the second round of the conservative […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — India’s opposition parties Monday called for nationwide protests over the government’s demonetization move. The country’s main opposition Congress party held protests in various states against the sudden scrapping of currency notes of higher denominations and its impact on the common people, but stayed away from the shutdown call by […]
Read MoreYANGON, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Armed groups continued to attack a town in northern Myanmar’s Shan state as clashes broke out between Myanmar government forces and ethnic armed groups last weekend, the Information Committee of the State Counselor’s Office said Sunday. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fired one mortar […]
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