Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Dhaka, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh can become an export powerhouse at the level of its East Asian neighbors by improving its business competitiveness and trade regime, which will help firms compete globally, says a new World Bank Group report launched jointly with the Policy Research Institute today in Dhaka. South Asia will be home […]
Read MoreWELLINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — Emergency services were trying to reopen communications and transport to the tourist town of Kaikoura after a deadly earthquake rocked much of New Zealand early Monday. Roads into Kaikoura, on the northeast coast of the South Island, were blocked by landslides after the 7.5-magnitude quake hit just after midnight. Police […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A head-on collision between two trucks in Bangladesh’s Bogra district, some 197 km northwest of Dhaka, left at least seven people including five policemen dead and six others injured early Sunday, a local police official said, reports Xinhua The Bogra district police official who did not like to be named […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A report on measles by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners said that despite a 79 percent worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day and progress has been uneven, a UN […]
Read MoreKABUL, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — An explosion rocked Bagram Airfield, the main U.S. and NATO base, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan early on Saturday, leaving casualties, the NATO-led Resolute Support said. “We can confirm that there was an explosion at Bagram Airfield this morning just after 5:30 a.m. (local time). There have been casualties,” […]
Read MoreAs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a three-day visit to Japan on Thursday, some Japanese media lauded that the trip could potentially “make history.” Modi’s trip has drawn attention for three reasons: Japan will officially roll out an Indian Ocean-Pacific strategy that it has planned for years; the two countries have signed a civilian […]
Read MoreTOKYO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — Japan‘s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to ratify the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and passed a related bill, despite the ever-sinking chances the pact, spearheaded by the United States, will be ratified by the U.S. following Donald Trump winning the presidential election. The vote was held […]
Read MoreDonald Trump has been elected the next US president, a result that shocked the whole world. The election also marks Hillary Clinton’s second defeat. In 2008, she lost as an individual. But this time, she represented the political establishment. Trump won not only over Clinton but also major elite groups, from within the Republican Party […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 8 (NsNewsWire) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in condemning the attack on two television journalists in Chawkbazar, Dhaka on November 6. The IFJ demands immediate action from authorities to arrest and punish the attackers. A dozen people assaulted reporter Shakil Hasan and cameraperson Shahin […]
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