Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Dhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — China’s meteorological authority issued a yellow alert for Typhoon Malakas on Saturday, forecasting strong winds and heavy rain. Malakas, the 16th typhoon in 2016, was observed 135 kilometers off Taiwan’s east coast at 10 a.m. Saturday, bringing winds of up to 50 meters per second as it moved northwest, and […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 17 (NsNewsWire) — With the first U.S. presidential debate coming up soon, the economy leads the long list of top concerns for Americans, found a Gallup poll released Friday. Economy continues to lead the list at 14 percent, followed by dissatisfaction with government, at 11 percent, and jobs and unemployment, also at 11 […]
Read MoreFornebu, Sept. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor ASA Friday announced that the underwriters have priced its offering of 142,500,000 VimpelCom Ltd. American Depositary Shares (ADSs) in the United States at a public offering price of USD 3.50 per ADS, resulting in net proceeds to Telenor of USD 486,281,250. Telenor has also granted the underwriters a 30-day […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement by by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, in response to Tampaco Foils Limited fire in Bangladesh. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from an explosion and fire at Tampaco Foils Limited in Bangladesh on 10 September […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — Typhoon Meranti made landfall in Xiang’an district of Xiamen City, east China’s Fujian Province, at 3:05 a.m. Thursday, with gales up to 48 meters per second. The world’s strongest typhoon so far this year has also been monitored as the strongest one hitting southern Fujian Province since the local meteorological […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — China will launch its Tiangong-2 space lab from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi desert at 10:04 p.m. Thursday as part of an increasingly ambitious space program that aims for a manned space station by around 2022. Engineers have begun injecting propellant into the Long March-2F T2 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday left Dhaka to attend the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in the US and the 5th Global Fund Replenishment Conference in Canada. She will make a 22-hour stay in London before flying to Montréal in Canada. Hasina will attend a global […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS, Sept. 14 (NsNewsWire) — The UN General Assembly kicked off its 71st session here on Tuesday with a focus on joint global efforts to carry out the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint for ending poverty and hunger, advancing equality, and protecting the environment for the years leading up to 2030, reports Xinhua. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s first press news agency– NsNewsWire — has inked a news cooperation agreement with Global Times, a major English newspaper in China. Li Hongwei, deputy editor-in-chief of Global Times, and NK Sanchaya, chief editor of NsNewsWire, signed the agreement on be half of their respective sides recently. Under the agreement, […]
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