Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Sept. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Muslims across Bangladesh Tuesday marked the Eid-ul-Azha, also known as the festival of animal sacrifice. Before sacrificing animals such as sheep, cows, goats and camels in the beginning of the day, Muslims offered special prayers seeking divine blessings, peace, progress and prosperity in thousands of Eid congregations The biggest festival […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Death toll has risen to 33 in a devastating fire that occurred at a packaging factory in Tongi on the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday morning, said a local official on Monday. The local administration official, who did not like to be named, said four more bodies […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country is willing to cooperate with other countries on improving international standards. China will proactively implement a strategy on standardization to make standards drive innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, Xi said in a congratulatory letter to the 39th General Assembly of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — A suspected militant was killed while an ex-army major’s wife among three militants were arrested as Bangladesh law enforcers on Saturday night conducted a raid on a hideout of banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in capital Dhaka, an official said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — At least 20 people were killed and dozens others sustained injuries as a boiler explosion resulted in a devastating fire in a packaging factory at Tongi on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday morning, police said. According to the police official who did not like to be named, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has signed a 14 billion taka (about 180 million U.S. dollars) loan agreement with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) to finance the country’s first-ever satellite “Bangabandhu-I”. Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), and M Mahbub Ur Rahman, deputy chief of HSBC Bangladesh, signed the […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — India on Friday said it supports the war crimes trials in Bangladesh under which perpetrators were being brought to justice. “India has been supportive of a judicial process under the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh to address the pending issue of justice for war crimes committed during the movement […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) –Eoin Morgan will pull out of the England tour to Bangladesh over the next 48 hours unless the prospect of losing the one-day captaincy changes his mind. Morgan has revealed he has been too traumatised by his first-hand experiences of terrorism and violence in south Asia to go on the Bangladesh […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim, Liu Chuntao DHAKA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — A youth-focused foundation dedicated to further strengthening ties of friendship between Bangladesh and China was officially launched Thursday in the capital Dhaka. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury is the man behind the initiative. “Bangladesh China Foundation […]
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