Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
SHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) — G20 economies agreed to improve global trade governance to arrest the slowdown of global trade growth, said a statement released Sunday after the two-day G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, reports Xinhua. These economies would remain committed to an open global economy, and will further work towards trade liberalization and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 10 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV which is a Mumbai-based TV channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation. “We’ve decided to stop airing the channel across the country,” said Amir Hossain Amu, Industries Minister, after attending a cabinet committee meeting on Sunday. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling to $200 million with the World Bank to improve health systems and delivery of health services, and, the living conditions of the urban poor in selected municipality areas. The $150 million additional financing to the Health Sector Development Program will […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) to attach importance to China’s legitimate concern on security and “cautiously and appropriately” address the United States’ plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country. Xi made the remarks as he met […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 26 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday inaugurated construction work of the 2.5 billion US dollars metro rail service project. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing 165.95 billion taka of the 220 billion taka project covering a distance of 20km. Through a video conference from a function in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 23 (Xinhua) — Long queues usually herald the start of Eid-related tickets sales to holiday makers in Bangladesh. Though large numbers of people were seen at the counters of Central Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka on Wednesday morning to secure their ride, as with other occasions, there were not massive crowds, […]
Read MoreLONDON, June 22 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a direct appeal to the British public Tuesday urging them to vote Remain in the upcoming historic referendum on EU membership, reports Xinhua. Speaking outside the No. 10 official residence, the somberly-addressed Cameron urged his own generation not to condemn their children and grandchildren to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 21 (Xinhua) — Access to grid electricity in rural areas is rapidly increasing with more than 300,000 new connections every month in Bangladesh. However, rural households often suffer from power cuts due to electricity supply constraints, network congestion, and over-loading. Through the Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Project, the government is addressing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — High interest rates and a lack of financial literacy are highlighted as major obstacles to factories in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector from obtaining remediation financing according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka today. According to the […]
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