Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — The historic meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore is an inspiring event and the high-level dialogue will be a powerful boost to relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, foreign government agencies and experts said. Amid intensive attention from across the globe, Xi and Ma […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh, has completed the inspection phase of its efforts to assess exporting ready-made garment (RMG) factories for structural, fire and electrical safety with emphasis now switching to remediation. By the 31 October 2015 deadline for assessments to be carried out, 1,475 RMG factories had been assessed through […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 8 (NsNewsWire) — At the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of the Foreign Ministers held on 5-6 November 2015 in Luxembourg, Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali held discussions with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, Belgian Foreign Minister (Deputy Prime Minister) Didier […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Famous chefs arriving from different parts of China were in attendance to explain the wonders of Chinese cuisine to a large, receptive gathering in Dhaka‘s Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel on Tuesday night where the sweet aroma of Chinese food filled the air, reports Xinhua. Hordes of food lovers […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — The Socceroos’ crunch World Cup qualifier with Bangladesh in Dhaka later this month will be subject to a last-minute security summit with Fifa, reports the guardian. A key security official from the world governing body will meet with a delegation from the football associations of both countries in Dhaka on […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group notes that VimpelCom Ltd. in a press release on 3 November 2015 has announced that they will make a provision of USD 900 million in their third quarter financial statements for a resolution of the investigations into VimpelCom’s business in Uzbekistan and prior dealings with Takilant. On 14 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court Monday deferred to Nov. 17 the hearing on two death-row war criminals’ final review petitions. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha ordered the postponement as the counsel of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s September foreign exchange reserve hit an all-time high of over 27 billion U.S. dollars, reports Xinhua. AFM Asaduzzaman, senior spokesman of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), said that “the country’s foreign exchange reserve reached a record amount of 27.06 billion U.S. dollars at the end of last month, reflecting the […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved additional $100 million financing to scale up its support to strengthen technical and vocational education in Bangladesh. This financing will enable 200,000 poor students to complete vocational training and diploma courses. With this additional financing to the ongoing Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP), the […]
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