Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — The Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved an equity investment of USD 100 million in India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF) Fund of Funds as Phase I for the NIIF Fund of Funds initial closing. AIIB is considering a further investment of USD […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June. 23 (Xinhua) — A large number of mainstream Bangladesh media outlets published news on participants of the first-ever “Miss Landscapes International” beauty pageant which gets underway in Guangzhou, China. Bangladesh media reports have focused largely on Priota Iftekhar, popularly known as the “flag girl,” who is representing Bangladesh in the Miss Landscapes International pageant. Priota has secured a […]
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DHAKA, June 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh is not in the FIFA World Cup 2018 competition but the world’s most-watched sports tournament still attracts throngs of soccer supporters from the nation’s population of 160 million, reports Xinhua. The country is gearing up for the tournament kicking off in Russia on June 14 and fans here are […]
Read MorePRETORIA, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called for pragmatic cooperation among the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, reports Xinhua. Speaking here at the Formal Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Wang said that, as Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
Read MoreWang Fuman, also known as “Ice Boy,” is living out his dream of visiting Beijing. The 8-year-old from southwest China’s Yunnan Province became a nationwide Internet sensation last week after a photo of him in classroom with frosted hair went viral. Wang braved frigid temperatures, wearing nothing but a thin coat, to walk 1.5 hours […]
Read MoreMOGADISHU, May 7 (Xinhua) — Somali security forces killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader heading the group in Lower Shabelle region on Friday in southern Somalia, a government official confirmed on Sunday. Information Minister Abdirahman Omar Osman said the security forces killed Moalin Osman Abdi Badil alongside his three associates in a raid in Bariiree area, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank today launched a cash benefits program for 600,000 of the country’s poorest mothers and pregnant women in exchange for their participation in activities to improve their children’s nutrition and cognitive development. The World Bank has committed $300 million for the program, […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued an alert for the Pacific after a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The undersea earthquake struck 41 km northwest of Panguna on the Papua New Guinea autonomous island of Bougainville at 15:30 local time (0430 GMT), 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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