Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Mon, 13 November 2017 Cheng Sokhorng Cambodia has failed to finalise the terms of a massive 250,000-tonne delivery of rice to Bangladesh, with industry insiders claiming that shipments have been cancelled as millers do not currently have the stockpiles to meet export demand while hopes for further negotiations appear to be dwindling, reports The Phnom […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A three-day international leathertech exhibition will begin in Dhaka from November 16 aiming at bringing global technology to the doorsteps of the local industry to help it grow and modernize. ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd is the organizer of the tradeshow titled ‘LEATHERTECH Bangladesh 2017’, fifth of its kind, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has demanded army deployment in the country’s next general polls slated for early 2019, reports Xinhua. Khaleda, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), made the demand while addressing a grand rally in capital Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan (garden) Sunday, her first public address in one […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has addressed the Summit on Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament organized by His Holiness Pope Francis during the opening session. Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the summit on Nov. 10. He drew attention to the twin insanity of nuclear […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Speakers in the Child Online Safety school awareness program of Grameenphone stressed on the need of child online safety to reap the benefits of the Internet in a session arranged at Sir John Wilson School today. Beginning in September 2017 till now the program engaged over 50,000 students in more […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Global players like Amazon, Alibaba,Tencent and Baidu have already started fierce competitions in Southeast Asia and India, and that will eventually spread to the neighboring countries, said the discussants at a conference recently. If there is no proper preparation and government support for the startups in these countries, including Bangladesh; […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has been elected as the member of UNESCO Executive Board for the third consecutive term. As one of the three main Governing bodies of UNESCO, the Executive Board is responsible for the execution of the programme adopted by the UNESCO General Conference. 39th Session of General Conference held on On […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first four months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017- June 2018) grew 7.03 percent year on year to 11.51 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official told Xinhua that the pace of growth of July-October […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who faces 11 charges including graft and money laundering has resigned from his office, reports Xinhua. Joynal Abedin, press secretary to the Bangladeshi president, told journalists that Justice Sinha who is now abroad sent his resignation letter to Bangabhaban, the official residence of Bangladeshi […]
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