Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The number of Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since late August has reached 480,000, challenging efforts to care for them, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that the number of Rohingya refugees who have […]
Read MoreReuters, Riyadh Saudi King Salman yesterday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden. The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June next year, according […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Mobile Bangladesh handed over its latest addition to its flagship smartphone device, the preordered Galaxy Note8 to its customers. Upon preordering, Samsung Galaxy Note8 customers received a free Samsung wireless charger and exclusive bundle offer from Grameenphone. With the handover ceremony, Samsung Mobile Bangladesh announced a successful end to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Leading mobile phone operator, Robi has recently launched an exclusive campaign with OPPO to offer a range of new exciting 4G smartphones together with their service. Under this campaign “Enjoy 23 GB Data with Selfie Expert”, Robi and Airtel subscribers will be able to choose from an array of attractively […]
Read MoreAmid condemnation around the world and UN calling the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, Myanmar’s UN ambassador lied to UN saying that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims, reports AFP. The envoy objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to […]
Read MoreReuters, Yangon Myanmar government forces found on Sunday the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers who authorities suspected were killed by Muslim insurgents last month, at the beginning of a spasm of violence that has sent 430,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.
Read MoreDHAKA, Bangladesh, 24 September 2017: The first consignment of UNICEF emergency supplies for hundreds of thousands of refugee Rohingya children and their families has arrived in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The cargo plane arrived from Copenhagen with 100 tons of supplies comprising water purifying tablets, family hygiene kits, sanitary materials, plastic tarpaulins, recreational kits […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes brought its Bangladesh round to a successful close during Seedstars Dhaka. The event took place this Saturday at GP House, and eight selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the local jury […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics Bangladesh handed over a state of the art laboratory under its “ARISE” program to the Dhaka Mohila Polytechnic Institute in a ceremony at its own premises in Agargaon. The ARISE (Advanced Repair and Industrial Skill Enhancement) is a six month long training program for the final year students, […]
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