Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — On Tuesday, 29th August 2017 several Scholastica students personally distributed aid to some 1500 flood affected people in Madan upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Mymensingh. The initiative of the students of Scholastica Uttara Senior Campus helped in the collection and packaging of two tons of essential requirements […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Since 11 August, with the massive employment of army in northern Arakan/Rakhine State, the Myanmar authorities have resumed unprecedented campaign of genocide against Rohingya population, said a press release of Arakan Rohingya National Organizaiton received here Wednesday. From 25 August the human rights situation of Rohingya became worse afteran armed […]
Read MoreBy Vivian Tan KUTUPALONG CAMP, Bangladesh – Barefoot and running for her life, Rohingya Dilara, 20, reached Bangladesh in recent days clutching her young son, her family torn apart by violence in Myanmar. “My husband was shot in the village. I escaped with my son and in-laws,” said Dilara, 20, as she trudged on mud-caked feet […]
Read MoreXIAMEN, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Leaders vowed to further enhance the voice of BRICS in international fora, according to the Xiamen Declaration released Monday at the ninth BRICS summit, reports Xinhua. “We recommit our strong support for multilateralism and the central role of the UN in international affairs,” it said, adding that they commit to […]
Read MoreBy Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Sept. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of thousands of flood-affected people across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are struggling to survive in the aftermath of the worst flooding to hit the region in decades. Flood waters are receding in many areas but there are already shortages of critical supplies, with personal food […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 4 (NsNewsWire) — UNICEF with partners are scaling up the emergency response in the flood-affected northern and central parts of Bangladesh. UNICEF is also providing urgent support in Cox’s Bazar district with the recent influx of Rohingya children and their families. Children are the hardest hit and require the support to survive and […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2017/8/30 0:03:39 India withdrew its troops to its own territory along the China-India border on Monday. The next day, it announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China in early September. Both China and India have indicated that they intend to leave the Doklam border […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — The death toll from a sunken boat packed with Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar in a border river in southeastern Bangladesh rose to 20 on Thursday after another 14 bodies were retrieved, said a local police official. Chailau Marma, additional superintendent of police in Bangladesh‘s Cox’s Bazar district, some 292 […]
Read MoreBoats are now the only lifeline for hundreds of people living on a remote island on Jamuna, one of the three major rivers in Bangladesh, reports Xinhua. Beribari Island in Bangladesh’s northern Sirajganj district, some 134 km northwest of Dhaka, has been left completely cut off from the mainland for a month by flesh floods […]
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