Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BAMYAN, Afghanistan, July 13 (Xinhua) — Many people outside Afghanistan may think that the militancy-plagued country is the breeding center of extremism and terrorist groups that export mercenaries to destabilize the globe but reality on the ground is different from whatever portrayed by militant groups. The insurgency-hit Afghanistan is a peace-loving country and the war-weary […]
Read MoreHANOI, July 13 (Xinhua) — Some rare artworks, star rubies and antiques, including a 2,000-year-old bronze vase, will be auctioned here on Aug. 19, a Vietnamese auction house told Xinhua on Thursday. The intact bronze vase is 53.3 cm in height and decorated with embossed dots like toad skin, the No.5 Auction Company said, noting […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in Dhaka on a three-day state visit to Bangladesh on Thursday. A Sri Lankan Airlines flight carrying President Sirisena and his 73-member entourage comprising ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers and business community members landed at Shahjalal Airport at 11:25am. President Abdul Hamid welcomed Sri […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh exports grew at a snail’s pace in the just concluded 2016-17 (July 2016-June 2017) fiscal year, showing few signs of speeding up in the new financial year, reports Xinhua. Exports inched up 1.69 percent to nearly 35 billion U.S. dollars in the 2016-17 fiscal year, an official from Export […]
Read MoreMADRID, July 11 (Xinhua) — Real Betis’ veteran striker, Ruben Castro is on the verge of completing a loan deal to Chinese Super League side Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng, according to reports in the Spanish press. The striker, who with 135 goals is the highest goalscorer in Betis’ history, is reported to have requested the move […]
Read MoreMADRID, July 11 (Xinhua) — Real Madrid confirmed on Tuesday that they have reached agreement with Bayern Munich to loan Colombian international midfielder, James Rodriguez to the German side for the next two seasons. The loan will cost Bayern Munich five million euros per season, after which they have an option to make the move […]
Read MoreISTANBUL, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — Representatives from the global petroleum sector on Monday focused on the future of energy in the face of a growing population on the planet in the decades to come. “Today we have around 7.5 billion people on the planet and by 2100 we can expect about 11.2 billion,” Ben van […]
Read MoreLONDON, July 11 (Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech on Tuesday urged rival political parties to participate rather than just criticize her government. A year since she set out her vision on the steps of 10 Downing Street after becoming prime minister, May now leads a minority government, shored up by […]
Read MoreKUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 11 (Xinhua) — Five Taliban militants were killed after warplanes of NATO-led coalition forces struck a Taliban position in Afghan northern province of Kunduz overnight, a local official said on Tuesday. “The air strike took place in Janat Bagh locality of Khan Abad district, east of provincial capital Kunduz city. The strike […]
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