Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
WINDHOEK, July 4 (Xinhua) — Namibia’s University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Airbus will meet on Wednesday with national Space Data Centre stakeholders to explore the benefits of Earth observation solutions and use of collaborative Virtual Space Data Centre for Namibia. Sub-Sahara Africa, spokesman for Airbus, Linden Birns, on Tuesday said this workshop in […]
Read MorePARIS, July 4 (Xinhua) — Italian veteran Thiago Motta on Tuesday extended his contract with Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain for another season, binding him with the Parc des Princes until June 30, 2018. After Motta’s last contract expired at the end of June, the two sides were involved in a twist-and-turn discussion. The Italian […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Persepolis soccer club has completed the signing of Iraqi international midfielder Bashar Rasan. Rasan has joined Persepolis from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya of Iraq on a two-year contract, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday without elaborating on the financial details of the contract. The 20-year-old Rasan had made 10 appearance for […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, July 4 (Xinhua) — Meng Hongwei, president of INTERPOL, called on all stakeholders to join hands in fighting against global threats at the opening ceremony of INTERPOL World 2017 in Singapore on Tuesday. Meng said the stakeholders who are accountable to international security, such as government officials, law enforcement officers, scholars, private sector operators […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM, July 4 (Xinhua) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Tuesday for the first-ever visit of an Indian prime minister in the Jewish state, in a sign of warming ties between the two nations. His three-day visit marks 25 years of full diplomatic relations between the two countries. He was accepted with […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, July 4 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared Tuesday that it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the same day, hailing it as the “final gate to rounding off the state nuclear force.” The DPRK lauded the launch of the ICBM as a historic event in boosting […]
Read MoreDUBAI, July 4 (Xinhua) — United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed said on Tuesday that fellow Gulf state Qatar is “reluctant to change its policy towards supporting terrorism.” The UAE’s top diplomat made the remarks at a press conference in the country’s capital Abu Dhabi, UAE daily The National […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 4 (Xinhua) — The Red Cross Society of China has made a cash donation to help Bangladesh’s communities affected by the flooding that has stranded hundreds of thousands of people. The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday handed over a cheque of 100,000 U.S. dollars on behalf of the Red […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 4 (NsNewsWire) — At least nine people were killed and 35 others injured when a boiler of a garment factory at Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, went off on Monday night, officials said, reports Xinhua. Gazipur Additional Superintendent of Police Russell Sheikh told Xinhua that “eight bodies have been […]
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