Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
The World Bank Group and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank say they have agreed to deepen their cooperation with a framework for knowledge sharing, staff exchanges, analytical work, development financing and country-level coordination, reports reuters. The memorandum of understanding signed at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington came on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — RANKSTEL, a leading Bangladeshi telecom company, has recently paid 40 million taka license fee up to June 2017 to the country’s telecom regulator. A team of Rankstel officials led by its Chief Financial Officer Masudur Rahman handed over a cheque of 40 million taka to Ashish Kumar Kundu, Director Account […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS – North Korea declared in a series of statements Saturday that “U.S. muscle-flexing can never browbeat DPRK,” threatening “a nuclear war” against the U.S. if it is attacked, reports CBS News. “The DPRK will react to a total war with an all-out war, a nuclear war with nuclear strikes of its own and surely […]
Read MorePARIS, April 23 (NsNewsWire) — Rafael Nadal was one step away from his 10th ATP Monte-Carlo Masters trophy following a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal victory over No. 10 seed David Goffin on Saturday, ensuring an all-Spanish final clash with underdog Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who had never made it to the ATP 1000 Masters last four before. With […]
Read MorePARIS, April 23 (Xinhua) — Voters on France’s European mainland began casting their ballots Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will weigh on the future of Europe. The voting will winnow down a list of 11 candidates to two finalists for the decisive runoff on May 7. Polling stations open at […]
Read MoreKABUL, April 23 (Xinhua) — The Afghan government declared Sunday as a national mourning day to pay tribute for dozens of army personnel who were killed and injured after a massive Taliban attack at an army camp. On Friday, 10 Taliban militants disguised in army uniform sneaked in army’s Corps 209 Shaheen in northern Balkh […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, April 23 (Xinhua) — Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressed self-reliance in farm production for the army when inspecting an army farm on Saturday, official media reported Sunday. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim visited a pig farm owned by the airforce of the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 22 (NsNewsWire) — A team of Bangladesh police Friday busted a terrorist hideout and recovered large quantity of arms and ammunition in the country’s Jhenidah district, some 178 km west of capital Dhaka, reports Xinhua. An official of Bangladesh’s Counter-Terrorism Police Unit told Xinhua that the law enforcers had surrounded a building since […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 21 (Xinhua) — China and Russia agreed to boost their strategic partnership of comprehensive coordination during the three-day visit of top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang to Moscow. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), has been in Russia since April 18. He met Russian President Vladimir Putin, and […]
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