Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) — The central government has continued to cut its annual budget for overseas trips, vehicles and receptions this year. Central government departments will spend a maximum of 6.15 billion yuan (891 million U.S. dollars) on the “three public consumptions” in 2017, down 31 million yuan from 2016, according to the Ministry […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, April 8 (Xinhua) — Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has received a message of thanks from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for Pyongyang’s support for Damascus in Syria’s fight against terrorism, said official media Saturday. “The president of Syria expressed gratitude to Kim Jong Un on […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, April 8 (Xinhua) — Authorities in India’s eastern state of Odisha Saturday imposed curfew and prohibitory orders following violence and clashes between two communities, officials said. The curfew has been put in place in Bhadrak district, about 126 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. “The curfew has been announced last […]
Read MoreSTOCKHOLM, April 8 (Xinhua) — A stolen truck rammed into people on a central Stockholm street before crashing into a department store on Friday, killing four and injuring 15 others. “Everything indicates that this is a terror attack,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said at a press conference. The attack put Stockholm, another capital city […]
Read MoreANKARA, April 8 (Xinhua) — Turkey welcomed on Friday the U.S. missile strike against a Syrian air base and considered the military action possible to build a rapprochement between the two NATO allies on the ground amid serious differences. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the safe zones proposed […]
Read MoreMADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) — Security in Spain’s biggest cities is to be strengthened ahead of the Easter holidays to avoid a possible terror attack, according to Spanish media reports on Saturday. The news comes in the wake of the attack close to the Houses of Parliament in London at the end of March and […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, April 8 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday rapped South Korea for seeking closer military alliance with the United States which it said would escalate confrontation between the two sides. “South Korean puppet conservative group, whose fate is at stake after being cursed and rejected by the public, works hard […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved $507 million financing for two projects in Bangladesh to enhance the local financial institutions’ capacity to provide long-term financing for private sector-led infrastructure projects, and improve multimodal transport and trade logistics infrastructure and services, including modernizing of land ports. Built on the success of […]
Read MoreMANILA, April 7 (Xinhua) — Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed their joint commitment Friday to promote economic growth and strengthen financial integration and stability amid global economic uncertainties arising from possible protectionist policies and volatilities. In a joint statement issued at the end of the […]
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