Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its monthly publication of the ‘Bangladesh Economic Update’ August 2016 reveals negative growth in two major external sector indicators – export shipment and wage earner’s remittance – in the starting month of FY 2016-17 compared to that of FY 2015-16 coupled […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — At least 20 people were killed and dozens others sustained injuries as a boiler explosion resulted in a devastating fire in a packaging factory at Tongi on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday morning, police said. According to the police official who did not like to be named, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has signed a 14 billion taka (about 180 million U.S. dollars) loan agreement with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) to finance the country’s first-ever satellite “Bangabandhu-I”. Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), and M Mahbub Ur Rahman, deputy chief of HSBC Bangladesh, signed the […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) –Teacher of Mass communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University was found dead inside her campus quarters, police said on Friday. Akhtar Jahan Joly, an associate professor of the department, used to live in room no. 303 of the Jubery Bhaban, bachelors’ quarter of the university. On information, police rushed to […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 10 (NsNewsWire) –This year a total of 33 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died between August 7 and September 8 – because of various reasons including old age complications – in Saudi Arabia. According to the bulletin of Ministry of Religious Affairs’ hajj management department, among the pilgrims, 24 were male and nine female. The […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — India on Friday said it supports the war crimes trials in Bangladesh under which perpetrators were being brought to justice. “India has been supportive of a judicial process under the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh to address the pending issue of justice for war crimes committed during the movement […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The online ticketing platform- bdtickets.com has organized an Eid Selfi contest for its customers. Anyone purchasing bus, launch or movie tickets from bdtickets.com over the Eid ul Azha vacation will be able to take part in this competition. Ten winners of the selfi competition will get iPhone 6S smartphone. Starting […]
Read MoreDhaka, Sept. 9 (NsNewsWire) –Eoin Morgan will pull out of the England tour to Bangladesh over the next 48 hours unless the prospect of losing the one-day captaincy changes his mind. Morgan has revealed he has been too traumatised by his first-hand experiences of terrorism and violence in south Asia to go on the Bangladesh […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim, Liu Chuntao DHAKA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — A youth-focused foundation dedicated to further strengthening ties of friendship between Bangladesh and China was officially launched Thursday in the capital Dhaka. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury is the man behind the initiative. “Bangladesh China Foundation […]
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