Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Today the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal to help thousands of people hit by extreme monsoon floods in Bangladesh. The IFRC is appealing for CHF 1.6 million Swiss francs (USD 1.7 million, Euros 1.5 million) to support the Bangladesh Red […]
Read MoreOslo/Arendal, Norway, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has announced two specific initiatives to support entrepreneurship and competence building in Norway. The ambition is to strengthen the nation’s competitiveness and to stimulate job creation by Norwegian startups. In collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the leading research institute SINTEF, Telenor […]
Read MoreIUQUAN, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — China successfully launched the world’s first quantum satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. In a cloud of smoke, the satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), roared into the dark sky on top of a Long March-2D rocket. […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the Group of 20 (G20) summit scheduled for Sept. 4-5 in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday, reports Xinhua. Xi will also attend relevant events, including an informal meeting with other BRICS members’ leaders, and deliver a keynote speech on […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Capacity, infrastructure and education cooperation with countries under the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative is progressing well, an official said Thursday. The total value of bilateral capacity cooperation has exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars under the framework, said Zhao Chenxin, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) at […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A massive joint search and rescue operation has been launched by Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard after an Indian fishing vessel carrying some 17 people sank on Saturday in the Bay of Bengal, reports Xinhua. A Bangladesh Navy official told Xinhua on Sunday that two Indian […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on the recruitment of Bangladesh workers as of Wednesday, 10 August 2016. The ban had been in force for the past seven years except for the domestic service workers. The opening of the recruitment is indeed the culmination of unremitting […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered condolences to his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain over a recent deadly terror attack in the country. In his message to Hussain, Xi extended condolences to the victims who lost their lives in the attack, and expressed heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved families and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Police has provided 7- million taka cash assistance to the families of four policemen who were killed in terror attacks last month. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque Wednesday in a program in Dhaka handed over cash money cheques to family of each terror attack victim law enforcers, […]
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