Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
A French NGO volunteer and Muslim convert who was imprisoned in Bangladesh for 70 days returned home to France on Sunday to a hero’s welcome. Maxime Puemo Tchantchuing, better known by his adopted Muslim name Moussa Ibn Yacoub, returned to France after not only being imprisoned for 70 days but also being prevented from leaving […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhu) — The Bangladeshi government has relied on a Chinese engineering giant to carry out detailed engineering design for a four-lane expansion of a national highway which is assumed to be one of the major transport corridors linking capital Dhaka to its south and west as well as linking Bangladesh […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — First Made in China span for Bangladesh’s largest Padma bridge has reached the project site. The 150-meter span weighing some 2900 tones was made of steel plate with 20-80mm thickness in a Chinese factory. Obaidul Quader, Bangladesh’s road transport and bridges minister, said all the 41 spans for the bridge […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 9 (NsNewsWire) — A 15-member executive committee of Greater Dhaka Journalists’ Forum for 2016-17 has been formed with Abul Kalam Azad, managing director and chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), as its president and Shahin Chowdhury, editor of abnews24bd.com, as general secretary. The committee was formed Monday at the forum’s biennial general […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested nine foreign nationals and a Bangladeshi in counterfeit money scheme. A RAB official who did not like to be named told Xinhua Monday they were arresred along with huge amount of counterfeit notes and fake currency-making materials from capital Dhaka‘s […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — One Bangladeshi and one Chinese national have died after they inhaled poisonous gas stored in an abandoned barge in Bangladesh’s second largest Mongla seaport in Bagerhat district, some 178 km southwest of the capital city, local police said Monday. Sheikh Lutfur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Police Station in Mongla, told Xinhua […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, Aug. 7 (NsNewsWire) — With an investment of 46 billion U.S. dollars and scores of infrastructure projects, the ongoing construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is undoubtedly one of the largest endeavors now taking place on the planet, reports Xinhua. Roads, energy projects, industrial parks and the Gwadar port are all included in […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE, Aug. 7 (NsNewsWire ) — After 25 years of fruitful dialogue relationship, China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are looking forward to fostering stronger ties especially in economic and trade fields in a time of global economic uncertainties and instabilities, reports Xinhua. As ASEAN economic ministers met in the Lao […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 4 (NsNewsWire) — China on Wednesday opened a website on the South China Sea, complete with historical maps, articles and research, according to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), reports Xinhua. Run by the National Marine Data & Information Service, the Chinese language site has 10 sections that cover basic information, news, historical archives, […]
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