Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Since 2013, Bangladesh has witnessed a series of brutal killings of secular intellectuals by religious militants. As assailants have targeted an increasingly diverse set of people — from bloggers to academics and publishers, to gay rights activists and religious minorities — people have begun to look critically at the different […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Robi, as part of its Corporate Responsibility initiative has observed ‘World Thalassemia Day’ on May 8, 2016 by organizing a blood donation camp and awareness session on Thalassemia at its corporate office. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes excessive destruction of red blood cells, leading to anemia. In […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese embassy in Dhaka has organized a workshop to explore more areas for greater cooperation with Bangladesh, particularly in areas of developing human resources and exchanging technical expertise. The workshop also aimed at enhancing the level of sustainable development and capacity building in Bangladesh and achieving the goal of mutual […]
Read MoreYANGON, May 9 (Xinhua) — Myanmar has targeted 8 billion U.S. dollars foreign investment in the present fiscal year of 2016-17, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration Monday. The country drew 9.5 billion U.S. dollars foreign investment in the last fiscal year of 2015-16 which ended in March, up from 2014-15. The […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — Indian bard Rabindranath Tagore will soon have more readers in China, where his works have been part of middle-school curriculum for decades, than in his home country, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu was quoted as saying by Indian daily DNA India. “We will soon have more Tagore […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim, Liu Chuntao, DHAKA, May 6 (Xinhua) — China has made immense contributions to Bangladesh’s efforts to meet its development goals with a key focus on building economic independence for the country, said an influential member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Cabinet. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Tuesday in Bangladeshi’s capital Dhaka, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has organized a special month-long Value Added Service (VAS) campaign to celebrate the Mother’s day. The campaign will run throughout the month of May. In order to take part in the Mother’s Day campaign, the user needs to subscribe to the VAS product named Girls Zone WAP service. One […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 08 (NsNewsWire) — The government of Bangladesh Sunday launched implementation of $100 million additional financing provided by the World Bank to strengthen technical and vocational education in the country. The World Bank’s additional financing will provide 420,000 poor students with the skills to find better jobs in the local and overseas job markets. […]
Read MoreBy Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court has upheld its previous verdict on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer (president) Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971, meaning that the country’s largest Islamist party chief now only has the option of seeking the president’s mercy to stall […]
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