Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping called for advancing reforms in all sectors as China’s leading group for overall reform convened its 20th meeting on Monday, reports Xinhua. The meeting was also attended by Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist […]
Read MoreAGARTALA: The price of 100 MW power to be exported to Bangladesh from Tripura’s Palatana power station has been fixed through signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh. As per the decision, the cost for the power is Rs. 5.50 per unit. If everything goes right, export of the 100 MW […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of thousands of devotees from Bangladesh and other countries swarmed into the main venue of the first phase of Biswa ljtema, the world Muslims’ second largest congregation in Bangladesh which ended Sunday afternoon amid the Akheri Munajat or concluding prayer. The devotees prayed to Allah for global peace, prosperity […]
Read Moreby Sharmin Rahman DHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The country’s leading Jahangirnagar University considered kingdom of natural beauty is all set celebrate its 45th founding anniversary amid pomp and dcor with participation of thousands of current and former students. As part of marking the anniversary, which falls on Jan. 12, the university authority has already […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (IC) for Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Tripura inaugurated the Land Customs Station (LCS) at Srimantapur on 6 January 2016. This LCS is located at Sonamura, Sepahijala District, Tripura on the India-Bangladesh border. The corresponding LCS on […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The US State Department is revamping its counter-violent-extremist communications efforts through a new Global Engagement Center. According to a State Department press release received here Saturday, Michael D Lumpkin was appointed by the State Department to lead this new effort as the Director of the new Global Engagement Center. The global […]
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BEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will attend activities marking the opening of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in which Bangladesh is a member, reports Xinhua. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing on Friday. Xi will attend and address the inaugurating ceremony […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan.8(NsNewsWire)–Foreign minister A H Mahmood Ali met the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, at his office at the general secretariat in Jeddah . During the meeting on Thursday they discussed issues of common interest of OIC member states.The minister offered readiness of the government of Bangladesh to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh won against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the eight-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football tournament at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday night. Bangladesh’s Sakhawat Hossain Rony scored two goals while Mohammad Nabib Newaj Jibon and Yeasin Khan scored one goal each for the hosts against […]
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