Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
YANGON – Myanmar will repatriate at least 125 more Bangladeshi refugees who were rescued at sea by the navy in May, official said on Sunday. A total of 501 migrants were handed over to Bangladesh in four rounds in July and August, with the remaining boat people in shelters at Taung Pyo in Myanmar’s western […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — The China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt initiative is not a competitor, but a partnership project for Russia, the country’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. “The project of the Silk Road belt is in no way a competitor for us, to some extent, it is a partnership project, which we […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top three telecom operators saw a healthy spike in revenue in July thanks to services like 4G, official data showed, reports Xinhua. The three companies — China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom — reported combined telecom business revenue of 192.8 billion yuan (30.2 billion dollars) last month, up […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) — China’s strategic missile force, the Second Artillery Forces (SAC) will display seven types of missiles in the military parade on Sept. 3, Xinhua learned from military sources. Organized into six armament formations, the weaponry includes long-range, intermediate-range, and short-range missiles as well as conventional and nuclear missiles, said the source. […]
Read MoreBangladesh is expecting a fugitive suspect involving a grisly grenade attack on a major opposition political rally in 2004 will be returned by South Africa where he has been hiding for years to avoid legal proceedings in the South Asian country, reports hindustantimes. As a delegation of South Africa is visiting Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman […]
Read More
By Safiul Azam, ACMA* On 21st July this year the group of world’s top emerging economies launched its New Development Bank (NDB). The bank backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) looks set to emerge as an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, although the group says it […]
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year, reports AFP
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested three apex court lawyers for their alleged funding of a local militant group — Shaheed Hamja Brigade. As part of operations to disrupt the flow of money to terrorist groups, RAB spokesman Colonel Miftah Uddin Ahmed told the journalists at […]
Read MoreHANGZHOU, Aug. 19 (NsNewsWire) — Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Financial launched a wealth management smartphone app Tuesday. The standalone app, Ant Fortune, lets users buy online monetary fund Yu’ebao and products from Zhaocaibao, an online platform connecting investors with small businesses and individual borrowers, reports Xinhua. In addition, investors can buy stock fund products and track […]
Read More