Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BERLIN, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has concluded its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany after inscribing 24 new sites into the World Heritage List, reports Xinhua. In the past 10 days, over 2,000 delegates from around 160 countries gathered at the western German city […]
Read MoreUFA, Russia, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — China and India should work together to build a closer, more comprehensive and firmer partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the southwestern Russian city of Ufa ahead of two multilateral […]
Read MoreKOLKATA, July 8 (Xinhua) — Malaysia has reportedly agreed to recruit 500,000 low-skilled migrant workers from Bangladesh, a move welcomed by many in a country from where scores of people have risked their lives to go abroad in search of work. Details of the agreement, called a Business-to-Business (B2B) mechanism that will use employment agencies, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — As part of their collaboration, UNICEF and the European Union (EU) launched today “Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating child rights in development cooperation” providing practical guidance to all donors and concerned social actors on how to operationalize a rights-based, child-focused approach to development programming, budgeting, policy-making and law-making. UNICEF Bangladesh and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 7 (NsNewsWire) — Weeks after signing of an agreement by New Delhi and Dhaka on telecommunication links, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday announced that work will start this week to operationalise the system, reports IANS. “Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to start work next week to link Akhaura […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — The annual Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Contest was held Saturday in New York’s Coney Island with Matt ” The Megatoad” Stonie ousting an eight-time champion. Reigning men’s champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who managed to wolf down 60 dogs in the contest this year, was out eaten by Stonie, who ate […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — Japan is beating out China in a race to build Bangladesh’s first deep-water port as the region’s powers jostle for a foothold in the Indian Ocean. Construction of the 18-meter-deep port at Matarbari on Bangladesh’s southeast coast is set to start by January, the Japan International Cooperation Agency said […]
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DHAKA, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — While the seniors lost to South Africa by 52 runs in Dhaka, away in Durban Bangladesh Under-19s beat South Africa Under-19s by eight wickets in the first Youth ODI, to win their fifth match in a row. Asked to bat first, the home side made 184 for 9 in 50 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei, the world’s third largest Smartphone manufacturer, has launched a new facebook contest “Fly Thai with Huawei” in Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid festival, where 10 lucky people will get opportunities to visit to Thailand for 3days and 2nights in mid August. Customer can participate in this contest by […]
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