Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Like many little girls, Popy likes stuffed animals. The 8-year-old carries her teddy bear everywhere — even to work, where she sorts garbage at a dumping ground in Chittagong, Bangladesh. “This photo hurts me and inspires me,” says photographer Md Shahnewaz Khan, referring to the first image above that shows Popy clutching her bear close […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — Alliance for financial Inclusion (AFI) the global network of financial regulators has chosen Bangladesh Bank as co-chair in one of its major policy area- the SME Finance working group on 27 May 2015. This is in recognition of the breakthrough policy intervention by Bangladesh Bank to improve access to finance […]
Read MoreHANGZHOU, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the role of reform in China’s adjustment to the “new normal,” saying reform is the recipe for boosting development and China should maintain its “strategic focus.” Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military […]
Read MoreBeijing, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the People’s Republic of China meet Friday to review the country’s opportunities for agricultural and rural development and define the main elements of the IFAD-China partnership until 2020. The discussion will lay the foundation for an inclusive and sustainable […]
Read MoreNot long after staging a cartoon contest satirizing the Holocaust, a group in Iran launched another event — this time, aimed at the Islamic State extremist group. According to its organizers, Iran’s House of Cartoon, the anti-Islamic State cartoon contest has received more than 800 submissions from countries as far afield as Brazil and Australia reports Ishaan […]
Read MoreKUNMING, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — An air cargo service connecting southwestern Chinese city of Kunming and Bangladesh capital Dhaka opened on Wednesday. The 1,281-km route is the first international cargo route from Kunming. It is run by Zhejiang Loong Airlines Co. Ltd. with a Boeing 737-300F aircraft that has a loading capacity of 12 tonnes, […]
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DHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said today. A regional meeting scheduled on May 29, 2015, in Bangkok must find solutions to the so-called boat […]
Read MoreYANGON, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations and Myanmar have vowed to cooperate in tackling “boat people” issue both nationally and regionally, said a statement of the UN published Wednesday following the temporary visit of UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar Vijay Nambiar to the camp in Rakhine state where rescued migrants were located. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a two-day visit to Bangladesh on June 6. During the visit, Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina are expected to discuss bilateral relations. A number of deals, including a much-anticipated land boundary one, are likely to be signed, reports Xinhua. Many issues, […]
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