Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
A person scans a figure of a woman for a photosculpture created by the Colombian company Innovar 3D in Bogota, Colombia, on Feb. 18, 2015. The Colombian company offers to anyone interested to scan their image and replicate it in a three-dimensional model called “photosculpture”. (Xinhua/Mario Franco/COLPRENSA) (fnc) (lrz)
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DHAKA, Feb. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The Special Judge Court-3 of Md Abu Ahmed Jomadar Wednesday scrapped bails for ex-Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia and two others in two graft cases. Zainul Abedin Meshbah, a counsel for Khaleda, told journalists that Khaleda Zia, , also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), could not appear before the court for security […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — Indian President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that with the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to India last September, India has significantly expanded its relations with China. While addressing the Indian Parliament on the first day of its budget session, Mukherjee said India and its largest neighbor China […]
Read MoreChina saw a passenger flow return peak on Monday as the week-long Lunar New Year holiday drew to an end. Xinhua photo
Read MoreLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Alejandro G. Inarritu, director of black comedy movie “Birdman,” went onto the stage of the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony three times on Sunday night. He was the biggest winner on the Oscar night, receiving three golden statuettes for best original screenplay, for best director and, at last, for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — The death toll in Sunday’s ferry disaster in Bangladesh’s northwestern Manikganj district has risen to 69 with the recovery of 28 more bodies on Monday. The district’s administration chief Rashida Ferdous said the ferry MV Mostafa was lifted by a salvage ship on Monday. “Divers and villagers have retrieved a […]
Read MoreTourists watch tulips at an exhibition in Wuhuan Botanical Garden in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 22, 2015. Xinhua
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF Bangladesh have signed a US$8 million (Taka 62 crore) agreement today to help reduce preventable deaths in children and women by improving maternal, newborn and child health interventions. Ms. Kim Bok-Hee, Resident Representative ofKOICA Bangladesh Office, signed the agreement with UNICEF Bangladesh Representative, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — At least 37 bodies have been recovered after a ferry with about 100 passengers sank on Sunday afternoon in the middle of Padma river in northwestern Manikganj district, some 63 km from Dhaka after it was hit by a goods laden cargo tanker. Most of the passengers managed to swim […]
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