Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Everybody seems to be in a mad rush to have their names registered with the relevant authorities to try and secure jobs in Saudi Arabia. Unemployed and in a dire need of employment, job seekers braved opposition enforced strikes and non-stop blockades to travel […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh opposition has pointed finger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party men for carrying out petrol bomb attacks. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) Spokesman Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement on Thursday said this is nothing but a trick of AL to […]
Read MoreNew York, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has said the Secretary‑General is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh, as you know, is a critical partner of the United Nations in many areas. And obviously, I think, as we’ve said here a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — At least three people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday morning when a train struck a bus in Bangladesh’s seaport city Chittagong, a police officer. The officer of Chittagong Metropolitan Police who did not like to be named said the collision occurred at about 11:20 a.m. local […]
Read MoreLONDON, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — British parliament Wednesday approved regulations which will make smoking in cars become illegal when carrying children, the Department of Health said. The Department of Health said the new rules are expected to come into force on Oct. 1 and people who violates those rules will be fined 50 pounds (about […]
Read MoreChina’s top leaders gathered with servicemen and members of the public at a Spring Festival event to celebrate unity between the government, military and public. Xinhua Photo
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held phone talks with his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, and accepted the latter’s invitation to pay a state visit to the United States in September. The world’s two biggest economies have been building a new type of major-country relationship and have maintained good development […]
Read MoreSRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Restrictions imposed by authorities and shutdown called by separatist groups hit Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir Wednesday for the third straight day. Clashes also sparked in Srinagar, summer capital of the region, after contingents of Indian police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stopped pro-independence protesters […]
Read Moreby Xinhua Writer Wang Bowen BEIJING, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A two-day international seminar on China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative opened Wednesday in southeast China’s Quanzhou. The vision, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is in no account aimed at China’s hegemony, but solely dedicated to regional development and prosperity,reports Xinhua. […]
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