Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance has called another round of nationwide strike from Sunday morning protesting “arrest and killing of its leaders and activists.” The opposition alliance has decided to enforce the shutdown, the announcement of which came just a day after it observed a five- day countrywide strike from Feb. […]
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Dhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — Google’s Street View vehicles have been doing the rounds in Bangladesh to bring you sights from the country’s capital of Dhaka and its port city Chittagong on your desktops and mobile devices. Bangladesh is the 65th country to have become available in Street View. Google announced that it partnered with […]
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Dhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — The SSC and equivalent examinations began on Friday morning across the country amid tension over political violence as the indefinite blockade by the BNP-led 20-party alliance continues. The exam began at 9:00am amid tight security enforced by law enforcers across the country. According to a reliable sources, the government, meanwhile, […]
Read MoreDhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open while playing his 12th hole of his round after his back gave him trouble. “It tightened up during the suspensions and it never loosened back up again,” said Woods, alluding to fog delays before the round began. “It just got progressively tighter, […]
Read MoreGUANGZHOU, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Over 17 people were killed in a fire in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said on Friday. The fire broke out at about 1:51 p.m. on Thursday in a warehouse on the fourth floor of a small merchandise wholesale market in Huidong County. It had been put under control […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Russia warned on Thursday that possible U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine would not only escalate the conflict in the country, but also threaten Russia’s security. “We are very seriously concerned by these plans. Taking into account the retaliatory plans of Kiev’s ‘party of war’, this could not only escalate the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided not to impose a state of emergency, cooling speculation that an authoritarian crackdown is imminent to tackle violence of major opposition alliance-enforced countrywide nonstop blockade that entered 30th day on Wednesday. “There is no need for imposing emergency,” Sheikh Hasina told parliament in […]
Read MoreDhaka, Feb 5 (Reuters) – The death toll from a TransAsia Airways plane that crashed into a Taipei river shortly after taking off has risen to 31, Taiwanese officials said on Thursday, and could rise further with 12 people still missing. TransAsia Flight GE235, carrying 58 passengers and crew, lurched between buildings, clipped an overpass […]
Read MoreCOLOMBO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday pledged to continue strong ties with China. In a message to mark the Chinese New Year, President Sirisena noted the importance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Sri Lanka last September and affirmed that ties between Sri Lanka and China will continue […]
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