Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — An accidental explosion of a grenade killed two soldiers of paramilitary Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in the country’s hill district Khagrachari on Sunday afternoon. Four soldiers were also seriously injured in the explosion during a training excercise in a cantonment in the southeastern Khagachari district, said a local police […]
Read MoreIstanbul, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus,” the conservative president […]
Read MoreDUBAI, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The United Arab Emirates designated the Muslim Brotherhood and dozens of other Islamist groups as terrorist organizations on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the group by lumping it together with extremists such as the Islamic State group and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria. The federation’s Cabinet adopted […]
Read MoreBENGHAZI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Another 16 people were killed in violent clashes between Libyan army and Islamic militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, adding the total death toll to 356, sources said. “The center has received 16 dead bodies killed in clashes and random shooting on Sunday,” a medical source in […]
Read MoreURUMQI, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The first high-speed rail in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region became operational on Sunday, slashing travel time between the regional capital of Urumqi and the eastern city of Hami by half to three hours. The 530-km rail, with a designed speed of over 200 km per hour, is part […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — China Mobile, China’s largest telecom service provider, said on Friday that it had passed its annual target and had more than 50 million fourth-generation (4G) clients as of the end of October. The company said it had built 570,000 4G-base stations since the Industry and Information Technology Ministry issued a […]
Read MoreCONAKRY, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a medical aid group, has announced that clinical trials of the Ebola virus drugs will be launched in three of its Ebola treatment centers in West Africa starting December. In a statement released on Thursday, MSF said the distinct studies will be conducted by different research […]
Read MoreBRISBANE, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Friday to attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) Summit slated for Nov. 15-16. Upon his arrival, Xi extended sincere greetings and good wishes to the Australian people, reports Xinhua. “I am looking forward to working with Australian leaders and friends from all sectors […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — 31 people of 10 African nations have been arrested by Bangladesh Police for overstaying their visas and violating immigration laws. The foreign nationals were arrested on early Friday from different parts of capital Dhaka, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Krisna Pado Roy told journalists Friday. He said the […]
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