Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
In a technological feat that gives scientists their first opportunity to dig into a remnant of the early solar system, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission successfully placed a small spacecraft on the surface of a speeding comet on Wednesday. With this achievement, a comet is no longer a mysterious and sometimes frightening spray of […]
Read MoreChittagong, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal put on 224 to break the Bangladesh record for the first-wicket stand, Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, 3rd Test, 1st day, Chittagong, November 12, 2014 Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes broke the record for Bangladesh’s highest opening stand dominated a beautiful day in Chittagong where the only […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A joint venture trade center with all modern fish processing and standard facilities has been inaugurated in Bangladesh’s southwestern Khulna district for hundreds of prawn farmers. The ‘SaFaL – Model Fish Buy & Sell Centre’ was inaugurated by Abdur Rashed, deputy director of Fish Inspection & Quality Control (FIQC), Department […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Japan has lent its support to farmers in a rural Bangladesh district for agricultural mechanization. The inaugural ceremony of the installation of agricultural machinery under a project for the poor and landless farmers of Uzirpur sub-district in Bangladesh’s Barisal district was held on Nov. 12, said a statement of Japanese […]
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GAZA/RAMALLAH, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Amid growing internal feuds between the Islamic Hamas movement and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party, the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza marked the tenth death anniversary of late former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday. Abbas, who succeeded Arafat in leading Fatah and the executive committee of […]
Read MoreBeijing, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, underscoring commitment to building a new type of major-country relations between the world’s two largest economies. “China would like to work with the United States to implement the principle of no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect, […]
Read MoreChittagong, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Having won its third ever test cricket series, Bangladesh wants to compound Zimbabwe’s misery by achieving a first 3-0 series whitewash when the last match starts (today) Wednesday. Bangladesh won the first test in three days in Dhaka, and the second by 162 runs in Khulna last week, adding to […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H. Rivkin will visit Bangladesh on Nov. 12-13. Rivkin has been serving as assistant secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs since February last year, said a US embassy statement in Dhaka. Prior to his appointment, he served […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s July-October merchandise export earnings fell about 1 percent from that in the same period a year earlier, said an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official Tuesday. According to the official, the country’s export income reached 9.652 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of the current fiscal year 2014-15 […]
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