Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BENGHAZI, 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 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) –The Indian government has conveyed its concurrence to the upgradation of the Bangladesh Visa Office in Agartala to an Assistant High Commission. This is in response to a request made by Bangladesh, Indian High Commission in Dhaka said in a statement on Friday. India’s decision to do so is in keeping […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Google has launched ‘Google Bus Bangladesh’, an educational program aimed at teaching key digital skills to more than half a million students in the South Asian country. There are some outlandish programs to help connect the world’s population — including Google’s balloons, SpaceX’s forthcoming satellites, and Facebook’s drones – but […]
Read MoreNew Delhi, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A team of Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be visiting Bangladesh on Nov. 17 to brief the authorities in Dhaka and also seek cooperation of that country to unravel all plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit. After getting necessary sanction, a team of NIA, headed by an […]
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