Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
The Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police has arrested 11 people in capital Dhaka on charge of what it said smuggling of uranium. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB conducted drives in different parts of the capital city from Friday night to Sunday morning and seized two pounds of the uranium worth about […]
Read MoreThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) in demanding the immediate release of journalist Rabiullah Robi arrested on August 19, accused of violating religious sentiment. Robi, news editor of the Bangla-language daily Inqilab, was arrested in a midnight raid at the newspaper office at RK Mission Road, Dhaka. This […]
Read MoreChina’s initiatives of reviving the ancient Silk Road through a network of roads and maritime linkages will boost cooperation between China and the various regional blocs and could alter the economic landscape of a vast area stretching from Asia to Europe, according to experts in Dhaka. “The architects of the Silk Road Economic Belt and […]
Read MoreDemonstrations drew thousands of people from around the country to the White House and the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday afternoon in peaceful protests. In one, participants called for an end to the continued violence between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, advocates converged in the District to urge […]
Read MoreSupporting Infrastructure Development in Bangladesh through Public-Private Partnerships The World Bank supported Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) Project promotes private sector participation in infrastructure development by supplementing long term financing resources beyond the capacity of local financial institutions. The project provides partial debt financing through the Bangladesh Bank to participating financial institutions (PFIs). The […]
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ওয়ার্ল্ড রেম্যান’র উদ্যোগে ২৬ জুলাই ঢাকার শিশু একাডেমী ভবনের সামনে গরিব ও পথশিশুদের মধ্যে ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণ করা হয়। এ সময় তারা শতাধিক পথশিশুর মাঝে ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণ করেন। ঈদবস্ত্র বিতরণের সময় উপস্থিত ছিলেন সংগঠনটির সভাপতি শফিউল আজম, সাংগঠনিক সম্পাদক আব্দুস সাত্তার পাটোয়ারী, মহাসচিব লোকমান হোসেন। এছাড়া সদস্যের মধ্যে উপস্থিত ছিলেন নাঈম-উল-করিম, রেজাউন নূর মেহেদী এবং মহিউদ্দিন […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 14 (NsNewsWire) — The Empowerment and Livelihood Improvement “Nuton Jibon” Project is in line with Government of Bangladesh’s vision of pro-poor growth and human development. The project covering 3262 villages in 16 districts has been improving rural extreme poor peoples’ livelihoods and quality of life. The project especially targets extreme hard core poor […]
Read MoreBangladesh Customs officials Sunday arrested a Pakistani citizen along with around 5 million Indian rupees at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka Sunday, an official said. The customs official who preferred to be unnamed said the Pakistani national Abdur Rahim, 35, about a week earlier came to Bangladesh from Qatar via Dubai. Late last night he […]
Read MoreKenya’s Airtel has confirmed that the country’s Competition Authority is investigating a complaint about the pricing of mobile money services. Airtel had sent a complaint to the anti-trust regulator after reportedly noticing that the country’s largest mobile network operator, Safaricom charges more for money transfers to Airtel customers than it does for transfers to its […]
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