Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Shakib Al Hasan exploited the significant bounce and turn on offer on a first-day pitch in Mirpur to take six wickets on his comeback from a two-and-a-half month disciplinary suspension imposed by the BCB. His performance – the highlight of which was a relentless accuracy – helped Bangladesh dismiss Zimbabwe for a below-par total, and […]
Read MoreThe Ebola epidemic’s death toll has climbed to at least 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization reported Saturday. The count reflected data through Thursday, WHO said. One of the virus’ most recent victims was a 2-year-old Mali girl who died Friday after returning from a trip to neighboring […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Discipline inspectors for China’s ruling party on Saturday threw their weight behind legal reform and promised to implement the latest plans in their fight against corruption. The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC)discussed how to best put […]
Read MoreThe funeral prayer of Ghulam Azam, considered ideological guru of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, was held in capital Dhaka on Saturday afternoon amid protests over taking the body of the convicted “war crime mastermind” to the national mosque. Tens of thousands of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat- e-Islami party have joined the funeral prayer, […]
Read MoreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday formally reached out to the media, his first such interaction since assuming office after general elections in May this year. Modi lauded the media for its role in furthering his ambitious “Clean India Campaign”, which he launched early this month, reports Xinhua. “You have turned your pen into a […]
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DHAkA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Scores of leaders and activists of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s opposition party have been arrested in capital Dhaka on Saturday morning. “We’ve detained 64 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP),” said a police official who preferred to be unnamed. HE said the BNP men were planning to carry […]
Read MoreBURDWAN: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that all four persons arrested in connection with the blast in West Bengal’s Burdwan on October 2 are members of the terror group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The agency also said that the accused were preparing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for transporting them to Bangladesh for possible terror […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Convicted Bangladesh Islamist party leader Ghulam Azam has died in prison, said Abdul Mazid Bhuiyan, director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Thursday night. He told journalists that 92-year-old Azam died at around 10:10 p.m. local time Thursday. Azam, former chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party,was sentenced to 90 years […]
Read MoreInternational Convention of Clowns kicks off in Mexico Clowns take part in XIX International Convention of Clowns in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Oct, 22, 2014.
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