Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Feb. 28 (NsNewsWire) — After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers’ safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W. UW has 447 licensees producing university branded clothing around the world, and […]
Read MoreA US appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors, reports AP from San Francisco. The decision by a divided three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Febr. 27, (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of fastest growing telecom operators of the country, has recently organized an event called ‘Airtel Service Center Meet’ for their valued Airtel Service Center (ASC) owners at Asian SR Hotel, Station Road in Chittagong. Airtel has 1700 ASCs in Bangladesh out of which 475 are located […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has been awarded the prestigious Green Mobile Award by GSMA for its extensive Climate Change Program. The Climate Change Program was initiated by Grameenphone in 2010, with the objective of minimizing the negative environmental impact on the community through CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Initiatives within the Program […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan has decided to give priority to dialogues with those militants who want to talk and be tough with those who continue terrorism in a new security policy unveiled in the parliament on Wednesday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who unveiled sailant features of the policy in the National […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Wednesday resigned from his position, hours after a submarine mishap off Mumbai coast in which seven sailors were injured and two officers went missing. The Indian Defense Ministry has accepted the resignation of 59- year-old Admiral Doshi, the first military chief to quit […]
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DHAKA, Febr. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh signed today a US$ 265 million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project. The financing will help annually 4.5 million poor rural children in 215 upazilas across the country […]
Read Moreঢাকায় কর্মরত নোয়াখালী জেলার সাংবাদিকদের নিয়ে গঠিত সংগঠন ‘নোয়াখালি জার্নালিস্ট ফোরাম’ ঢাকা’র (এনজেএফ) নতুন কমিটি গঠন করা হয়েছে। বুধবার রাজধানীর রমনা চাইনিজ রেস্টুরেন্টে ফোরামের সাধারণ সভায় পূর্ণাঙ্গ এ কমিটি গঠন করা হয়। সভায় সর্বসম্মতিক্রমে দৈনিক ইত্তেফাকের বিশেষ প্রতিনিধি জামাল উদ্দীনকে সভাপতি ও একই পত্রিকার সিনিয়র রিপোর্টার শামছুদ্দিন আহমেদকে সাধারণ সম্পাদক করে ১৫ সদস্য বিশিষ্ট কমিটি […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand risks sliding into civil war after a wave of political violence in which 22 people have been killed, officials warned Tuesday, as the unrest claimed the life of a fourth child. Near-daily gun and grenade attacks in protest-hit Bangkok have raised concerns that a nearly four-month-old political crisis is […]
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