Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Geneva, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — “You can count on having a credible, willing and engaged partner, working at enhanced compliance with its Human Rights Treaty obligations. We reiterate this solemn pledge as a homage to the memory of our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as we prepare to celebrate his birth centenary […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is in China from July 27 to August 1st 2019. On his second leg of the trip, the Caixin Media Group organized a breakfast meeting by where the Nobel Laureate addressed the topic of financial inclusion. Around 70 CEOs and founders of financial institutions, university […]
Read MoreDhaka/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 31 July 2019 – Continued heavy rainfalls in Bangladesh combined with severe flooding in neighbouring countries have led to the highest river water levels in a century putting 7.6 million people at risk of hunger and disease. Floods have left hundreds of thousands stranded in northern and north-eastern parts of the country […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 30 ( NsNewsWire) — Two bilateral agreements have been signed on Tuesday, 30th July 2019, between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on Development Cooperation. The total volume of the agreements is 200 million EUR (BDT 1846.6 crore), of which 172 million […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) and Beximco Communications Limited (BCL) has signed two separate commercial agreement on Satellite Transponder Service and Up-linking Service respectively. Under the agreements, Beximco Communications will provide country’s first ever DTH service with brand name AKASH through the very first satellite of the nation- Bangabandhu […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 30 (Xinhua) — The situation of dengue has deteriorated in Bangladesh as the mosquito-borne viral disease spread out in most parts of the country in less than a month. A total of 1,096 fresh cases of dengue were reported from the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country in the last 24 hours […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Qatar Airways and its freight subsidiary Qatar Airways Cargo supported Qatar Red Crescent and its Little Hearts mission to perform 100 heart surgeries over eight days for critically-ill children in Bangladesh from 20 to 28 July 2019. The award-winning airline has assisted the Little Hearts Mission by air freighting medical […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — The following is a joint press statement from the United Nations Global Compact, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the We Mean Business coalition which was released here Monday: Twenty-eight companies with a total market capitalization of $1.3 trillion are stepping up to set a new level of climate […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — Dr. Humnath Bhandari, Representative of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Bangladesh has presented his credentials to Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 July 2019. In accepting the credentials of the Representative of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the […]
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