Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Nov. 3 (Yunus Center Press Release) — The Global Social Business Summit 2013 will be held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia from 7-9 November 2013, with the theme of “Social business to change the world”. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus will deliver the keynote speech at the opening of the Summit […]
Read MoreA boat carrying 70 people capsized on Sunday off western Myanmar, an aid worker said. Only eight survivors have been found. The boat was in the Bay of Bengal and headed for Bangladesh when it went down early Sunday, said Abdul Melik, who works for the humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger. The incident comes after […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh clinched a 3-0 whitewash in the their one-day series against New Zealand after after a thrilling four-wicket victory in Sunday’s final match. Batting first, the visitors (Black Caps) set a target of 307 runs in their allocated 50 overs losing five wickets at the Fatullah Stadium in Narayanganj […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 3 (nsnewswire) — The country’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of the last month reached 17.35 billion U.S. dollars, a Bangladesh Bank (BB) said Sunday. The BB official said that foreign exchange reserves stood at 17,345.40 million U.S. dollars at the end of the last month after reaching 16,154 million U.S. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 3 (nsnewswire) — A tribunal has issued death penalty verdict against two Al-Badar leaders, who had masterminded the massacre of intellectuals during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounced the verdict in absentia Sunday afternoon on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentences to Chowdhury Moinuddin and Ashrafuzzaman […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (Robi Press Release) — Robi Axiata Limited, in partnership with multiple government ministries, announced the launch of the Robi 3.5G Internet Mela today at a press briefing in a city hotel. The internet mela will kick off from 16 November and conclude by December. The 3.5G Internet Mela, which is the first private-public […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s main opposition on Saturday called another round of nationwide non-stop 60-hour strike from Monday morning to press its demand for a non-party caretaker government to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the main opposition party, in a press briefing […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 1 (nsnewswire) — Bangladesh’s golfing icon Siddikur Rahman is all set for the Melbourne world cup. The first professional golfer of the South Asian country is leaving Dhaka on Saturday to participate in the 8 million U.S. dollars ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf that will be held in Melbourne, Australia. “I’ m ready for […]
Read MoreA Press Conference will be held in the city on Nov. 2 to announce the launch of 3.5G Internet Mela, which is being organized, in association with Ministry of Information & Communication Technology (MoICT), Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Health & Family Planning, across 500 colleges in 429 thanas. Mr. Mostafa Faruque Mohammad, MP Hon’ble […]
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