Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — A fire tore through one of the largest slums here on Friday evening, destroying around 1,000 shanties and leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. A total of 20 fire units battled hard for about three hours to bring the fire under control at about 10:35 p.m. local […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2019/8/16 10:28:59 Last Updated: 2019/8/16 16:59:38 China on Friday released a white paper on vocational education and training in Xinjiang. For the past two years, the vocational education and training centers have been the focus of debate on Xinjiang affairs. Western countries have been fiercely critical, while developing countries, including Islamic nations, […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, GENEVA, COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 16 August 2019 – Frustration and despair are overwhelming young Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh, UNICEF said today. The UN children’s agency has issued a new report calling for urgent investment in education and skills development opportunities in and around the vast camps where most of the refugees live. This […]
Read MoreHONG KONG, Aug. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Thousands of officials and businesses are set to exchange insights on multilateral co-operation and explore concrete business opportunities as the 4th edition of Belt and Road Summit in Hongkong kicks off next month. The mega event will bring together about 80 renowned scholars to speak at the summit events […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2019/8/14 20:10:42 Fu Guohao, a reporter from Global Times’ website, was illegally seized by radical demonstrators at the Hong Kong International Airport around midnight Tuesday while performing reporting tasks. After being subjected to violent treatment, including being tied and beaten, Fu was rescued by the Hong Kong police and sent to the […]
Read MoreWith the national flag down at half-mast, Bangladesh is observing the National Mourning Day on Thursday, marking the 44th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The day began with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paying homage to the father of the nation by placing wreaths […]
Read MoreA major fire gutted a plastic factory in the old part of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on late Wednesday night, no casualty has been reported yet. The fire broke out in a single-storey tin-shed house in old Dhaka’s Lalbagh Posta area at round 11:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday night, reports Xinhua. “Sixteen units of fire […]
Read MoreBangladesh Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam has observed today the National Mourning Day of Bangladesh & 44th Martyrdom Anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with due solemnity and manner. To pay tribute to this Day, National Flag was flown in a half-mast. A discussion programme took place where Guest of Honour was […]
Read Moreby Nandita Ahmed When the saris return from the Bangladeshi village of Katakhali to the United States, they are well worn: They smell of smoke, from time their owners spent cooking over open fires, and small burns dot their fronts. Mud from unpaved streets stains the hems. And the soft cotton has become more so—thinner, […]
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