Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — China has responded positively to Bangladesh’s proposal for the long-cherished road connectivity from Chittagong to Kunming via Cox’s Bazar and Myanmar. Emerging from the bilateral talks, Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told journalists “We’ve proposed establishing rail and road connectivity between Chittagong and Kunming. This is the first time […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in Dhaka on Saturday night, on Sunday held talks with his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali and discussed ways to further bolster cooperation in key areas including trade and investment. Both Wang and Ali were assisted by their delegations which comprised of senior […]
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Delhi, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Before communication was lost with AirAsia Flight 8501, the aircraft requested to deviate from the planned flight route due to weather, the airline said in a statement. The plane was still under Indonesian air traffic control as it headed toward Singapore, reports CNN. Missing AirAsia Flight 8501 is carrying 162 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 27 (NsNewsWire) — An about four-year-old boy trapped in a well ‘several hundred feet deep’ in capital Dhaka were pulled on Saturday evening. Doctors later declared him dead. The boy fell into a some 400-500-foot deep abandoned well of a water pump at around 3:00 p .m. local time Friday when he along […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 26 (NsNewsWire) — There are signs of the persistent dense fog and poor air quality finally improving across India and Bangladesh next week, when a tropical threat looms. The end to the stagnant air pattern from Pakistan to northern India to Bangladesh will not come through this weekend. With weather disturbances passing by […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Dec. 26 (NsNewsWire) — China on Thursday rebuffed the U.S. demands to release Liu Xiaobo and warned the country not to infringe upon its judicial sovereignty and independence. “We advise the U.S. to reflect on and correct its own violations of human rights, instead of interfering in other countries’ domestic affairs and judicial sovereignty […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Christian community like those across the world is all set to celebrate Christmas (today) Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have already left Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate the festival with their near and dear ones. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual festival commemorating the birth […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Dozens of people were injured as opposition leaders and activists who gathered outside a court in old Dhaka where ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appeared for hearing in her graft cases on Wednesday afternoon, clashed with police and ruling party men. A number of vehicles were smashed or set on fire […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — A former Bangladeshi minister has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 found the former Minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing war crimes including mass killings. The tribunal pronounced the verdict Tuesday […]
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