Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Dhaka, July 27 (NsNewsWire) — “UNICEF Bangladesh expresses grave concerns on the recent incident of a 10 year old child being subjected to violence and killed in a heinous way at his work place in Narayangonj (central Bangladesh). This is a serious violation of child rights. UNICEF restates its apprehension of children being used as […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 24 (NsNewsWire) — “Access to Information (a2i)” program, an UNDP and USAID supported project having its office at the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Public Administration Award 2016’ for its innovative initiatives in leveraging ICTs in public service delivery. On behalf of a2i, its Director General Kabir Bin Anwar […]
Read MoreHafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — The biased award rendered by an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration has no binding force as the ad hoc tribunal violated international law principles and standards, an expert said here on Monday. Sienho Yee, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University, […]
Read Moreby Bao Xuelin SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — Dialogues, negotiations and consultations are the best way to solve disputes in the South China Sea, a Singapore-based expert said on Monday during a seminar on South China Sea and regional cooperation. The final award, issued by an arbitral tribunal on July 12, sweepingly sided with the […]
Read MoreULAN BATOR, (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Mongolia and the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. This is Li’s first trip to the landlocked Asian country since he took office as Chinese premier in 2013, and the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the country […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) — G20 economies agreed to improve global trade governance to arrest the slowdown of global trade growth, said a statement released Sunday after the two-day G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, reports Xinhua. These economies would remain committed to an open global economy, and will further work towards trade liberalization and […]
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by Safiul Azam * Lailatul Qadr is most commonly known as Shab-e-Qadr, the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is one of the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan and is better than thousands months […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 20 (NsNewsWire) — High interest rates and a lack of financial literacy are highlighted as major obstacles to factories in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector from obtaining remediation financing according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka today. According to the […]
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