Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
The US military revealed to Reuters that its guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur on Friday conducted a so-called freedom of navigation mission in the South China Sea. The US military mentioned China’s Yongxing and Zhongjian islands, and said the Chinese mainland, the island of Taiwan and Vietnam all claim ownership of the Xisha Islands. It said […]
Read MoreMOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — Commanders of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group are fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul amid the all-out offensive of Iraqi forces, local media said Wednesday. Mosul, some 400 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, was where top IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his “caliphate” two […]
Read MoreLAS VEGAS, the United States, Oct. 20 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial statement that he may not concede the election results if he loses will not help him gain ground as the clock ticks toward the November election, experts said. “I’ll tell you at the time,” Trump said in response to […]
Read MoreDAMASCUS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — Syrian military helicopters dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets over rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, detailing exit routes for civilians and rebels to leave, a military source told Xinhua. The maps highlight six routes for civilians who want to leave the rebel-held areas in eastern […]
Read MoreIn a signed article published by the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter tried to trumpet the US rebalance to the Asia-Pacific strategy, claiming the US can “help ensure that the next 70 years in the region are as secure, stable, and prosperous as the last.” He also used more […]
Read MoreBangladeshi police said on Tuesday they had identified three people as the main providers of finance for an attack on a cafe in which 22 people were killed, mostly foreigners, and said one had left for Syria to join Islamic State, reports reuters. The July attack in Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter was claimed by the jihadist […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Education cooperation is a key part of the China-Bangladesh relationship. An increasing number of students from Bangladesh are choosing to study in China, reports CCTV. Sharmin is from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. She just arrived in Shanghai this September, to start pursuing her PhD in the School of Pharmacy at […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Friday for a state visit, the first by a Chinese head of state in 30 years to this South Asian nation, reports Xinhua. Bangladesh is the second leg of Xi’s three-nation Asian tour, which already took him to Cambodia. He will also travel […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh will provide a massive boost not only for the country, but also for the region, a senior academic has said. AAMS Arefin Siddique, the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University (DU), which is the country’s oldest and most prestigious university, made the comments here […]
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