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BEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — China has joined with the United Nations, Europe and United States in calling for political stability in Bangladesh after the farcical and violent walkover poll last weekend. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party was, essentially, the only participant – and swept the polls. More than half […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to an editor of a weekly magazine in a decade old sedition case. Judge Md Jahirul Haque of the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge handed down the verdict against Salauddin Shoib Choudhury, the editor of English weekly Blitz, on […]
Read MoreCanberra, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has expressed deep concern at the ongoing violence and political discord which marred the election in Bangladesh held on 5 January. It has been reported that both the Awami League government and the opposition coalition led by the Bangladesh National Party contributed to the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh, Shiro Sadoshima, has issued a statement on the country’s 10th parliamentary election. The statement issued on Jan. 7 has been given below as it is: 1. “Japan is deeply concerned with the political violence which resulted in death and injury of so many people over […]
Read Moreবাংলাদেশের সাম্প্রতিক সংসদীয় নির্বাচনে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র হতাশ। এই নির্বাচনে অর্ধেকেরও বেশী আসনে প্রার্থীরা বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত হয়েছে এবং বাকীগুলোর মধ্যে অধিকাংশ আসনেই নামে মাত্র প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা হয়েছে। ফলে এই সদ্য সমাপ্ত নির্বাচনের ফলাফল বাংলাদেশী জনগণের আকাঙ্খার বিশ্বাসযোগ্য প্রতিফলন নয়। নতুন সরকারের রূপ কি হবে সেটা ভবিষ্যতেই জানা যাবে, কিন্তু বাংলাদেশের মানুষের প্রতি যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের সহায়তার অঙ্গীকার অটুট থাকবে। […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — The United States is disappointed by the recent Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. “…the results of the just-concluded elections do not appear to credibly express the will of the Bangladeshi people,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson, Marie Harf, said in a press statement issued on Jan. 6. Press Statement: “The United States […]
Read MoreWashington, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. government will inquire into the whereabouts of the leader of the opposition in Bangladesh to make sure whether the ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia really remained under house arrest since the last week. “I don’t think that I do. I can check with our team and see – I […]
Read MoreIndia has decided to scrap a multi-million dollar VVIP choppers deal with Britain’s AgustaWestland group over bribery allegation, Xinhua reported quoting TV channel CNN-IBN on Wednesday.
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India offers scholarships to meritorious Bangladeshi nationals under the following scholarship schemes for the academic session 2014-15 to pursue courses in India at the Under Graduate, Post-Graduate and PhD level, except in Medicine: (i) Bangladesh Scholarship Scheme (ii) Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme […]
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