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A US appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors, reports AP from San Francisco. The decision by a divided three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan has decided to give priority to dialogues with those militants who want to talk and be tough with those who continue terrorism in a new security policy unveiled in the parliament on Wednesday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who unveiled sailant features of the policy in the National […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Wednesday resigned from his position, hours after a submarine mishap off Mumbai coast in which seven sailors were injured and two officers went missing. The Indian Defense Ministry has accepted the resignation of 59- year-old Admiral Doshi, the first military chief to quit […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand risks sliding into civil war after a wave of political violence in which 22 people have been killed, officials warned Tuesday, as the unrest claimed the life of a fourth child. Near-daily gun and grenade attacks in protest-hit Bangkok have raised concerns that a nearly four-month-old political crisis is […]
Read Moreআজ সকালে যোগাযোগমন্ত্রী ওবায়দুল কাদের এমপি’র সাথে বাংলাদেশে নিযুক্ত শ্রীলংকান হাইকমিশনার ঝধৎধঃয শ. ডবৎধমড়ফধ সৌজন্য সাক্ষাৎ করেন। সাক্ষাৎশেষে উপস্থিত সাংবাদিকদের মন্ত্রী জানান, যোগাযোগ মন্ত্রণালয়ের অধীন পিপিপি’র আওতায় যে সব প্রকল্প রয়েছে সেগুলোতে অংশ নেয়ার জন্য শ্রীলংকান সরকার ও বেসরকারি কোম্পানিগুলোকে আহ্বান জানানো হয়েছে। তিনি বলেন, শ্রীলংকার মানুষের জীবন যাত্রা, ঐতিহ্য ও সংস্কৃতির সাথে আমাদের মিল […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Gold’s wild ride has shaken investors. But in China, buyers just keep stepping up to the plate. Chinese demand for gold bars, coins and jewelry soared by 32% to record levels in 2013, even as the price of gold slumped 28%, reports The Wall Street Journal. The surge in buying […]
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GYEONGJU, Feb. 18 South Korea (NsNewsWire) — Emergency staff worked through the night in snow and sleet to pull survivors from the debris of an auditorium whose roof collapsed under the weight of snow, killing 10 people and injuring 100, most of them recently enrolled freshmen of a South Korean university, officials said Tuesday. The […]
Read MoreRIYADH, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A Bangladeshi diplomat said that his country has an online enlisted more than 2 million nationals who are ready to work in Saudi Arabia for a minimum wage of 266 U. S. dollars. Muhammad Najm Al-Islam, Bangladeshi Consul General in Jeddah told a press conference, that the Bangladeshi candidates have […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Chinese trade data out Wednesday printed much stronger than expected, with a sharp gain for exports, but markets largely ignored the result, with some analysts expressing skepticism over the numbers’ accuracy. China’s exports rose 10.6% in January compared to a year earlier, accelerating from a 4.3% advance the previous month, according […]
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