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BEIJING, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese nuclear physicist Yu Min who was behind the country’s first successful hydrogen bomb test won China’s top science and technology accolade on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping presented the award to Yu, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at an annual ceremony held to honor the most […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWirw) — Muslims attending one of the world’s largest religious gatherings joined the chorus of condemnation Friday over the deadly attack on a French satirical weekly, saying the killings ran contrary to the tenets of Islam. Bangladesh’s Biswa Ijtema, or World Muslim Congregation, is the world’s second largest Islamic gathering after the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Miscreants have hurled bomb at the house of the Bangladeshi Law Minister Anisul Huq’s house in capital Dhaka on Friday night. A security personnel was slightly injured in the bomb blast that took place around 8:00 p.m. local time, said a Dhaka Metropolitan Police office who preferred to be unnamed. […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Cai Mingzhao, former director of the State Council Information Office, was appointed as president of Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday. The appointment was announced by Pan Ligang, deputy head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, repots Xinhua. At Xinhua’s headquarters in Beijing, Pan […]
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BEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China strongly condemns the deadly attack in Paris and mourns for the victims. He expressed sympathy to the bereaved families and the injured. Hong Lei said China firmly opposes all forms of terrorism and supports the efforts made by France to safeguard domestic security. […]
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JAKARTA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Indonesia’s rescue chief said on Thursday his team will raise the tail of the ill-fated AirAsia QZ8501 flight plane out of water on Friday to retrieve the black box, while three more bodies were recovered on Thursday. The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28 en route […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Amid a non-stop countrywide blockade, the first phase of the second largest annual Muslim congregation after holy Hajj begins Friday morning in Tongi on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka with religious sermons for millions of devotees from home and abroad. The grand prayer at the congregation called Biswa Ijtema […]
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Austria, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Passengers travelling on a new flight offered by Austrian budget airline Fly Niki from April will hardly have time to sip a coffee between take-off and landing. The flight between Vienna and Bratislava, which lie just about 50 kilometres (30 miles) apart, will last about 20 minutes, the airline said, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Scores of passengers were injured early Thursday as six compartments of a passenger train veered off the track in Sylhet. “Some 50 passengers were injured in the accident,” said an official who preferred to be unnamed. He blamed miscreants removed several fish-plates during the blockade hours.
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