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President’s clemency only option for Bangladeshi Islamist party chief to stall imminent execution

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court has upheld its previous verdict on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer (president) Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971, meaning that the country’s largest Islamist party chief now only has the option of seeking the president’s mercy to stall […]

Feature: Grisly health warnings on cigarette packs aimed at shocking Bangladeshis into quitting

Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, May 4 (Xinhua) — Just a few days ago rickshaw puller Kawsar Islam was a chain smoker but once the health risks of smoking became crystal clear to him recently he drastically cut down the number of cigarettes he smokes a day. He is now seriously planning to kick his smoking addiction for […]

Bangladesh Apparel Exports Can Create More Jobs: World Bank

DHAKA, May 2, (NsNewsWire) — Clothing exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvements in productivity, product quality and reliability, and by enforcing better safety conditions and other compliance policies, a World Bank report said. A new World Bank report “Stitches to Riches: Apparel Employment, Trade and Economic Development” […]

“Inequalities of all kinds are on the rise”: ActionAid

DHAKA, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — The top 1% of the global population controls over half of global wealth— while the poorer half of the world controls less than 1% of wealth. The combined wealth of the 200 richest people in the world ($3.18 trillion) is greater than the total wealth of Africa ($2.83 trillion) and […]

Bangladesh FM visists Saudi Arabia

DHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP is visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 24-26 April 2016 to attend the Conference in memory of Prince Saud Al-Faisal, former Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia organized by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. On 24 […]

Prince Turki bin Abdullah Receives Foreign Minister of Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, ChiefExecutive Officer of King Abdullah International Foundation for Humanitarian Activities, received yesterday at Foundation’s headquarters Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, on the sidelines of his visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The meeting attended by Deputy […]

2 people hacked to death in Bangladeshi capital, 2 injured

DHAKA, April 26 (Xinhua) — Two persons including an editor of a magazine were on Monday hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, hours after a prison guard was shot dead in a separate incident, reports Xinhua A police official says at least five machete-wielding assailants forcibly entered the house of Zulhas […]

Statement from the EU Delegation to Bangladesh on assassination of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee

DHAKA,April 24 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement from the EU Delegation to Bangladesh on assassination of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee: “EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, expresses his deep emotion and firm condemnation of the brutal killing of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a Professor of the […]

India gov’t says 330 million people affected by drought

NEW DELHI, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian government told its apex court that a total of 330 million people in the country were affected by an ongoing drought, officials said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The Supreme Court was informed by additional solicitor general P A Narasimha that the affected population lives in 256 districts spread […]