Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Bangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister said. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest Islamic political group, would be the second senior Islamist to hang for crimes committed during the 1971 war of […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s first ever broadcasting bill will continue to seek approval from the parliament’s Lower House after it was passed by the Upper House, according to the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) Thursday. When the broadcast law comes into effect, all media including state-owned and private broadcasters can fairly compete each other and the law […]
Read More(Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office. The Republican rout was wide and deep […]
Read MoreU.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China, Myanmar and Australia on Nov. 10-16 for a series of summits and bilateral talks. The president will be in China on Nov. 10-12 for the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and APEC CEO summit and then a state visit to China by having talks with President Xi Jinping, White […]
Read MoreThe Government of Bangladesh has created the country’s first marine protected area that will now safeguard whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and other oceanic species, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The creation of the “Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area” occurs as the world’s conservation community prepares to meet at the World Parks […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Muslims Tuesday marked Ashura, a day of pain, pilgrimage, and pageantry that is one of the holiest in their religion. Mourners participate in a ritual of self-flagellation and cut themselves with knives during Ashura, or the 10th of Muhharam in the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam […]
Read Moreঢাকা,৩ নভেম্বর, (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সিনিয়র সহকারী সেক্রেটারী জেনারেল মুহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামানকে “হত্যার সরকারী ষড়যন্ত্রের নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়ে এবং তিনিসহ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর নেতৃবৃন্দের মুক্তির দাবীতে” নি¤েœাক্ত কর্মসূচী ঘোষণা করে বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভারপ্রাপ্ত আমীর জনাব মকবুল আহমাদ ও ভারপ্রাপ্ত সেক্রেটারী জেনারেল ডা. শফিকুর রহমান আজ ০৩ নভেম্বর নি¤েœাক্ত যুক্ত বিবৃতি প্রদান করেছেন ঃ- […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 3 (NsNewsWire) — A Supreme Court bench has upheld the death penalty to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for crimes against humanity in 1971. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict on Monday morning upholding the death of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — A Bangladesh court Sunday sentenced to death the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party for war crimes. The war crimes tribunal found Mir Quasem Ali, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party’s central executive committee member, guilty of mass murder, rape and looting during Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. He […]
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