Accidental grenade explosion kills 2 soldiers, wounds 4 in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — An accidental explosion of a grenade killed two soldiers of paramilitary Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in the country’s hill district Khagrachari on Sunday afternoon. Four soldiers were also seriously injured in the explosion during a training excercise in a cantonment in the southeastern Khagachari district, said a local police […]

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Erdogan says Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas

Istanbul, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus,” the conservative president […]

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Emirates brands Muslim Brotherhood terrorists

DUBAI, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The United Arab Emirates designated the Muslim Brotherhood and dozens of other Islamist groups as terrorist organizations on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the group by lumping it together with extremists such as the Islamic State group and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria. The federation’s Cabinet adopted […]

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Clinical trials of Ebola drug to start in West Africa

CONAKRY, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a medical aid group, has announced that clinical trials of the Ebola virus drugs will be launched in three of its Ebola treatment centers in West Africa starting December. In a statement released on Thursday, MSF said the distinct studies will be conducted by different research […]

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31 Africans arrested in Bangladesh capital for illegal overstay

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — 31 people of 10 African nations have been arrested by Bangladesh Police for overstaying their visas and violating immigration laws. The foreign nationals were arrested on early Friday from different parts of capital Dhaka, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Krisna Pado Roy told journalists Friday. He said the […]

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Indian National Investigation Agency Team to Visit Dhaka on Nov. 17

New Delhi, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — A team of Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be visiting Bangladesh on Nov. 17 to brief the authorities in Dhaka and also seek cooperation of that country to unravel all plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror outfit. After getting necessary sanction, a team of NIA, headed by an […]

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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Sentenced to Death for War Crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal Thursday awarded death to a local-level opposition party leader for war crimes including mass killings in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict Thursday morning on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentence to ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader […]

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Landing on a Comet, a Mission Aims to Unlock the Mysteries of Earth

In a technological feat that gives scientists their first opportunity to dig into a remnant of the early solar system, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission successfully placed a small spacecraft on the surface of a speeding comet on Wednesday. With this achievement, a comet is no longer a mysterious and sometimes frightening spray of […]

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Bangladesh openers shatter records

Chittagong, Nov. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal put on 224 to break the Bangladesh record for the first-wicket stand, Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, 3rd Test, 1st day, Chittagong, November 12, 2014 Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes broke the record for Bangladesh’s highest opening stand dominated a beautiful day in Chittagong where the only […]

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