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India and Bangladesh Discuss Textile Sector Cooperation

DHAKA, Feb. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The first meeting of the Joint Working Group for Textile Cooperation will be held in Dhaka on 27th February 2014. An MOU on Textile Sector collaboration was signed between India and Bangladesh in August, 2013 when Mr. Abdul Latif Siddique, the then Hon’ble Minister for Textiles and Jute of Bangladesh […]

Militant killed in shootout with Bangladesh police hours into recapture

DHAKA, Feb. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The condemned militant, who was recaptured hours after escaping from police van, was killed in a shootout with law enforcers in central Tangail district early Monday. Rakib Hasan of the banned Islamic militant group — Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) — was on death row for murdering a medicine trader, reports Xinhua. […]

Virat Kohli-led Team India arrives in Bangladesh for Asia Cup

DHAKA, Feb. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian cricket squad, led by Virat Kohli arrived in Dhaka on Sunday for the Asia Cup cricket tournament which begins at Fatullah on February 25. The Indian team arrived in Dhaka this afternoon from Mumbai, reports NDTV. Kohli is leading the side in the absence of regular skipper Mahendra […]

China Overtakes India as Top Gold Consumer

DHAKA, 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 […]

SKorean roof collapse kills 10 at college meeting

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 […]

US to shift Bangladesh aid away from politicians

The United States said Tuesday it will curtail aid that benefits Bangladeshi politicians and redirect it to address labor and other concerns amid frustration over the country’s prolonged political infighting. Nisha Biswal, the assistant secretary of state for South Asia, reiterated US calls for new elections after a January 5 vote boycotted by the opposition. […]

China exports jump, but market cautious on data

LOS 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 […]

Bangladesh: go-to transit spot for smuggling China-made arms

Given a choice, smugglers go-to transit post to illegally move weapons into India and Nepal is Bangladesh, as made clear in a recent court verdict. The most recent verdict in Bangladesh presented a case that was close to ten years old and has brought into the spotlight the ongoing scourge of arms smuggling that goes […]

International Islamic Rights Group: Investigate Bangladesh

An Islamic rights group is urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, to investigate the government of Bangladesh for alleged crimes against humanity for persecuting its political foes. British lawyer Toby Cadman said he filed the request on behalf of the International Coalition for Freedoms of Rights a month after Bangladesh Prime Minister […]