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President Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after ship with 458 people sinks

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts after a passenger ship carrying 458 people sank Monday night in the Hubei section of China’s Yangtze River, reports Xinhua.

PM’s Bangladesh visit- On the cards: Motor vehicles pact to make trade easier

DHAKA, May 24 (NsNewsWire) — Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in June, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar Saturday said they are discussing a motor vehicles agreement between India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, as an initiative under sub-regional cooperation., reports http://indianexpress.com The agreement, if it comes through, will allow trucks to travel between […]

U.S.-Gulf summit to kick off without key leaders

WASHINGTON, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama is set to hold a summit of Gulf nations this week, but it is overshadowed by the absence of several key leaders amid rumors of rift over the U.S. handling of its ties with Iran. The meetings are slated to begin at the White House on […]

China newspaper hits out at PM, accuses Modi of ‘playing little tricks’ over border issues

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, a Chinese columnist in a state-run newspaper said that Modi is “playing little tricks” over border disputes and security issues, hoping to boost his domestic prestige and increase his leverage in negotiations with China, reports PTI. [INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: One year of Narendra Modi government: Many hits, some […]

Myanmar, Laos open first friendship bridge

YANGON, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Laos on Saturday formally opened the first-ever friendship bridge across the Mekong River that links Myanmar’s Tachileik in Shan state and Laungnamtha Province of Laos. Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his Laos counterpart Choummaly Sayasone jointly presided over the opening ceremony of Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge at Tachileik […]

After Baltimore unrest, thousands protest in cities across the US

The high profile unrest in Baltimore triggered protests in several American cities Wednesday. Demonstrators across the country were spurred by the death of a black man, Freddie Gray, whose family says he suffered a partially severed spine and a crushed voice box while in police custody. Officials have confirmed that he died of a severed spine, reports […]

Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear

KATHMANDU, April 27 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a massive earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people and faced with shortages of food and water. Roads leading out of the mountain valley city of one million were […]

Bangladesh agrees to simplify visa process for Nepalese

KATHMANDU, April 24 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh has agreed to simplify the process of granting visa on arrival to overland Nepali travellers at two border points, Banglabandha and Burimari, reports ekantipur.com. Although the facility is already in force, there is a lengthy documentation procedure. Bangladesh expressed its willingness to cut the paperwork during the bilateral trade talks that concluded […]

Tarique Rahman seeks political asylum

Londong, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — Exiled Bangladesh opposition leader Tarique Rahman has accused the Sheikh Hasina government of “state terrorism” and called on the country’s trading partners and the United Nations to press for a restoration of real democracy in the south Asian nation of 160m people. As Mr Rahman was speaking to the Financial […]