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Nobel laureate Yunus’ reputation precedes him in the Saudi capital

DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The excellent reputation of Professor Muhammad Yunus preceded him when he came to the Saudi capital on Monday night as the winner of the 2nd Global Entrepreneurship Award (GEA 2014). Visitors at the awards ceremony had their eyes fixed upon him as he entered the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, whispering among […]

Indian police arrest woman suspected of plotting to kill Bangladesh PM

DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in an Islamist plot to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup. The arrest comes days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the Islamist militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen targeting […]

Bangladesh’s besieged Islamist party fights for life

By Shafiqul Alam, AFP: Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party faces an existential crisis after a series of body blows, including the sentencing to death of its leaders and abandonment by its main secular ally, say analysts. Bangladesh sentences another top Islamist to death Associated Press Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies Associated Press Ghulam Azam: Bangladeshi war […]

Beijing mobilizes police, civilians for APEC security

Beijing police said they will deploy 28,000 police officers each day starting Thursday as the Chinese capital raises security for this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting. Another 800,000 civilians will be mobilized to aid in security in the city, said an official with the Beijing Municipal Security Bureau (BMSB). Xinhua

Bangladeshi migrants eke out a living in Rome

Rome, Italy – “Tourists in groups never buy anything.” Ignoring the large group of American tourists sauntering back towards his stall, Faisal pulls out a photo of a boy from his wallet. “This is Sifat, my son. I send him to an English school and he’s at the top of his class,” the 30-year-old migrant […]

China to speed up construction of new Silk Road: Xi

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China will accelerate the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and strengthen cooperation with the countries involved, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced. “We should prepare timetables and road maps for the coming years for the ‘One Belt and One Road’ project,” Xi […]

Bangladesh Islamist ‘may hang in a week’

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 […]

Int’l community speaks highly of China’s aid to Ebola-hit countries

Since the Ebola outbreak in April, China has offered four batches of aid to West African countries, which has not only been a makeshift emergency relief, but also sought to improve those countries’ ability in crisis response and state governance. The record-breaking assistance, worth 122 million U.S. dollars, demonstrated China’s sincerity and selflessness with Africa […]

Mobile distributor SiS subsidiary to be listed in Bangladesh bourses

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (NsNewsWire) — A leading Asian investment holding company has announced that its subsidiary — Information Technology Consultants Limited (ITCL) — will be separately listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange in Bangladesh. ITCL Wednesday made the announcement in a press release. SiS International Holdings, engaged in the distribution […]