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5 killed, 9 wounded in Saudi Arabia shooting

At least five people were killed and nine wounded when three masked men shot them with machine guns and pistols in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province late Monday night, the local Sabaq e-newspaper said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province, one of the main centers of the Shiite Muslims minority […]

Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over Bangladesh Jamaat chief’s sentence

Pakistan on Saturday finally voiced its ‘serious concern’ over the award of death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Bangladesh chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, despite initially following the policy of non-interference over what it termed was Dhaka’s internal matter. “Though what happens in Bangladesh is that country’s internal matter, Pakistan cannot remain divorced from references to 1971 […]

Growing China to contribute more to Asia development: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the prospect for Asian countries’ cooperation is promising and a growing China will make bigger contribution to Asian development. Xi made the comments in a meeting with the members of the board of directors of the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA), who gathered in Beijing for a working conference on […]

Winners of WMS Global Awards for Excellence on mainstream Bangladesh media

A large number of mainstream Bangladesh media outlets published news on winners of the first- ever World Media Summit Global Awards for Excellence. Bangladesh media reports have focused largely on the Bangladeshi female journalist who won Honorable Mention in the World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 in Beijing. Sheuli Akter, special correspondent […]

India uncovers suspected plot to assassinate Bangladeshi PM – security officials

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has uncovered a suspected plot by banned Bangladeshi militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to assassinate the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday. India will hand over a dossier to Bangladesh with details of the plan by members of the […]

Bangladesh is opening its doors to tourists

IT’S one of the world’s most populated countries yet travellers are only just starting to discover Bangladesh. If you’re looking for somewhere completely different, a place you’re not likely to run into tourists and a really good kebab, then put Bangladesh on your itinerary. “Bangladesh is about to be discovered. It’s a great time for […]

Delhi convenes meeting on new India-Bangladesh rail link

Indian External Affairs Ministry has convened a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to finalise the pending issues relating to proposed Agartala (Tripura)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) new rail link project, official said here on Monday. “Various pending issues relating to new Agartala-Akhaura rail link project would be discussed and expected to be finalised in Wednesday’s meeting in […]

China mulls laws on death penalty, counterespionage, anti-terroris

China’s top legislature started its bimonthly meeting on Monday, with lawmakers considering draft laws and amendments regarding death penalty, counterespionage and anti-terrorism. The removal of death penalty as punishment for nine crimes, including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials was among the heatedly discussed topics, Xinhua reports. A draft amendment to Criminal Law was submitted to […]

Final judgement meeting of World Media Summit Global Awards held

Li Congjun (C), president of Xinhua News Agency, presides over the final judgement meeting of the World Media Summit Global Awards for Excellence 2014 in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2014. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) (lmm)