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DHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Former Bangladesh President Hussain Muhammad Ershad Sunday was appointed as a special envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank and status of a cabinet minister. The appointment came as Hasina, who became premier for the third time, formed her new cabinet taking the oath of office Sunday evening […]
Read MoreTripura, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Friday organised a demonstration in the Tripura capital to protest the attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh. “Our stir will continue until the attacks on minorities stop in Bangladesh. There are reports of […]
Read MoreNew York (CNN) — Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the heart of a dispute that has strained ties between New Delhi and Washington, is on her way back to India from the United States, officials said. American authorities’ arrest and strip-search of Khobragade, the former Indian deputy consul general in New York, set off […]
Read MoreLate former South African President Nelson Mandela’s hometown, once a “sleepy village”, is becoming a pilgrimage site, authorities said on Wednesday. Since Mandela’s death, more and more visitors have come to the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, Eastern Cape, where Mandela spent much of his childhood, the museum said. Mandela, who died of illness in […]
Read MoreA leading member of Bangladesh’s main Islamist party has been charged in connection with war crimes during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. Abdus Subhan was arrested last September and the special war crimes court conducted an inquiry before finally framing charges. The tribunal was set up in 2010 to investigate abuses committed in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top legislative committee has formally approved a loosening of the country’s hugely controversial one-child policy and abolished “re-education through labour” camps, state media has reported. The decisions were taken by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, on Saturday at the conclusion of a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — About two dozen passengers were charred to death in a major fire accident in Nanded-Bangalore express train near Kothacheru railway station in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in India on Saturday morning. The fire occurred in D1 airconditioned compartment and the impact of the mishap was felt more on passengers […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — As the main opposition alliance in Bangladesh gears up for a “long march” to Dhaka seeking cancellation of the parliament polls slated for Jan. 5, many fear the situation in the country could become much more volatile. Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night through a press conference urged […]
Read MoreThailand’s army chief on Friday urged both sides in the country’s bitter political dispute to show restraint, but did not explicitly rule out the possibility of a coup. Thailand has been wracked by two months of political tensions and occasionally violent street protests pitting the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra against protesters seeking to […]
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