Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh have been strained over the past week after Pakistan passed a national assembly (NA) resolution protesting Thursday’s execution of Jamaat-e-Islami’s former Assistant Secretary General Abdual Quader Mollah. Mollah was convicted by a Dhaka Court for committing crimes against humanity during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. […]
Read MoreTens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators massed at sites around Thailand’s capital on Sunday in a bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra before an uncertain February election the main opposition party will boycott. Yingluck has called a snap poll for February 2 to try to cool tension and renew her mandate, but protesters reject […]
Read MoreIndia sought to tamp down Saturday a furore over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats in New York, insisting the episode should not be allowed to derail “strong” ties with the United States. Foreign minister Salman Khurshid said a dialogue with Washington was under way to defuse the crisis sparked by the […]
Read MoreBangladesh’s hopes for a free, fair, and peaceful election are dead. The result is already known. But certainty over the ballot means only uncertainty for the future of the country. A boycott of the controversial poll by almost all opposition parties has resulted in 154 seats in the 300-member parliament already decided in walkovers, the […]
Read MoreDefying the countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by an Islamist party protesting the execution of its leader convicted of war crimes, thousands of Bangladesh businessmen staged white flag rallies calling for a ” peaceful business environment.” The decision to stage white flag rallies in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country was made at a recent […]
Read MoreQunu, South Africa (CNN) — With 95 candles glowing in the background to mark each year of his life, thousands of mourners gathered to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela on Sunday at a funeral in his beloved boyhood village of Qunu. Mandela died on December 5 after a recurring lung infection and declining health. Crowds […]
Read MoreAs protests continue against government that replaced him, Abhisit Vejjajiva is accused over deaths during 2010 uprising Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand’s opposition leader and previous prime minister, has been formally charged with murder in a development that has the potential to further inflame protests by his supporters demanding the resignation of the current government. Abhisit stands […]
Read MoreUS Secretary of State John Kerry has held wide-ranging talks with visiting Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on key issues, including the regional situation with respect to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. No official statement on the meeting, pictures of which were posted on the twitter feed of the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State […]
Read MoreSOWETO, South Africa — For a day, the world came to Nelson Mandela’s adopted hometown. There were celebrities: Bono, Naomi Campbell, Charlize Theron. There were kings-in-waiting: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Prince Felipe of Spain. There were more presidents and prime ministers than at just about any other setting outside a United Nations […]
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