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India’s river-linking project will affect our rivers, says Bangladesh opposition party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)on late Wednesday expressed concerns over India’s fresh move to implement the controversial river-linking project and urged the government to take strong action against it. Some Indian newspapers, quoting Indian Water Resources Minister Sanwar Lal Jat, reported on July 13 that India is going to start the river linking project by setting […]

Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 15 near Afghan market

KABUL , Jul 22 (NsNewsWire) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 15 people and wounded 38 near a busy marketplace in northwest Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. No one claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants have regularly use suicide bombers to attack Afghan government and foreign troops in the area, reports Reuters. […]

Overseas experts, media rap Japan’s absurd fanfare for “China threat”

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — Scholars and news media in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and other countries criticized the claim of “China threat” and preaching for the necessity of security bills in Japan’s defence white paper for 2015 approved by the Japanese cabinet on Tuesday. They noted the revival of militarist sentiments in Japan is actually […]

Suspected asylum seeker boat sighted off West Australia

A small wooden boat suspected to be carrying asylum seekers has been sighted off the north-west coast of Australia, reports BBC. Crew working for oil and gas producer Modec spotted the boat within 500m of their floating oil tanker, about 150km (93 miles) from the Dampier coast. A Modec spokesman said “a large number of […]

“Silk Road” shines at Edinburgh Festival Carnival

CHANGCHUN, July 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has reassured local governments that the economy still enjoys a promising outlook despite downward growth pressure. Xi made the remarks during a discussion with provincial officials after an inspection tour to Jilin from Thursday to Saturday, where he urged the northeastern province to strive for breakthroughs […]

Twenty people killed, 30 others wounded in two incidents in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 20 (NsNewsWire) — At least 20 people were killed and 30 others wounded in two separate incidents that happened over the weekend in Bangladesh after the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, police confirmed on Sunday, reports Xinhua. Six people, three of a family, were buried in mudslide in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong port city on Friday night […]

Transgender Rights, Bangladesh Style

On March 30, Labannya Hijra became a Bangladeshi hero. Witnessing the murder by Islamist radicals of the secular blogger Oyasiqur Rhaman on a street in Dhaka, she grabbed at the fleeing assailants. Her courageous intervention led to the arrest of two men, who later confessed to the killing. The most striking part of the story, […]

Bangladesh earn ICC Champions Trophy 2017 spot by beating SA

DHAKA, July 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh have secured their place at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy after beating South Africa in their second one-day international in Mirpur. The eight-team event will feature hosts England plus the top seven other teams in the International Cricket Council’s ODI rankings on 30 September this year, reports BBC. The […]

Suu Kyi’s NLD to participate in historic Myanmar polls in Nov.

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that her party would participate in the historic polls on November 8. According to the Dawn, Suu Kyi vowed that her party would amend the Constitution that bars her from the presidency if it wins, reports ANI. It will be the first general election in a quarter […]