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Rescuers to lift tail, retrieve more bodies in crashed AirAsia jet

JAKARTA, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Indonesia’s rescue chief said on Thursday his team will raise the tail of the ill-fated AirAsia QZ8501 flight plane out of water on Friday to retrieve the black box, while three more bodies were recovered on Thursday. The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28 en route […]

Second largest Muslim congregation begins

DHAKA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Amid a non-stop countrywide blockade, the first phase of the second largest annual Muslim congregation after holy Hajj begins Friday morning in Tongi on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka with religious sermons for millions of devotees from home and abroad. The grand prayer at the congregation called Biswa Ijtema […]

World’s shortest int’l flight: Hardly any time to sip a coffee

Austria, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Passengers travelling on a new flight offered by Austrian budget airline Fly Niki from April will hardly have time to sip a coffee between take-off and landing. The flight between Vienna and Bratislava, which lie just about 50 kilometres (30 miles) apart, will last about 20 minutes, the airline said, […]

Scores of passengers injured as compartments derail

DHAKA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Scores of passengers were injured early Thursday as six compartments of a passenger train veered off the track in Sylhet. “Some 50 passengers were injured in the accident,” said an official who preferred to be unnamed. He blamed miscreants removed several fish-plates during the blockade hours.

Cricketer Rubel lands in jail on rape charge

DHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh national cricketer Rubel Hossain was sent to jail Thursday after he surrendered before a Dhaka court in connection with a rape case filed by a local movie actress . Film actress Naznin Akter Happy last month lodged the case under the Prevention of Women and Child Repression Act on […]

Sri Lanka starts presidential polling

COLOMBO, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Fifteen million voters in Sri Lanka head to the polls on Thursday to elect the country’s next president in what has been the closest fought race in a decade. The two main contenders include incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is seeking an unprecedented third term in power, and New […]

SA to tour Bangladesh in July-August

DHAKA, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — International cricket will be played in July and August for the first time in Bangladesh, after the BCB announced that South Africa will play two T20s, three ODIs and two Tests in the country during the monsoon season. In addition, the BCB’s media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said that Pakistan […]

Hunt for missing AirAsia plane finds possible tail part, more bodies retrieved

PANGKALAN BUN/ JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — In a possible breakthrough of the multinational search for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, Indonesian officials said Monday they may have found the tail part of the plane, the section where the “black boxes” are located. A piece of large debris their ship has found “has a […]

Xi’s “belt and road” prioritize infrastructure

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping‘s “belt and road” initiatives, reviving the ancient Silk Road, have infrastructure and connectivity as their top priority. The Silk Road economic belt and the 21st century maritime Silk Road are a land-based belt from China via Central Asia and Russia to Europe, and a maritime route through […]