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DHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire)– BGB troops were deployed in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Sunday night to maintain law and order situation. BNP Chief Khaleda Zia, who remained cordoned off inside her office in capital Dhaka’s Gushan diplomatic enclave since Saturday night, has asked her 20-party alliance leaders and activists to defy the police ban on […]
Read MoreRIYADH, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Saudi Royal Court announced Friday that the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is on temporary ventilator for respiratory infection, reports Xinhua quoting Saudi Press Agency. Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that He was admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City of National Guard in Riyadh to undergo some medical […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. sold 61.12 million smartphones in 2014, up 227 percent year on year, company founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Lei Jun said Sunday. Total sales revenue with tax reached 74.3 billion yuan (12 billion U.S. dollars), up 135 percent year on year, Lei said in […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Metropolitan Police have imposed an indefinite ban on meetings, processions and rallies in capital Dhaka from Sunday evening. DMP spokesman Monirul Islam in a press briefing said, “All indoor and outdoor meetings, rallies and human chains will be banned for an indefinite period in the capital city from Sunday […]
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JAKARTA, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have pinpointed two “big objects” on the sea floor, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Saturday. The Airbus (AIR.PA) A320-200 plunged into the Java Sea on Sunday while en […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The battle against corruption continues in the new year. Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng has been dismissed, and is under investigation for discipline violation. According to the website of Foreign Ministry, Zhang Kunsheng is no longer the director of the Protocol Department and Assistant Foreign Minister. He’s the first official to […]
Read MoreSURABAYA, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — As many as seven corpses have been pulled out from the seas in search and rescue operation of AirAsia plane in Indonesia. Head of Search and Rescue Office in East Java province Moch. Hernanto said that two out of the seven bodies were already moved to the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing’s Yanqi Island, the host site of this year’s APEC meetings, opened to the public on Thursday. The islet on the scenic Yanqi Lake is the site of an international convention center where Chinese and foreign top leaders met during the 2014 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in November, reports Xinua. […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — People unable to contact friends and relatives streamed into hospitals Thursday, anxious for information after a stampede during New Year’s celebrations in Shanghai’s historic waterfront area killed 36 people in the worst disaster to hit one of China’s showcase cities in recent years. The Shanghai government said 47 others received […]
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