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10 people awarded death penalty over plot to assassinate Bangladeshi PM Hasina

DHAKA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has handed death penalty to 10 people for planting a 76-kg bomb in 2000 with a view to assassinating the then opposition leader and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka‘s Special Trial Tribunal-2 Judge Momtaz Begum on Sunday handed down the verdict in […]

Bangladesh signs big rice deal with Cambodia

Two weeks after Bangladesh and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Phnom Penh to purchase rice from Cambodia, on Monday of this week Bangladesh signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, reports KHMER TIMES. The purchasing agreement was made after the officials from state-owned Green Trade Company and […]

SKorea prosecutors seek 12-year jail term for Samsung heir

South Korean prosecutors today sought a 12-year jail term for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, over charges that include allegedly bribing the former president for government support to help Lee cement control of the group, reports reuters. Lee, the de facto leader of one of Asia’s largest conglomerates, has been in detention since […]

Bangladesh plants Chinese Bonsai for capital beautification

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (NsNewsWire)– Rows of Chinese bonsai trees planted recently along a major road in Bangladesh capital Dhaka now have produced greenish new leaves, giving the city an exquisite look, reports Xinhua. The major Dhaka road just outside the country’s main Hazrat Shahjala Airport got a huge facelift with the plantation of the trees […]

China has right to safeguard its sovereignty — analyst

DHAKA, Aug. 2 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping’s speech at the Army Day celebration was powerful, befitting of a rising power with a long and rich history and the right to protect its national sovereignty, said a Bangladeshi analyst in an interview with Xinhua on Tuesday. “He…touched on the need to be ever ready for […]

Bangladesh approves tougher punishment for sabotaging power structures

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi cabinet has approved a proposal to amend an electricity act with the provision of a maximum 10-year jail term for sabotaging any power infrastructure. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told reporters on Monday that under the law, provision of a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment or a fine […]

Chinese embassy in Dhaka celebrates 90th anniversary of PLA establishment

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The Chinese embassy in Dhaka has hosted a reception here to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which falls on Aug. 1. Over 500 guests including high-ranking officers and officials, politicians, diplomats and scholars attended the reception held on Monday night. Chinese […]

Bangladesh’s conjoined twins to undergo separation surgery: doctor

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — A pair of Bangladeshi conjoined twins will undergo operation to separate them on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. The conjoined twins Tofa and Tohura are united back to back along their spinal columns. They are currently at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh’s biggest public hospital, which set up a team of […]

Unnayan Onneshan (UO): private sector credit growth unlikely to boost investment

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its rapid assessment of recently announced monetary policy statement for the first half of the FY 2017-2018 cautions that targeted private sector credit growth may fail to boost private investment in absence of a business enabling environment. Rising food inflation may […]