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Veteran Financial Express Journalist Anisur Rahman Selim dies, aged 75

DHAKA, April 17 (NsNewswire) — Veteran journalist Anisur Rahman Selim, the longtime chief sub-editor of the Financial Express, has died. He was 75. A senior Financial Express journalist said that Selim died of old-age complications Monday morning at his house in capital Dhaka. Born in Comilla, he had worked at the Financial Express till 2013 […]

Pro-Trump, anti-Trump rallies clash in Berkeley, California

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — Fighting broke out as people supporting or opposing U.S. President Donald Trump converged Saturday on Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, Northern California, reports Xinhua. At least 13 people were arrested as police struggled to keeep the two camps separate. The City of Berkeley Police Department […]

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK?

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK? Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/14 23:03:39 The US on Thursday dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” – the most powerful nonnuclear bomb used by the US so far – on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan. Trump said Thursday that the mission was “very successful” and that he […]

Urdu version of Chinese president’s book on governance launched in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — The Urdu language edition of the book “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was launched here on Friday and the launching ceremony was attended by around 300 Pakistani and Chinese officials, academicians and researchers, reports Xiinhua. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jiang Jianguo, vice head of the Publicity Department […]

Bangladeshi officials look to China to bolster country’s development

DHAKA, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bijoy Bhattacharjee, a senior Bangladeshi official, recently led a delegation of his colleagues to China under a “Training and Exchange Program”, reports Xinhua News Agency. “Our visit to China was a wonderful experience,” Bhattacharjee, an additional secretary of the Bangladeshi Cabinet Division, said at a seminar on Monday night, which […]

Bangladesh executes top militant ringleader, 2 accomplices over 2004 attack on British diplomat

DHAKA, April 13 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh on Wednesday executed three militants, including a ringleader, for the 2004 grenade attack on then British high commissioner to the country. The ringleader was also a key suspect in the plotting to assassinate current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and blow up courts, secular institutions as well as shrines and […]

Bangladesh militant ring leader faces imminent execution over attack on British diplomat

DHAKA, April 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh jail authorities have asked family members to meet the death row militant Mufti Abdul Hannan, raising speculation that the local banned militant outfit Harkat-ul- Jehad-al-Islami (HUJI) ringleader might be executed soon, reports Xinhua. The jail authorities Tuesday afternoon asked the family members to meet Hannan, who along with two […]

Public needs to be on guard against spying

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/10 23:48:40 Starting from Monday, Beijing citizens who provide useful information on spying are eligible for a cash reward of up to 500,000 yuan ($72,460), according to a policy issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of State Security. But the informants will be punished if they deliberately slander others. It’s an obligation […]

World MPs in drive to end extreme inequalities

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Expressing grave concern with the extreme political, social and economic inequalities prevalent in the world, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has called for immediate action to reverse this trend and leave no one behind. In a declaration issued at the close of the 136th IPU Assembly (#IPU136) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IPU […]