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India gov’t says 330 million people affected by drought

NEW DELHI, April 21 (NsNewsWire) — The Indian government told its apex court that a total of 330 million people in the country were affected by an ongoing drought, officials said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The Supreme Court was informed by additional solicitor general P A Narasimha that the affected population lives in 256 districts spread […]

Bus collision kills 13 in northwestern Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 20 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on a highway in Bangladesh’s northwestern Rangpur district, police said on Wednesday. “At least 13 passengers were killed and 30 others sustained injuries in the head-on collision between the passenger buses,” Abdul Latif Miah, officer-in-charge […]

Vietnamese girls smuggled into China and sold as child brides

The villages along the Vietnamese-Chinese border are a hunting ground for human traffickers. Girls as young as 13 say they are tricked or drugged, then spirited across the porous border by boat, motorbike or car. Young Vietnamese women are valuable commodities in China, where the one-child policy and long-standing preference for sons has heavily skewed […]

Chinese government scholarship attracts large pool of applicants in Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, April 18 (Xinhua) — Sharmin Reja Chowdhury is a Pharmacy Faculty lecturer in Bangladesh’s leading Dhaka University. She has applied a Chinese government scholarship. “I’ve applied for a PHD program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Because I’m a pharmacist and my research topic is medicinal chemistry and medicinal plant,” Chowdhury told Xinhua […]

Wagah replica for Agartala-Akhaura border with Bangladesh

Agartala, April 17 (NsNewsWire) India’s tourism ministry has sanctioned a Rs.18 crore project for the Tripura government to create a variety of infrastructure along the India-Bangladesh border similar to that at the Attari-Wagah border with Pakistan, a state minister said, reports IANS. “Wagah-like infrastructure, including a mini-stadium, would be created at the Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) […]

Japan quake claims 41 lives as strong winds, heavy rain hampers rescue missions

TOKYO, April 17 (Xinhua) — A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan early Saturday just a day after a sizable foreshock hit the region, with the number of fatalities now standing at 41 according to the latest figures on Sunday. Thousands of people have been injured as a result of […]

Pro-opposition Bangladeshi journalist arrested for attempted kidnapping of PM’s son in U.S.

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, April 17 (Xinhua)– A Bangladeshi journalist known for his pro-opposition views has been arrested on charge of aiding conspirators who allegedly attempted to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports Xinhua. Hours after his detention on Saturday, journalist Shafik Rehman, considered a well-wisher of ex-Prime Minister […]

Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali meets Turkish Foreign Minister

Istanbul, April 13 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali M.P., leader of Bangladesh delegation to the ongoing Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the OIC and also to the OIC Summit scheduled on 14 and 15 April, 2016 met his Turkish counterpart and host of the CFM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu yesterday in Istanbul. The […]

Bangladesh man found in Pakistan jail dies 4 years later

by JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A man who returned to Bangladesh four years ago from a Pakistani prison, where he spent 15 years on suspicion of being an Indian spy, died (Thursday) April 7, his family said. He was 56. Moslemuddin Sarkar had been suffering from diabetes and kidney failure, and in recent […]