Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American-Bangladeshi writer who survived a machete attack by Muslim extremists that killed her husband raised alarm Tuesday about rising intimidation and violence against freedom of expression in the troubled South Asian country. Rafida Bonya Ahmed starkly described a sequence of gruesome assaults on secular bloggers, writers and publishers that has left […]
Read MorePARIS, Dec. 2 (NsNewsWire) — A poll published Tuesday showed French President Francois Hollande since the Paris terror attacks gained an approval ratings boost at 35 percent, his best rating since October 2012. The TNS Sofres-One Point survey in Le Figaro magazine showed Hollande’s handling of the Nov. 13 attacks boosted his popularity by 20 […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Dec. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Russia’s government on Tuesday approved a resolution listing detailed sanctions against Turkey in response to last week’s downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border, reports Xinhua. The resolution, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, bans from Jan. 1 imports of foodstuffs, including poultry meat, a variety of fresh, […]
Read MoreBy Sabir Mustafa Editor, BBC Bengali DHAKA, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The recent killings of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh have raised concerns about freedom of speech and shrinking space for secularist thoughts. But increasingly, Bangladesh appears to be heading down a new and even more dangerous road. Recent attacks on Shia Muslims and death threats […]
Read More
DHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has granted bail to ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a case filed by the country’s anti-graft body. Judge Aminul Isalm of the Special Judge’s Court Monday granted bail to Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case after she appeared before the court to seek bail. […]
Read More
DHAKA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will appear before a court in capital Dhaka on Monday in a case filed by the country’s anti-graft body. Khaleda Zia will appear before the Special Judge’s Court-9 at about 11:30 a.m. (local time) on Monday and seek bail in the graft case filled for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Bangladeshi truckers Sunday staged mass protests against a drive to evict an illegal truck terminal in capital Dhaka‘s Tejgaon Industrial area. Protesters set fire to tyers and piles of garbage to block a central street in Tejgaon prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse them. Agitated truckers […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 27 (NsNewsWire) — A man was dead and three others were injured Thursday night after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Shia mosque in Bangladesh’s Bogra district, some 197 km northwest of Dhaka,reports Xinhua. Arifur Rahaman, the district’s additional police chief, told Xinhua, “One Moazzem Hossain died at a hospital shortly after he […]
Read Moreby Phillip Thomson,Public Service Reporter at The Canberra Times “Use it or lose it” rules are forcing diplomatic missions in Canberra to take action. Plots of land worth many millions of dollars that have been sitting idle for years will soon have embassies and high commissions on them. The National Capital Authority’s hardened stance against […]
Read More