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Probable MH370 wreckage arrives in Toulouse: reports

The probable MH 370 debris arrived in Toulouse Saturday to be analysed by experts, reports Xinhua

Xinhua launches social network accounts in Spanish

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — China’s Xinhua News Agency officially launched its Spanish accounts on social networks Twitter, Facebook and Youtube here Saturday. The launch ceremony took place in Xinhua’s Latin American regional headquarters in the Mexican capital and was attended by China’s Ambassador to Mexico, Qiu Xiaoqi, and the Director-General of International Media […]

Tens of thousands celebrate freedom as Indo-Bangla deal to exchange enclaves comes into force

Adjust font size: After living in a stateless limbo for about seven decades, some 52,000 inhabitants of 162 enclaves inside Bangladesh and India celebrated freedom when the clock strikes 12:00 on Friday night. They became citizens of either of the countries based on their choice, as Dhaka and New Delhi exchanged the adversely possessed pieces […]

Nearly half million evacuated as cyclone lashes Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people as cyclone Komen closed in on the country’s southeast coastlines on Thursday, with winds uprooting trees and tearing into hundreds of flimsy homes. One person is confirmed to have died in St Martin’s Island near Cox’s Bazar, some 292 km southeast […]

Plane debris found on Indian Ocean island fuels MH370 speculation

Plane debris found on the shore of the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean has fueled speculation that it could be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which mysteriously vanished more than a year ago with 239 people on board. AFP reported that the debris, which appeared to be part of an airplane’s wing, […]

Bangladesh’s apex court upholds top opposition leader’s death penalty

DHAKA, July 29 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court has upheld the death penalty for a top opposition party leader for war crimes including mass killings during the country’s war of independence 43 years ago. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict on Wednesday morning, […]

U.S. refuses to pardon Snowden: White House

DHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) — The White House on Tuesday reiterated its refusal standing to pardon the government information leaker Edward Snowden. Instead, it says, the former contractor should return to the U.S. and “accept the consequences of his actions.” “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of […]

Chinese embassy holds reception to mark 88th anniversary of PLA

DHAKA, July 29 (NsNewsWire) -Chinese embassy in Dhaka has held a reception to celebrate the 88th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army. About 300 guests, including high-ranking officers of Bangladesh forces, military attaches from embassies in Bangladesh, foreign diplomats and scholars attended the event held on Tuesday night at the Chinese embassy. Chinese […]

Bangladesh police arrest eight in crackdown on Islamist groups

DHAKA, July 28 (NsNewsWire) – Police in Bangladesh have arrested eight suspected militants, including the chief of the outlawed Jamaat-ul Mujahideen group, as authorities step up a crackdown on hardline Islamists. Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, targeted the militants after machete-wielding attackers this year hacked to death three online critics of religious […]