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Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia appears in anti-graft court

DHAKA, July 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appeared on Thursday before a court for hearing in two graft cases. The court has fixed August 3 for the hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports Xinhua. The proceedings in the graft cases started at the special court […]

China raises representation with Myanmar over sentences on its nationals

BEIJING, July 23 (NsNewsWire) — China is highly concerned with a verdict by Myanmar that has sentenced Chinese nationals to more than 10 years in prison for illegal logging, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday. The loggers were sentenced under a 1963 law calling for jail terms of 10 years to life for anyone […]

India’s river-linking project will affect our rivers, says Bangladesh opposition party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)on late Wednesday expressed concerns over India’s fresh move to implement the controversial river-linking project and urged the government to take strong action against it. Some Indian newspapers, quoting Indian Water Resources Minister Sanwar Lal Jat, reported on July 13 that India is going to start the river linking project by setting […]

Eid-ul-Fitr celebration in Bangladesh marred by deadly car mishaps

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 23 (Xinhua) — What would have been a happy celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Muslim world’s most joyous event, turned out to be gruesome with scores of Bangladesh citizens killed in car crashes while others were victims of road rage. At least three people, including Doctor Abdul Aziz and his daughter, were […]

CPC to hold key plenum in October, discuss 13th five-year development plan

BEIJING, July 21 (NsNewsWire) — The 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will hold its fifth plenary session in Beijing in October. The announcement was made after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held Monday. High on the agenda is the discussion of the 13th five-year plan of […]

Suspected asylum seeker boat sighted off West Australia

A small wooden boat suspected to be carrying asylum seekers has been sighted off the north-west coast of Australia, reports BBC. Crew working for oil and gas producer Modec spotted the boat within 500m of their floating oil tanker, about 150km (93 miles) from the Dampier coast. A Modec spokesman said “a large number of […]

Twenty people killed, 30 others wounded in two incidents in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 20 (NsNewsWire) — At least 20 people were killed and 30 others wounded in two separate incidents that happened over the weekend in Bangladesh after the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, police confirmed on Sunday, reports Xinhua. Six people, three of a family, were buried in mudslide in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong port city on Friday night […]

Indo-Bangla land deal meet in Dhaka on July 23

DHAKA, July 20 (NsNewsWire) — The Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) of India and Bangladesh is scheduled to meet on Thursday in Dhaka to implement the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) ratified in the last Parliament session, officials said here on Sunday, reports Times of India. The group will decide on marking the border after enclaves […]

Bangladesh: Outcry over video of boy, 13, beaten to death

DHAKA, July 14 (NsNewsWire) — Thousands of people in Bangladesh are demanding justice for a teenage boy who was beaten to death by a group of men who filmed themselves laughing and jeering as they carried out the attack. A video of the 13-year-old’s murder has gone viral on social media, reports BBC. The killers […]