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Indian PM to visit Bangladesh next week

DHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a two-day visit to Bangladesh on June 6. During the visit, Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina are expected to discuss bilateral relations. A number of deals, including a much-anticipated land boundary one, are likely to be signed, reports Xinhua. Many issues, […]

Bangladesh bans Islamist outfit linked to the killings of three bloggers

DHAKA, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers in recent months that have evoked outrage in the country and across the globe. The Bangladesh government banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) for its militant and anti-state activities with […]

Militants kill Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper in Mali

Mali, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Militants opened fire on two Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday, killing one and wounding the other, security sources said. The dead is Nilkanto Hajong while the injured has been identified as Sirajul Islam, reports AFP. “Armed men that we have not yet identified shot at […]

Myanmar, Bangladesh in pact for return of 200 rescued from boat

Yangon, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with neighbouring Bangladesh to repatriate 200 Bangladeshis rescued from a boat off the Myanmar coast last week. A migrant crisis has flared up in Southeast Asia as Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar and Bangladeshis trying to escape poverty at home […]

Malaysia mass graves: police find 139 suspected sites

Malaysia, May 25 (NsNewsWire) — A total of 139 grave sites and 28 human-trafficking camps have been found in a remote northern Malaysian border region, according to the country’s top police official. National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar revealed the findings at a press conference a day after the government announced the discovery of camps […]

400 die in heat wave across India

NEW DELHI, May 25 (NsNewsWire) — Around 400 people have died due to heat wave across India in the last four days, a senior official said. “Heat wave has claimed nearly 200 lives in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and 200 in the neighboring state of Telangana. The victims, mostly homeless people, have died […]

Myanmar vows to work with Bangladesh, other countries to address “boat people” issue

YANGON, May 24 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar has pledged to cooperate with Bangladesh and other countries to address the issue of “boat people” at sea, hoping that the issue will be resolved amicably with Bangladesh as the latter is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, said a statement of Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry published Sunday. However, Myanmar, like […]

22-year-old woman gang-raped on bus in Bangladesh

A 22-year-old woman was raped by five men on a minibus in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, authorities said, in a case with chilling echoes of the fatal attack on a woman in New Delhi in 2012, reports http://www.latimes.com Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital said Saturday that medical tests confirmed the victim was sexually assaulted. […]

Malaysia orders search and rescue for migrant boats

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said his country will conduct search and rescue missions for Rohingya migrant boats in the Andaman Sea. Humanitarian aid would also be delivered by land and sea, he said. His announcement comes after weeks of authorities rejecting migrant boats and towing them out of Malaysian waters, reports BBC Malaysia […]