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Das becomes third Bangladesh free-thinking blogger murdered so far this year

DHAKA, May 12 (Xinhua) — Unknown attackers have hacked a free- thinking blogger to death in the Bangladesh’s northeastern Sylhet city. “Ananta Bijoy Das, also an organizer of Sylhet’s Gonojagoron Mancha (People’s Resurgence Platform), died on way to hospital after at least four assailants stabbed him indiscriminately all over at about around 8:30 a.m. local […]

Boats with 600 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis land in Indonesia

JAKARTA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — Boats carrying nearly 600 Bangladeshis and long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar washed to shore in western Indonesia, some after captains and smugglers abandoned the ships, leaving passengers to fend for themselves, survivors and migrant experts said. Thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. When the four ships neared […]

Widow of slain U.S.-Bangladeshi blogger lashes out at Dhaka

DHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by. The maimed woman, Rafida Ahmed, scanned the room nervously. The Atlanta financial executive has been hiding since Islamic militants […]

Pakistan denies as “bogus” Taliban claim of shooting army helicopter

ISLAMABAD, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Friday dismissed as ” bogus” claim by the Taliban of shooting a military helicopter that killed ambassadors of Norway and Philippines in northern areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad ruled out possibility of terrorism in the tragedy […]

Myanmar, Laos open first friendship bridge

YANGON, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar and Laos on Saturday formally opened the first-ever friendship bridge across the Mekong River that links Myanmar’s Tachileik in Shan state and Laungnamtha Province of Laos. Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his Laos counterpart Choummaly Sayasone jointly presided over the opening ceremony of Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge at Tachileik […]

Vice-President Hamid Ansari upset over drafting error in Indo-Bangladesh land boundary Bill

NEW DELHI: An upset Vice-PresidentHamid Ansari. Red faces in government. Questions on parliamentary ‘haste’ that result in less-than-careful reading of text of Bills. And MPs who passed key legislations having to go through the process all over again. All this because of silly errors in drafting legislation.Ansari, said senior officials familiar with the matter, expressed […]

SASTERS Norway, Philippines ambassadors among 7 dead in chopper crash in Pakistan

A military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in northern Pakistan Friday, killing at least seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, and injuring several others. The Pakistani Mi-17 chopper was flying to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit to check on development projects when it crashed into a school and caught fire […]

Bangladesh uses ‘sacred Arabic’ to stop peeing in public

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — For years authorities in Bangladesh have battled to stop men urinating in public, with signs in the local Bengali language failing to halt the seemingly endless number of offenders. But the Bangladesh religious affairs ministry’s recent decision to erect new signs in Arabic has had a marked effect, despite most Bangladeshis […]

India-Bangladesh land boundary bill gets cabinet nod

New Delhi, May 6 (NsNewsWire) — The Union cabinet has approved the legislation to implement the land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, a step that is likely to help improve ties with India’s eastern neighbour. The cabinet cleared the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill 2013 on LBA between India and Bangladesh, Frank Noronha, principal spokesperson of […]