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Buddhists celebrate Buddha Purnima

DHAKA, May 3 (NsNewsWire) –Buddhist community in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country is celebrating Buddha Purnima, one of their major festivals, Sunday with traditional enthusiasm and solemn devotion. Vesak (Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti) is a Buddhist festival that marks Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the […]

6 officers charged in Freddie Gray’s deat

DHAKA, May 2 (NsNewsWire) –BALTIMORE — While jubilation appeared to be the mood in Baltimore’s streets on Friday after an announcement that charges would be filed against six city officers in the death of Freddie Gray, tensions still flared after the 10 p.m. curfew started Friday night. Arrests came near City Hall once the curfew […]

Bangladesh observes May Day

DHAKA, May 1 (NsNewsWire) — May Day was observed in Bangladesh ocapital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. Different workers’ bodies have organised various programmes, including processions, rallies and human chain demonstrations on Friday to commemorate the sacrifices made to win their rights. Ten workers were killed in police firing near Hay Market in the […]

Boy pulled from Kathmandu quake rubble

DHAKA, April 30 (NsNewsWire) — The rescue of the teen police named as Pemba Tamang — as well as Pemba Lama — from the ruins of a collapsed building in Kathmandu provided a rare moment of joy as relief co-ordinators warned it could take five days to reach some of the worst hit areas, accessible […]

Source of Antarctica’s Eerie ‘Bleeding Glacier’ Found

Antarctica’s Dry Valleys are the most arid places on Earth, but underneath their icy soils lies a vast and ancient network of salty, liquid water filled with life, a new study finds. The Dry Valleys are almost entirely ice-free, except for a few isolated glaciers. The only surface water is a handful of small lakes. […]

After Baltimore unrest, thousands protest in cities across the US

The high profile unrest in Baltimore triggered protests in several American cities Wednesday. Demonstrators across the country were spurred by the death of a black man, Freddie Gray, whose family says he suffered a partially severed spine and a crushed voice box while in police custody. Officials have confirmed that he died of a severed spine, reports […]

International Day of Yoga: Commemoration in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 29 (NsNewsWire) — United Nations has declared 21 June as the International Day of Yoga. To commemorate the 1st International Day of Yoga, Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre is organizing a series of events. On 2 May, 2015 at 10.00 a.m., Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, in association with Bangladesh Yoga Association and […]

Ruling party-endorsed mayor candidates win Bangladesh city corporation elections

DHAKA, April 29 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s ruling party-endorsed candidates have won all the three city corporation elections marred by violations and boycotted by ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Mihir Sarwar Morshed, a returning officer, announced official poll results Wednesday morning saying “Bangladesh Awami League ( AL) party-backed candidate Sayeed Khokon beat his […]

China to crack down on dancers at village funerals

Beijing, April 28 (NsNewsWire) — China will crack down on strippers who perform at rural funerals, the Ministry of Culture said on Thursday, taking aim at performances it described as illegal and which corrupt “social morals”. State media have said burlesque shows at some funerals aim to draw more mourners and show off the family’s […]