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Tens of thousands join procession to usher in Bengali New Year

DHAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) — Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi people wearing masks and traditional dress Tuesday morning joined the colorful Mangal Shobha Jatra procession in the capital Dhaka to welcome the Bengali New Year with good spirits. They carried large symbolic figures of a fish, a horse, a tiger and an elephant all made […]

Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman convicted of war crimes

Bangladesh on Saturday night executed Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, an Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes, which is the second execution for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The death sentence of the war crimes accused Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed days after an Appellate […]

At least 24 killed, 22 injured in road accident in central Bangladesh

By Jasim Katabi DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — At least 24 people were killed and more than 22 others injured when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Bangladesh’s central Faridpur district, some 101 km away of capital Dhaka, early Thursday. “The passenger bus fell into a road side […]

Bangladesh select rookie Talukdar for Pakistan series

DHAKA, April 9 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh have named uncapped opening batsman Rony Talukdar in a 14-man squad for their one-day series against Pakistan next week. Talukdar, who has been named in the party for two of the three ODIs, top-scored in the Dhaka Premier League with 714 runs at an average of 51. He replaces […]

Chinese cyclists’ globe-trotting tour

Chinese globe-trotting cyclists Lai Likun (R) and Zhang Hui pose for photos at the Heroes’ Square in Budapest, Hungary, on April 6, 2015. Lai and Zhang arrived in Budapest on April 4. Lai began his global cycling tour in 2009, while Zhang, a university student in Beijing, joined him last year. Hungary is the 46th […]

Bangladesh: Suspend Death Sentence of War Crimes Accused

(New York) – The Bangladesh Supreme Court’s rejection on April 6, 2015, of the death penalty review petition for Muhammed Kamaruzzaman permits his imminent execution despite a seriously flawed trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Kamaruzzaman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islaami party, was convicted of war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. The authorities […]

36 dead, dozens hurt as tropical storms clobber Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Separate tropical storms that have swept through parts of Bangladesh have left at least 36 people dead and scores injured. Media reports Monday said that the casualties have been recorded since Saturday and that most deaths took place in the northern district of Bogra, reports AP. The Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspaper reported […]

Bangladeshi Islamist loses final appeal against death sentence

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s highest court has rejected a final appeal by an Islamist leader to overturn his death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 independence war, clearing the last legal hurdle to his execution. The review petition is “dismissed”, Chief Justice S.K. Sinha ruled at the Supreme Court, upholding Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s […]

South Africans bare all at first official nudist beach

Johannesburg (AFP) – A hundred naturists converged Saturday on a beach in South Africa, which has become Africa’s first official nudist beach, despite objections from some locals. A 500-metre (yard) stretch of Mpenjati Beach, which lies on the Indian Ocean, received local government approval last year to become the continent’s first official nudist venue. “It […]