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Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia sued over arson attack on public bus

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Scores of Bangladeshi opposition leaders and activists including ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have been sued over Tuesday’s deadly arson attack in eastern Bangladesh during the countrywide non-stop blockade, local police said Wednesday. According to a police official who preferred to be unnamed, two lawsuits were filed in Comilla district, some […]

Saudi resumes hiring of manpower from Bangladesh

Jeddah, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — The manpower market of Saudi Arabia is open again for Bangladeshi workers starting Sunday Feb. 1, a statement issued by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Riyadh yesterday said. The news of the opening was conveyed to Md. Shahidul Islam, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, by Dr. […]

Bangladesh petrol bomb attack leaves seven dead

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — At least seven people have been burned to death and 15 others injured, some seriously, in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh. Police said the bus had been full of sleeping passengers when it was attacked near the town of Chauddagram, reports BBC. It is the […]

Egypt deports Al-Jazeera jailed Australian reporter

CAIRO, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Egypt decided to deport jailed reporter Peter Greste back to his native Australia, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported on Sunday. The Foreign Ministry coordinated with the Australian Embassy in Cairo, and Greste was supposed to depart for Sydney this afternoon, the source added, reports Xinhua. Greste, together with Egyptian […]

China to speed up agri modernization through reforms, innovations

EIJING, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the “new normal,” shifts from high-speed to medium-to-high-speed growth, it has become a key issue to continue […]

Bangladeshi president orders stern action against arson attackers

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged the country’s law enforcement agencies to take stern action against arson attackers during the opposition alliance’s blockade campaign. “I’m deeply shocked along with the countrymen over the killing of innocent people by throwing petrol bombs and launching arson attacks on motor vehicles,” Hamid […]

WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 ceremony

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 was held in Beijing on Tuesday. The Al Jazeera English programme 101 East received the public welfare accolade for Exemplary News Teams in Developing Countries; and Sainath Palagummi from the India-based newspaper The Hindu won the Award for Exemplary News […]

Why India’s finest film composer converted to Islam

Mumbai, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — When AS Dileep Kumar decided to shed the faith he was born into and adopt a new one, the reasons were several. His father’s untimely death had put several financial pressures on the family, which included four children. His spiritual-minded mother had met, and gained immense succour, from a Sufi […]

Thousands rally in Pakistan’s Karachi against French magazine caricatures

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people rallied in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sunday against a French magazine for publishing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad and urged the United Nations to declare blasphemy as a crime. French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo had published controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammad after members of […]