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BNP Chief Appearas Before Court Amid Clashes

DHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Dozens of people were injured as opposition leaders and activists who gathered outside a court in old Dhaka where ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appeared for hearing in her graft cases on Wednesday afternoon, clashed with police and ruling party men. A number of vehicles were smashed or set on fire […]

Bangladeshi ex-minister sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — A former Bangladeshi minister has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 found the former Minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing war crimes including mass killings. The tribunal pronounced the verdict Tuesday […]

French police kill ‘Allahu Akbar’ attacker

Joué-lès-Tours (France), Dec. 22 (NsNewsWire) — French police shot dead a knife-wielding man who attacked three officers in a police station while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”). The man wounded one officer’s face at the entrance to the police station in Joue-les-Tours near the central city of Tours and injured two others before he […]

Thanking Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 (NsNewsWire) — This month, India’s parliament took the first step toward a potentially momentous decision: to settle a boundary dispute with Bangladesh that dates back to the 1947 partition of the subcontinent. An agreement in this area would provide a major boost to the already warm bilateral relationship, not least by […]

Bangladesh President Visits Ajmer Dargah

Jaipur, Dec. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh President Mohammad Abdul Hamid, today, visited the Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty in Ajmer, and prayed for peace and harmony in the subcontinent, the shrine’s officials said. “He (Hamid) visited the dargah at around 3.35 pm and stayed for 15-20 minutes, offering prayers,” Syed Manovar Chisty, a khadim (servitor) […]

Rogers Park street sign brings Bangladesh political feud to Chicago

Chicago, Dec. 21 (NsNewsWire) — The request to put up a pair of familiar brown street signs on North Clark Street in Rogers Park sailed through the Chicago City Council, joining the 1,500 other honorary roadways aldermen have approved for 50 years. This one, however, didn’t end up a feel-good move, like bestowing the sobriquet […]

Nearly 1.1 bln Chinese suffering from smoking

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — Nearly 1.1 billion Chinese people are either smoking or being exposed to secondhand smoke, an official said Saturday. About 356 million people above the age of 15 are smokers, while another 738 are passively smoking, said Jiang Yuan, director of Tobacco Control Office of the Chinese Center for Disease Control […]

Pranab Mukherjee Meets Bangladesh President, Hands Over ‘Historic’ Gift

NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 (NsNewsWire) — President Pranab Mukherjee has handed over a ‘historic audio-visual gift’ comprising clippings of All India Radio and Doordarshan during 1971 liberation of Bangladesh to his visiting Bangladeshi counterpart Md Abdul Hamid.Mr Mukherjee, who was discharged from a hospital after a week-long stay there during which he underwent coronary angioplasty, […]

China opposes U.S. arms sale to Taiwan

BEIJING, Dec. 20 (NsNewsWire) — China on Friday expressed resolute opposition after U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law legislation authorizing the sale of four Perry-class guided missile frigates to Taiwan. “This seriously violates the three China-U.S. joint communiques, particularly the U.S. commitments specified in the August 17 Communique,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang […]