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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 […]

China’s Ebola vaccine enters clinical trials

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (NsNewsWire) — An Ebola vaccine developed by a military research institute has been approved to enter the human test stage, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army‘s (PLA) General Logistics Department announced Thursday. The restructured vaccine, developed by the Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMC), is based on the 2014 mutant gene type and […]

Bangladesh president Mohammad Abdul Hamid visits India

New Delhi, Dec. 18, (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh president Mohammad Abdul Hamid is all set to visit India, a foreign ministry statement said on Wednesday, pointing towards increasing warmth in relations between the two neighbours. Hamid’s 18-23 December visit will be the first visit by a ceremonial head of state of Bangladesh since 1972, the ministry […]

Pakistan seeks Afghanistan’s help to track down Taliban leaders

DHAKA, Dec. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan’s army chief, General Raheel Sharif, travelled to Afghanistan on Wednesday to seek help in locating the Pakistani Taliban commanders who orchestrated the massacre at a Peshawar school Tuesday in which 148 people, mostly schoolchildren, were killed. Sharif and the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, Lt. Gen. Rizwan […]