Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, Dec. 26 (NsNewsWire) — China on Thursday rebuffed the U.S. demands to release Liu Xiaobo and warned the country not to infringe upon its judicial sovereignty and independence. “We advise the U.S. to reflect on and correct its own violations of human rights, instead of interfering in other countries’ domestic affairs and judicial sovereignty […]
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DHAKA, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Christian community like those across the world is all set to celebrate Christmas (today) Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have already left Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate the festival with their near and dear ones. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual festival commemorating the birth […]
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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 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, 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 […]
Read MoreJoué-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 […]
Read MoreNEW 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 […]
Read MoreJaipur, 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) […]
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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 […]
Read MoreBEIJING, 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 […]
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