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Scores of Bangladesh opposition leaders, activists arrested

DHAkA, Oct. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Scores of leaders and activists of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s opposition party have been arrested in capital Dhaka on Saturday morning. “We’ve detained 64 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP),” said a police official who preferred to be unnamed. HE said the BNP men were planning to carry […]

Burdwan Blast Accused Members of Bangladesh Terror Group: National Investigation Agency

BURDWAN: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that all four persons arrested in connection with the blast in West Bengal’s Burdwan on October 2 are members of the terror group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The agency also said that the accused were preparing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for transporting them to Bangladesh for possible terror […]

Khaleda sued for terming AL as “a party of atheists”

DHAKA, Oct. 21 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia was Tuesday sued for terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) as “a party of atheists”. AB Siddique, leader of a pro-AL organization, lodged the case with the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning. The plaintiff in […]

Natore bus accident: Death toll climbs to 33

Natore, Oct. 21 (NsNewswire) — The death toll from Monday’s bus accident in Bangladesh’s Natore district, some 210 km west of capital Dhaka, climbed to 33. Dozens of others are still being treated for injuries, said the district’s police chief Bashudev Bonik. He said 12 bus passengers died from their injuries Tuesday night. “21 passengers […]

Head-on collision on Natore highway claims at least 24 lives

Natore, Oct. 20 (NsNewsWire) — A head-on collision between two passenger buses in Bangladesh’s western Natore district, some 210 km away of capital Dhaka, has claimed at least 24 lives. The district’s police chief Bashudev Bonik told NsNewsWire over mobile phone that “At least 20 passengers were killed when two buses collided head-on in Natore […]

Case filed in Bangladesh against broadcast of Indian TV channels

Bangladesh’s High Court today sought an explanation from the government regarding the transmission of three Indian TV channels on a writ seeking a ban on their broadcast in the country. A two-member bench of the High Court asked the information secretary, the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the police chief, the director general […]

China, U.S. eye more cooperation on fighting Ebola

Visiting Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday agreed to enhance cooperation on fighting the Ebola epidemic, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here after the talks. Yang noted that Ebola, which continues to spread in West Africa, has become a threat to the public health and […]

Mystery over 176 missing from people trafficker’s boat from Bangladesh

BANGKOK: Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of 176 people, including three women, who were on a people trafficker’s boat that left Bangladesh. There are fears traffickers intend to sell those on board to fishing trawlers or factories as slave labour in Malaysia and Indonesia. Bangladesh officials are travelling to southern Thailand to interview 134 suspected victims […]

Chinese National Day celebrated

Hundreds of local and foreign dignitaries have gathered at a ceremony in capital Dhaka to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Bangladesh Shammobadi Dal, an ally of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance, organized the ceremony at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday. The […]