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Indian PM wraps up state visit leaving behind “thirsty Bangladesh”

DHAKA, June 8 (Xinhua)– Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wrapped up his two-day maiden state visit to neighbor Bangladesh and flew back to New Delhi by a special air force flight at 8:40 p.m. Sunday evening. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, high level ministers and top government officials were present at the VVIP lounge […]

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for 28 opposition members

DHAKA, June 7 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant for 28 opposition activists including a top leader in a case filed for a bomb attack on a bus in January during an anti-government action. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court issued the arrest warrant on […]

Rohingya in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them

DHAKA, June 4 (NsNewsWire) — More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again. The refugees worry the Bangladesh government wants them out of sight, […]

Prayers on chairs ban sparks outrage in Bangladesh

A ban on using chairs in mosques has provoked outrage in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, with critics saying it will exclude the elderly and infirm from prayers. The Islamic Foundation, an autonomous government agency, issued the fatwa over the weekend, saying devotees must instead use prayer mats, reports AFP. But the move has attracted criticism both from […]

Xi stresses role of reform, vows “strategic focus” amid new normal

HANGZHOU, May 28 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the role of reform in China’s adjustment to the “new normal,” saying reform is the recipe for boosting development and China should maintain its “strategic focus.” Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military […]

Iran holds an anti-Islamic State cartoon contest

Not long after staging a cartoon contest satirizing the Holocaust, a group in Iran launched another event — this time, aimed at the Islamic State extremist group. According to its organizers, Iran’s House of Cartoon, the anti-Islamic State cartoon contest has received more than 800 submissions from countries as far afield as Brazil and Australia reports Ishaan […]

Denial of rights in Burma, Bangladesh lead to trafficking: HRW

DHAKA, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said today. A regional meeting scheduled on May 29, 2015, in Bangkok must find solutions to the so-called boat […]

Malaysia mass graves: police find 139 suspected sites

Malaysia, May 25 (NsNewsWire) — A total of 139 grave sites and 28 human-trafficking camps have been found in a remote northern Malaysian border region, according to the country’s top police official. National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar revealed the findings at a press conference a day after the government announced the discovery of camps […]

U.S. in South China Sea: troubleshooter or troublemaker?

The U.S. has long vowed to defend freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. However, this tactic of accusing China, whose island construction activities have always been within its own territorial waters, may be ill thought-out. For details: www.xinhunet.com