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Int’l Mother Language Day observed in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has paid rich tributes to the language movement heroes who sacrificed their lives for establishing Bangla as a state language. President Abdul and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar (language martyears memorial) in capital Dhaka one minute past midnight in the early morning of Saturday. […]

Another 72-hour strike from Sunday

DHAKA, Feb. 20 (NsNewsWire) –Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s alliance has called 72-hour strike form Sunday morning. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement of latest strike through a press release on Friday. He said alliance will stage demonstrations across the country on Monday. BNP and its allies has declared the 72-hour road, […]

Death warrant against Jamaat leader Kamaruzzamanllah issued

DHAKA, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The war crimes tribunal has issued a warrant of execution for Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Mohammad Kamarauzzaman, condemned to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 issued the warrant yesterday on receiving the full text of the Supreme Court verdict that gave him the […]

People celebrate Spring Festival across the world

People celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival across the world on Feb. 18, 2015.

Bangladesh Jamaat’s deputy chief gets death sentenced for war crimes

Dhaka, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal has sentenced the Deputy Chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Party to death on three war crime charges committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 found the Jamaat Vice President Abdus Subhan guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing war crimes, including […]

President Xi extends festival greetings, stresses family bonds

China’s top leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli attend a Spring Festival gathering at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Feb. 17, 2015. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Indian Air Force Hands Over 1971 Dakota Aircraft

DHAKA, Feb. 18 (NsNewsWire) — Air Marshal S.B. Deo, AVSM, VM, VSM, AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF), formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft, which has been installed at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Museum, Tejgaon on 16 February 2015 at an impressive ceremony. This Dakota aircraft took part in the para […]

China’s Silk Road Fund starts operation

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — A Silk Road Fund designed to finance the China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiatives is now active, the central bank said in a statement Monday. “The priority [of The Silk Road Fund Co. Ltd] is to seek investment opportunities and provide monetary services throughout the Belt and Road Initiatives,” according to […]

13 Kokang ethnic army members killed in renewed clashes with Myanmar gov’t forces

YANGON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — A total of 13 members of the Kokang ethnic army were killed and eight others arrested by Myanmar government troops during renewed clashes in Laukkai, northeastern Shan state’s Kokang region, on Saturday, an official report said Sunday. Government forces also seized some small weapons and ammunition in the clashes. The […]