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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 […]
Read MorePeople celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival across the world on Feb. 18, 2015.
Read MoreDhaka, 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 […]
Read MoreChina’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)
Read MoreDHAKA, 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 […]
Read MoreBEIJING, 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 […]
Read MoreYANGON, 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 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called another 72-hour nationwide strike form Sunday morning. BNP Spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement of latest strike through a press release on Saturday. Salauddin Ahmed, a BNP joint secretary general, said the 72-hour strike will start at 6:00 a.m. local time Sunday and will […]
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DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Narendra Damodardas Modi has made a phone call to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Both Modi and Hasina talked over phone on Friday morning, sources. But the sources could not tell immediately what they discussed during the phone talks
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