Bangladesh on the Brink

By The New York Times EDITORIAL BOARD Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark […]

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Bangladeshi job seekers rush to land jobs in Saudi Arabia

by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Everybody seems to be in a mad rush to have their names registered with the relevant authorities to try and secure jobs in Saudi Arabia. Unemployed and in a dire need of employment, job seekers braved opposition enforced strikes and non-stop blockades to travel […]

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Bangladesh opposition points finger at ruling party men for bomb attacks

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh opposition has pointed finger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party men for carrying out petrol bomb attacks. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) Spokesman Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement on Thursday said this is nothing but a trick of AL to […]

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UN Concerned Over Bangadesh Violence

New York, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has said the Secretary‑General is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh, as you know, is a critical partner of the United Nations in many areas. And obviously, I think, as we’ve said here a […]

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China’s Maritime Silk Road initiative promotes regional prosperity not hegemony

by Xinhua Writer Wang Bowen BEIJING, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A two-day international seminar on China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative opened Wednesday in southeast China’s Quanzhou. The vision, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is in no account aimed at China’s hegemony, but solely dedicated to regional development and prosperity,reports Xinhua. […]

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EU Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon calls on Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire)  — EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation Pierre Mayaudon has paid a courtesy visit to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning at the Prime Minister’s Office. EU Ambassador engaged with the Prime Minister on a number of issues related to the EU-Bangladesh relations, including on Trade and Development where […]

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Xi stresses implementing central economic policies

BEIJING, Feb. 11  (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a key economic meeting on Tuesday, calling for central policies in this field to be carried out to ensure positive effects. The policies discussed at the ninth meeting of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs included urbanization, innovation, development of Asian […]

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Bangladesh opposition’s student wing spokesman Abdus Satter Patuary detained

DHAKA, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The Detective Branch of Bangladesh Police have detained a top spokesman of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student wing  on Tuesday evening in capital Dhaka. Abdus Satter Patuary, office secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (student–wing of  BNP), will be produced before a court Wednesday,  said a DB official who preferred […]

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India’s anti-graft party heading for landslide win in Delhi polls

NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — India’s anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) is heading for a landslide win in the assembly elections in the national capital, decimating the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress party. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by 46-year-old former civil servant-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, […]

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