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Political violence appalls Bangladesh, scores dead in arson attacks

DHAKA, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Anxieties spread Bangladesh over the unabated political violence which has left scores of people dead, mostly in arson attacks, and hundreds injured since last month. The fresh wave of violence broke out on Jan. 5 after former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance had called for countrywide nonstop blockade […]

Indian anti-graft party poised to win Delhi polls

NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — In what could be a setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all the exit polls Saturday predicted a clear majority for the anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly elections. The AAP is most likely to win between 31 and a stunning 53 seats in the […]

Bangladesh’s opposition party’s student wing calls strike

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Islamist party’s student wing has called a countrywide strike for Sunday amid the main opposition alliance’s ongoing non-stop blockade campaign that entered 32nd day on Friday. Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e- Islami party, key ally ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance, called the dawn-to-dusk […]

Bangladesh opposition calls 72-hour strike

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance has called another round of nationwide strike from Sunday morning protesting “arrest and killing of its leaders and activists.” The opposition alliance has decided to enforce the shutdown, the announcement of which came just a day after it observed a five- day countrywide strike from Feb. […]

Bangladeshi PM rules out state of emergency to tackle political violence

DHAKA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided not to impose a state of emergency, cooling speculation that an authoritarian crackdown is imminent to tackle violence of major opposition alliance-enforced countrywide nonstop blockade that entered 30th day on Wednesday. “There is no need for imposing emergency,” Sheikh Hasina told parliament in […]

Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia sued over arson attack on public bus

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Scores of Bangladeshi opposition leaders and activists including ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have been sued over Tuesday’s deadly arson attack in eastern Bangladesh during the countrywide non-stop blockade, local police said Wednesday. According to a police official who preferred to be unnamed, two lawsuits were filed in Comilla district, some […]

China Voice: Obama should remember discussions about Dalai Lama

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — “Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher,” Confucius famously said. As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago, […]

China takes UN Security Council helm with eye to marking 70th anniversaries

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Liu Jieyi who just assumed the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, announced on Tuesday a special commemorative debate in the 15-nation council for Feb. 23 to be chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “The council […]

Bangladesh petrol bomb attack leaves seven dead

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — At least seven people have been burned to death and 15 others injured, some seriously, in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh. Police said the bus had been full of sleeping passengers when it was attacked near the town of Chauddagram, reports BBC. It is the […]