Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
DHAKA, Nov. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in an Islamist plot to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup. The arrest comes days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the Islamist militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen targeting […]
Read MoreBEIJING (NsNewsWire) – China will contribute $40 billion (25.20 billion pounds) to set up a Silk Road infrastructure fund to boost connectivity across Asia, President Xi Jinping announced on Saturday, the latest Chinese project to spread the largesse of its own economic growth. The fund will be for investing in infrastructure, resources and industrial and […]
Read MoreBy Shafiqul Alam, AFP: Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party faces an existential crisis after a series of body blows, including the sentencing to death of its leaders and abandonment by its main secular ally, say analysts. Bangladesh sentences another top Islamist to death Associated Press Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies Associated Press Ghulam Azam: Bangladeshi war […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China will accelerate the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and strengthen cooperation with the countries involved, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced. “We should prepare timetables and road maps for the coming years for the ‘One Belt and One Road’ project,” Xi […]
Read MoreBangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister said. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest Islamic political group, would be the second senior Islamist to hang for crimes committed during the 1971 war of […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s first ever broadcasting bill will continue to seek approval from the parliament’s Lower House after it was passed by the Upper House, according to the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) Thursday. When the broadcast law comes into effect, all media including state-owned and private broadcasters can fairly compete each other and the law […]
Read More(Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office. The Republican rout was wide and deep […]
Read MoreU.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China, Myanmar and Australia on Nov. 10-16 for a series of summits and bilateral talks. The president will be in China on Nov. 10-12 for the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and APEC CEO summit and then a state visit to China by having talks with President Xi Jinping, White […]
Read MoreThe Government of Bangladesh has created the country’s first marine protected area that will now safeguard whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and other oceanic species, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The creation of the “Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area” occurs as the world’s conservation community prepares to meet at the World Parks […]
Read More